Win here means a lot for Atletico Madrid and Simeone. After getting relegated from the Champions League in midweek against Manchester City, Atletico returns to its duties in the league. In the league, the things don't look brilliant at the moment after losing 1-0 at Mallorca but the situation would be calmed down with three points against Espanyol. Sevilla and Barcelona are 3 points above Atletico in the standings, but Barca have one game less than Atletico. With the same number of points as Betis, Atletico would leap off 3 points to Betis, and therefore this game is seen as one important. Not only in a result sense but also the psychological effect would help them to forget the poor attacking performance against Manchester City in the Champions League. Simeone is not likely to make many changes to the team that started against City in the second leg of the Champions League 1/4-final, with Joao Felix and Antoine Griezmann again set to feature in the final third of the pitch. Not the easiest game ever for Atletico, but the win will be more valued if it's battled in tough circumstances. After all, most of Atleti's wins are made like that. I think we could see a 2-1 or 1-0 home victory here.

赢球对马德里竞技和西蒙尼来说意义重大。在周中对阵曼城的欧冠联赛中被淘汰后，马竞重新来踢联赛。在联赛中，在0-1输给马洛卡之后，目前的情况看起来并不好，但在对阵西班牙人的比赛中，情况会平静下来。塞维利亚和巴塞罗那在积分榜上领先马竞3分，但巴萨比马竞少一场。与贝蒂斯一样的积分，马竞将领先贝蒂斯3分，因此这场比赛被视为一场重要的比赛。不仅在结果意义上，而且心理上的影响都将帮助他们忘记在冠军联赛中对阵曼城的糟糕进攻表现。西蒙尼不太可能对在欧冠 1/4 决赛第二回合对阵曼城的球队做出太多改变，若昂·菲利克斯和安托万·格里兹曼再次出现在球场上。这不是马竞有史以来最简单的比赛，但如果在艰难的情况下进行战斗，胜利将更加有价值。毕竟，马竞的大部分胜利都是这样取得的。我预测马竞以 2-1 或 1-0 取得主场的胜利。