Atletico Madrid make the trip to Girona on Monday night

Atletico Madrid make the trip to Girona on Monday night

Top-four hopefuls Atletico Madrid will be bidding to stretch their unbeaten run in La Liga to nine matches when they make the trip to Girona on Monday night.

Diego Simeone’s side will enter the contest off the back of a thumping 6-1 win over Sevilla last weekend, while Girona were on the wrong end of a five-goal thriller with Getafe in Madrid.

Players to watch: Girona’s Taty Castellanos enjoys home comforts, netting eight of his last 11 league goals at home.

Atlético’s Ángel Correa enjoyed similar comforts when he scored a brace in the reverse fixture, contributing to him scoring the match opener in all five of his goalscoring outings this season.

Hot stat: Prior to the weekend, the 18 games featuring Girona this season that have seen both teams score is a league high.

Girona La Liga form:

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Atletico Madrid La Liga form:

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Girona possible starting lineup:

Gazzaniga; Martinez, Bueno, Juanpe, Hernandez; Romeu, A Garcia, B Garcia; Tsygankov, Castellanos, Riquelme

Atletico Madrid possible starting lineup:

Oblak; Llorente, Savic, Gimenez, Hermoso, Carrasco; Koke, Witsel, Griezmann; Memphis, Morata

Girona vs Atletico Madrid – Atlético Madrid win & over 2.5 goals FT

This has the potential to be a very tricky match for Atletico due to Girona’s home record this season, but the Red and Whites are in impressive form at the moment and will fancy their chances of claiming another three points on Monday night.

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