Atletico Madrid will face the current worst team in La Liga without a single win, Almeira. It would be disappointing if they couldn't win a match like this. From any point of view, Almeira will not be able to beat Alletico Madrid, unless Atletico Madrid plays badly and luck is on Almeira's side. But I'm quite pessimistic about that, or I doubt that anything like that will happen, although it could happen.
There is no doubt to say Atletico Madrid will win this match.
Really no need to mention that Real Madrid is the stronger team here, of course they are. But there were several games this season when their opponents managed to perform with fierce resistance and Real Madrid was in trouble and could hardly win the game. So far it has worked well for Real Madrid, but I believe that Betis is good enough to cause some problems for Real Madrid. Since there is no important Champions League game for Real Madrid in the coming week, the focus will be put on this game only and that might be a disadvantage for Betis. A fully focused Real Madrid is hard to defeat.
I agree that Real Betis have great potential to cause Real Madrid problems in this match. They will definitely try everything to make Real Madrid uncomfortable with their game. I think if Real Betis can keep Real Madrid's midfield out of action then they will be quite successful, yes they should come out with a strategy that strengthens their midfield. Up front, Real Madrid have a dangerous player and they can assign players to guard his movements, of course other players must also get attention.
This is what I expected and it is astounding that Real Madrid couldn't produce more pressure and score more goals. They only had a mere two shots on target the entire game. Remove Bellingham's goal and they only had one more shot on target in 95 minutes. That's not enough for a team that has aspirations to win three titles this season.
Girona is pulling off a Napoli performance from last season. I never thought this could be possible for that club, but they are stable at what they are doing, producing great results in a reliable manner.