Atletico Madrid midfielder Saul Niguez. (Photo : Getty Images)
Middling club SD Eibar (6-5-5, 23 points) will look to snap a three-game winless slide as they square off with perennial contenders Atletico Madrid (8-4-4, 28 points) in a 2016-2017 La Liga season match scheduled on Jan. 7, Saturday at the Ipurua Municipal Stadium.
Start Time and Streaming Info
The game starts at 10:15 a.m. ET. It can be viewed live online thru FuboTV.
Eibar has been winless in the past three rounds following a two-game winning run in the previous two games. The team is currently in the eighth spot of the La Liga table, three games behind seventh-place squad Athletic Bilbao and five points below sixth-running team Atletico Madrid.
Los Armeros has settled to a 1-1 tie with 10-man squad Leganes on the road at the Butarque Municipal Stadium on Dec. 18 for their second straight drawn match, via ESPN.
The hosts opened the scoring in the 23rd minute with a right-footed shot from the center of the box by Spanish striker Miguel Angel Guerrero. However, Leganes goalkeeper Iago Herrerin was sent off three minutes later due to a hard foul.
Eibar head coach José Luis Mendilibar's side then found the equalizer in the 76th minute with a goal by Portuguese striker Bebe off an assist by defender Antonio Luna.
Meanwhile, Atletico Madrid snapped a two-game winless run by nipping middling club Las Palmas, 1-0, at their home ground of Vicente Calderón Stadium on Dec. 17, Goal reported.
Spanish midfielder Saul Niguez scored the winning goal of the contest for head coach Diego Simeone's squad one minute before the hour-mark with a left-footed shot from outside of the box.
It was only the second win for Los Colchoneros in their last six matches as they are currently settled sixth in the overall standings, nine points below current league leaders Real Madrid and only a point behind fourth and fifth-place squads Villarreal and Real Sociedad.
Prediction and Predicted Lineup
The predicted result is a 2-0 romp by Atletico Madrid.
Eibar starting lineup (4-4-2 formation): Yoel; Luna, Lejeune, Arbilla, Galvez; Inui, Carrillo, Leon, Escalante; Pena, Enrich
Atletico Madrid starting lineup (4-4-2 formation): Moya; Gomez, Godin, Vrsaljko, Savic; Carrasco, Niguez, Koke, Gabi; Gameiro, Griezmann
