Atletico Madrid are not playing well this season. They are 5th on the table, with 13 and 11 points fewer than leading teams, Barcelona and Real Madrid. Atletico Madrid won the last three matches (cup and friendly), but those games were against very bad teams, so we shouldn't care about those results too much. Last Thursday, in the first game after the World Cup break, Atletico Madrid won 3-1 on the road in the cup against Arenteiro. Diego Simeone's team had problems even in that game, as the home side had the lead from the 42nd minute. Still, Atletico Madrid played better in the rest of the game, so they proceeded to the next round.

It is hard to take something from recent matches because Atletico Madrid didn't have any LaLiga games in more than 40 days. Still, Atletico Madrid scored seven goals in the last two games (against Arenteiro and Ponferradina).

Elche are the worst team in LaLiga this season. They have only four points, so they are already eight points behind the safety. Elche had three matches during the World Cup, but they won only one of them. Still, in the first game after the break, Elche won 3-0 on the road in the cup against Guadalajara.

Elche have a very bad defense, especially on the road. They allowed 18 goals in seven road matches. Also, every one of those seven games went over 2.5 goals.

Over 2.5 goals should be the best bet for this tie.



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马德里竞技这个赛季踢得不好。他们在积分榜上排名第五，分别比领先球队巴塞罗那和皇家马德里少了13分和11分。马竞赢了最近三场比赛(杯赛和友谊赛)，但这些比赛都是对阵非常糟糕的球队，所以我们不应该太在意这些结果。上周四，在世界杯休息后的第一场比赛中，马德里竞技在客场3-1战胜了阿伦泰罗。迭戈·西蒙尼的球队甚至在那场比赛中也遇到了问题，因为主队在第42分钟就领先了。不过，马竞在剩下的比赛中表现得更好，所以他们进入了下一轮。

很难从最近的比赛中得到什么，因为马德里竞技已经40多天没有参加任何西甲比赛了。尽管如此，马竞在最近两场比赛中打入7球(对阵阿伦泰罗和庞费拉迪纳)。

埃尔切是本赛季西甲最差的球队。他们只有4分，所以他们已经落后安全队8分了。埃尔切在世界杯期间有三场比赛，但他们只赢了其中一场。尽管如此，在中场休息后的第一场比赛中，埃尔切在客场3-0战胜瓜达拉哈拉。

埃尔切的防守非常糟糕，尤其是在客场。他们在7场客场比赛中丢了18个球。此外，这七场比赛的进球都超过了2.5个。

超过2.5个进球应该是这场平局的最佳赌注。