Atletico Madrid will be looking to bounce back from their heavy

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Atletico Madrid will be looking to bounce back from their heavy Champions League defeat to Bayern Munich when they continue their Group A campaign at home to Red Bull Salzburg on Tuesday night. Diego Simeone’s side lost 4-0 to Bayern in their group opener last week, while Salzburg started their 2020-21 European campaign with a 2-2 draw at home to Lokomotiv Moscow.

Atlético Madrid started their UEFA Champions League (UCL) campaign in the worst possible way, falling to their joint-biggest defeat under manager Diego Simeone as they were hammered 4-0 by Bayern Munich. That game also saw them concede twice before HT for the first time in a UCL match since September 2014, a fixture that saw keeper and club stalwart Jan Oblak make his Atléti debut.

A win is needed for the Spaniards, who are on the verge of losing three UCL games in a row for the first time ever. However, considering they’re unbeaten in all eight previous European games versus Austrian opposition, 16 competitive fixtures at home, and ten UCL home matches (W8, D2), it’s little surprise the hosts are favourites here, although only four of those recent eight UCL home victories saw Atlético lead at HT.

A 2-2 draw with Moscow earlier this month keeps Salzburg’s entertaining run of UEFA matches going – their last five have now witnessed both teams score and over 2.5 goals, whilst three saw both teams score in the first half! Their last three European trips to Spain have also seen both teams score and goals in both halves, with two ending in a 2-2 stalemate.

The visitors travel here on an 11-game unbeaten away streak in all competitions (W10, D1), netting a remarkable average of 4.0 goals per match across that period. Across their European away games since the beginning of 2018/19 they’ve netted a healthy average of 2.2 goals per fixture too, which actually rises to 2.67 when considering only UCL group stage away games.

Date: 27/10/2020
Time: 23:00
Venue: Wanda Metropolitano (Madrid)
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