Diego Simeone's men sit comfortably in the third position in the LaLiga log table after match week nine. Six points away from first-placed Real Madrid, who occupy the top spot currently after an equal number of matches in the LaLiga this season. Atletico Madrid will look to close the gap over their bitter rivals Real Madrid when they welcome Rayo Vallecano to their home turf for what promises to be an entertaining match.

The match takes place on Tuesday,18th October 2022, at the home turf of the host, Civitas Metropolitano. Despite the home side not having the best of starts to their LaLiga campaign, they have lost just twice in their last ten matches heading into this tie in LaLiga. They run into this tie on the back of a hard-fought victory against Atletico Bilbao the previous weekend to maintain their grip and challenge for the title this season. If anything is to be deduced from this Atletico Madrid side, it is the resilience and cohesiveness they take into matches, which has seen them play deep when coming against opposing teams, punishing them in the process by counterattacking football.

We believe the home side will again edge this game as they come against the visitors, who sit in the tenth position after an equal number of matches. Rayo Vallecano has been inconsistent this season in LaLiga, and this abysmal performance has seen them secure a single win in their last five games heading into this tie. They have a weak defensive line that has let in a large chunk of goals, 11 in their previous seven matches, averaging at least 1goal conceded in every match they have engaged in this season. Although the visitors battled to secure a point against Getafe in their most recent meeting, they come against a fierce rival they have failed to beat in eight consecutive years.

Atletico Madrid has won the visitors in their last five meetings consecutively, keeping a clean sheet in the process while scoring at least a single goal in each of those meetings. In light of this, we believe Diego Simeone's men have enough firepower in their arsenal to once again edge this one out against a team who is lacking in confidence and whose defense has let in goals consistently this term.

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在第9场比赛结束后，迭戈·西蒙尼的球队舒适地坐在了西甲积分榜的第三位。与排名第一的皇马相差6分，皇马在本赛季的西甲联赛中与皇马同场比赛，目前占据榜首。马竞希望缩小与死敌皇家马德里的差距，他们欢迎巴列卡诺来到他们的主场，这将是一场有趣的比赛。

这场比赛将于2022年10月18日(星期二)在东道主Civitas Metropolitano的主场举行。尽管主队在西甲联赛中开局不佳，但他们在最近的10场比赛中只输了2场。他们在上个周末艰难战胜毕尔巴鄂竞技队，维持了他们的优势，并向本赛季的冠军发起了挑战。如果我们能从这支马竞身上推断出什么，那就是他们在比赛中表现出的韧性和凝聚力，这见证了他们在面对对方球队时踢得很深，在反击足球的过程中惩罚了对方。

我们相信主队会在对阵客队的比赛中再次占据优势，客队在同样的比赛数之后排名第十。巴列卡诺本赛季在西甲联赛表现不稳定，这种糟糕的表现让他们在最近五场比赛中只取得了一场胜利。他们的防线很弱，丢了很多球，在之前的7场比赛中丢了11球，本赛季他们每场比赛平均至少丢1球。尽管客队在最近的一次对阵赫塔菲时努力拿到了一分，但他们面对的是一个已经连续8年未能击败的劲敌。

马竞在最近5次连续的交手中赢得了客队的胜利，在这一过程中保持了零封，并且在每次交手中至少打入一球。鉴于此，我们相信迪亚哥·西蒙尼的球员在他们的武库中有足够的火力来再次击败一支缺乏信心且本赛季防守一直失球的球队。