Atletico Madrid vs Feyenoord

Atletico Madrid and Feyenoord are set to trade tackles in an exciting Champions League showdown at the Estadio Civitas Metropolitano.

Atletico Madrid pulled off a sensational comeback at the weekend, overturning a 2-0 deficit in a 3-2 home win over Cadiz to make it three La Liga victories on the trot. Diego Simeone’s men have responded well to a stomach-wrenching 1-1 draw against Lazio in their Champions League opener, which saw them concede the 95th-minute equalizer to goalkeeper Ivan Provedel. That stalemate forms part of Atletico Madrid’s underwhelming 11-game form in the Champions League group stages (W2, D3, L6), highlighting the pressure on ‘Los Rojiblancos’ to deliver a performance this midweek. However, Simeone’s charges have gone from strength to strength at the Civitas Metropolitano, racking up a jaw-dropping 12-game winning streak here, albeit all wins in that sequence came in La Liga.

In the meantime, Feyenoord took full advantage of their numerical advantage in a 2-0 home triumph over nine-man Celtic on matchday one, which saw two of their goals disallowed by VAR and a missed penalty. The visitors’ domestic form has been nothing short of impressive, as they’ve yet to lose any of their opening seven matches at the start of their Eredivisie title defense (W5, D2). Since beating Celtic at the beginning of their Group E adventure, Arne Slot’s men have thrashed fierce rivals Ajax 4-0 and G.A. Eagles 3-1 in the build-up to this encounter. Their stellar run of form bodes well for their bid to arrest a seven-game winless European streak outside De Kuip (D3, L4). But it gets worse, with Feyenoord losing their last seven away matches in the Champions League.