After four rounds, Atletico Madrid and Celta have the same number of points and they are right behind each other in the table. In the first round, Atletico Madrid convincingly defeated Getafe 3-0 in the city derby, but right after that, Diego Simeone's team returned to their recognizable style of football with a low number of goals. In the next three matches, they managed to score only two goals, one in a victory over Valencia, one in a draw with Real Sociedad, while they lost 2-0 to Villarreal at home. For years, Atlético has been playing very unattractive football, despite the excellent selection of players in attack and midfield, but it brings them results and Diego Simeone does not care about public criticism. Atletico enter this game after a grueling game in the Champions League and a 2-1 victory over Porto in a dramatic finish of that match. Due to their style of play, and due to the possible fatigue of the players, I expect that Atlético will try to slow down this game as much as possible and that they will eventually look for their chance from a free kick or from a counter attack. Today, they welcome Celta on their home field, who, unlike them, play a lot of offensive football.

Celta enters this match after two tied victories, against Cadiz and Girona, but the triumphs here were really expected. In the duel with Real Madrid, which is certainly equal in quality to Atlético, they had a lot of problems and experienced a 4-1 defeat. Celta likes to play very offensively and will certainly not deviate much from that way of playing in this match either. But it can very easily happen that they fall into the trap of an extremely experienced Atletico team. Atlético's defense is more than perfectly coordinated and it is very difficult to break through their wall. Experience in tactical outmaneuvering is definitely on the home team's side and there are great chances that they will let the Celta players take control at the beginning of the game to a certain extent, until they get tired. Their mutual matches are full of nervousness and yellow cards, almost every one had more than five and it really wouldn't be a surprise if we see a red card in this match.

I expect a difficult game, which will not be overly interesting to watch and with a small number of goals, but I have to give preference to Atletico Madrid, who know how to play such games.