Atletico Madrid have won two games in the league phase but lost the same number. The La Liga side are 17th in the Champions League and on Wednesday they are home to third-placed Inter who have a 100 per cent record. Time for our match prediction.
With six points from four games, Atletico are in the unseeded play-off positions but only a point behind the seeded places. After this game, two of their last three fixtures are on the road so they will want to get something from this home match against Inter.
The visitors lost in last season’s Champions League final. This term has started well for them with each of their first four games being won. That’s left them with only Bayern Munich and Arsenal above them in the table, all on 12 points. It is tight though and the Serie A club are just three points above ninth place. They’ll also want to do well in Madrid with their final three games being against Liverpool, Arsenal and Borussia Dortmund.
Diego Simeone came under immense pressure at the start of this season, perhaps more so than ever before, a couple of months ago, but they have limited the damage and are now pushing towards the top of both La Liga and the UEFA Champions League.
A Domingos Duarte own goal gave Atleti a slender 1-0 victory against city rivals Getafe the other day to mean that they are now on a five-match winning streak across all competitions since losing to Arsenal at the Emirates Stadium.
Over the summer, following the departure of Simone Inzaghi to Al Hilal, Internazionale took the surprise decision to appoint former Parma boss Cristian Chivu. The Nerazzurri were poor at the start of this season but they have been much-improved since then.
They have won four out of four in the UEFA Champions League but their title challenge in Serie A has been dealt a blow after they suffered a slender 1-0 defeat to AC Milan at San Siro in the Derby della Madonnina at the weekend.
