A struggling Atletico Madrid side will host surprising club UD Las Palmas at the Vicente Calderon Stadium on Saturday as part of Week 16 of La Liga. Los Colchoneros have lost three of their last five league games while Los Amarillos are unbeaten in their last three fixtures.
Atletico Madrid vs. Las Palmas Match Details, TV Schedule and Live Stream Links
- Date: December 17, Saturday
- Venue: Vicente Calderon Stadium in Madrid, Spain
- Start Time: 10:15 AM ET, 3:15 PM GMT
- Channel: beIN Sports en Español
- Live Stream: beIN Sports Live, fuboTV
Atletico Madrid vs. Las Palmas Preview
Atletico Madrid is in their worst form under Diego Simeone as they have only won one game out of their last five. After bouncing back from two straight losses at the end of November, Los Colchoneros drew to Espanyol to start December and following it up with a 3-0 loss to Villarreal.
Another bad news for Atletico is goalkeeper Jan Oblak being out for four months due to dislocated shoulder. Despite the losses and injuries, club president Enrique Cerezo told Caneda Cope that there is no need to panic.
"There is no reason to be frightened or alarmed. I believe we have a better team than we had last season, and I've seen in previous campaigns situations where teams that trailed by more points almost went on to win the league," Cerezo said.
On the other hand, Las Palmas are unbeaten in their last three La Liga games. They defeated Athletic Bilbao to end November before managing to draw 1-1 with both Alaves and Leganes this month. Los Amarillos could come into the game confident enough to pull off an upset.
Possible Formation and Starting XI
Atletico Madrid (4-4-2): Miguel Angel Moya; Moises Gomez, Diego Godin, Juanfran, Stefan Savic; Koke, Yannick Carrasco, Angel Correa, Gabi; Antoine Griezmann, Kevin Gameiro
Las Palmas (4-1-4-1): Javi Varas; Helder Lopes, Pedro Bigas, Michel Macedo, David Garcia; Momo; Vicente Gomez, Roque Mesa, Jonathan Viera, Pedro Dominguez; Marko Livaja
Prediction: Atletico Madrid wins 2-0.