Powerhouse club Atletico Madrid (5-1-3, 18 points) will look to bounce back from their lackluster performance in the previous round as they take on middling team Malaga CF (3-3-3, 12 points) in a 2016-2017 La Liga match at the Vicente Calderón Stadium on Saturday, Oct. 29.
Start Time and Streaming Info
The game starts at 12:30 p.m. ET. It can be viewed live online thru FuboTV.
Atletico Madrid suffered their first loss of the season against a hard-fighting Sevilla XI, 1-0, on the road at the Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán Stadium last Sunday, as per SkySports.
After a goalless first half of play, Sevilla midfielder Steven N'Zonzi provided the lone goal of the match in the 73rd minute for Los Rojiblancos, who took advantage of head coach Diego Simeone's 10-man squad late in the game.
Spanish midfielder Koke was sent off four minutes after N'Zonzi's goal as he was booked with a second yellow card for fouling Sevilla defender Adil Rami. From there, Los Colchoneros' attempt for a comeback was doused off as they conceded their first defeat this term.
The loss dropped Atleti to the fifth spot of the league table after briefly being on top. Real Madrid, Sevilla, Barcelona, and Villarreal had all overtaken them as the four clubs won their round 9 matches.
Meanwhile, Malaga is coming off a crushing 4-0 victory over newly-promoted side Leganes at their home ground of La Rosaleda Stadium also last Sunday, via Sporting Life.
Four different players scored a goal each for head coach Juande Ramos' side, namely Jony, Chory Castro, Sandro, and Ignacio Camacho to complete the four-goal masterpiece.
Jony netted the opening goal in the 40th before Castro doubled the lead two minutes later. The scoring continued in the 57th with Sandro's close-range header from the center of the box while Camacho sealed the win with a goal two minutes into stoppage time.
The win was the second in three games for Los Boquerones and their third consecutive unbeaten performance.
Prediction and Predicted Lineup
The predicted result is a 2-0 win for Atletico Madrid.
Atletico Madrid starting lineup (4-4-2 formation): Oblak; Juanfran, Savic, Godin, Luis; Correa, Tiago, Gabi, Carrasco; Griezmann, Gameiro
Malaga starting lineup (4-2-3-1 formation): Kameni; Rosales, Koné, Villanueva, Juan Carlos; Kuzmanovic, Camacho; Jony, Fornals, Castro; Sandro