The Rojiblancos will be hoping to return to winning ways in Spain’s top flight when they welcome basement side Elche to Wanda Metropolitano on Thursday night.
Diego Simeone’s side are currently fifth in the La Liga table, boasting 24 points from their opening 14 matches, while Elche are bottom of the division, having only picked up four points this season.
Simeone’s team have dropped down to the fifth position in the table, only two points behind third-placed Real Sociedad, but they are 13 points behind leaders Barcelona, with the capital outfit not in a title race this term.
Atletico have only picked up one point from their last three La Liga matches, losing to both Cadiz and Mallorca, in addition to being held at home by Espanyol, with their last victory coming away to Real Betis.
Elche will not be in the mood to hand out any favours to Atletico on Thursday, as a total of four points from 14 matches has left them bottom of the table, already eight points from the safety of 17th position.
The strugglers are yet to win a single league game this term, while they have lost their last three in Spain’s top flight to Getafe, Real Valladolid and Girona.
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