Atletico vs Manchester United Odds and Betting Prediction Feb 23

Atletico vs Manchester United Betting Preview

Atletico Madrid hosts Manchester United on Wednesday in the Champions League, and it’s been a season to forget for both clubs so far as neither one of them are in contention for domestic league titles. A successful Champions League campaign here will be key to revitalizing both teams’ fortune. WagerTalk soccer handicapper Kevin Dolan offers his Atletico vs Manchester United betting preview.

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Wednesday, February 23	UEFA Champions League Betting Notes
Atletico Madrid:	+155
Manchester United:	+200
Draw:	+220
Total:	2.25 Goals (Odds Above Courtesy of DraftKings)
Game Time:	3:00pm ET / 12:00pm PT

Atletico vs Manchester United Analysis

The defending La Liga champions currently sit fifth in the table, a full 15 points behind league leaders Real Madrid. Last season’s Premier League runners-up, Manchester United, sit in fourth position, but 17 points off the pace against cross-town rivals Manchester City at the top of the EPL table.

Manchester United won their Champions League group back in the winter finishing just one point ahead of Villarreal, but struggled on the road in that group, registering just one win out of three away from Manchester.

Atletico Madrid meanwhile finished second in their group behind Liverpool, but were way off the pace in terms of overall competitiveness as they finished a full 11 points off Liverpool in the final standings of Group B.

This will be Atletico Madrid’s and Manchester United’s first meeting in this competition.

Atletico’s Inconsistency Showing

It’s been an extremely inconsistent season for the current LaLiga champions over 2022, alternating wins and losses over pretty much the entire calendar year so far.

On paper ‘La Colchoneros’ come off an emphatic 3-0 victory over Osasuna at the weekend, but the eye test looked anything but in that one.

Atletico allowed Osasuna to dominate for large periods in that game and looked incredibly shaky at the back throughout the entire 90 minutes, hoofing balls forward blindly with Yannick Carrasco, who’s out for this United game, continually urging the Atletico defense to calm down from over on the wing. Osasuna continually poured forward and crashed the ball against the bar at one stage as they hunted for the equalizer.

The contest was extremely tight right up until Luis Suarez’s wonder goal early in the second half, and even then Osasuna continued to press forward, and if the home side had better finishing in the final third, it’s extremely possible they could have got something from that game.

That better finishing is definitely something Atletico will face in this game however against a hi-powered Manchester United attack.

United’s Struggles in Spain

United come off a shaky performance themselves on Sunday, overcoming Leeds 4-2 in the EPL.

United went 2-0 up early through a Harry Maguire header and a Bruno Fernandes goal and looked to be in relative cruise control before Leeds scored two goals in just 24 seconds early in the second half to completely blow the game wide open.

Manchester United were able to recover in that one, eventually closing out the game 4-2 but that defense has been a problem for them all year and Joao Felix’s pace should pose real problems for this Manchester United backline here on Wednesday.

On top of that United have a fairly miserable record in Spain, winning just 21% of all of their UEFA road games against Spanish opposition over the club’s history.

Atletico vs Manchester United Prediction

We’re looking towards taking goals in this one on Wednesday.

The goal line is set at a relatively low o/u 2.25 here and that’s just too low in our eyes in a matchup between two teams with severe defensive liabilities at the back this season.

A lot of that low line may be based off the perception of Atletico at home over the last few seasons, a generally strong defensive team who allowed just 11 goals at home all year last season, good for number one in La Liga, but a total they’ve already eclipsed this season with only 12 games gone.

Manchester United is also incredibly defensively fragile right now, allowing the fourth-most xGA out of any team on the road in the English Premier League this season.

However, up front is where both teams really shine with Joao Felix, Luis Suarez, Bruno Fernandes and Ronaldo all prolific goalscoring threats for either team this season.

Manchester United have also scored in 18 of their last 19 competitive games as well with their last 12 Champions league games averaging 3.67 goals per game also.

Take the over 2.25 goals on Wednesday in the matchup between Atletico Madrid and Manchester United over in the Champions League knockout round.

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Stoppage Time | Champions League Betting Preview

The 2021-22 UEFA Champions League resumes this week with the first series of knockout matches in the Round of 16. Join Carmine Bianco, Kevin Dolan, Pavlos Laguretos, and Nick Borrman for Stoppage Time as break down this week’s featured Champions League matches across Europe, including Villarreal vs Juventus; Atletico vs Manchester United; Lazio vs FC Porto; and Napoli vs Barcelona.

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