The 2-0 Atletico Madrid hosts Academia de Coimbra in their matchday 3 of the Europa League at 3 p.m. ET/9 p.m. CET in their home ground Estadio Vicente Calderón, located in Madrid, España.
Atletico is arguably the best team in the Group B standings. They have yet to lose a match and yet to even allow a goal. They have connected with four goals so far in the tournament, while allowing nothing to opponents.
H. Tel-Aviv was their first victim of the tournament as Atletico shut them out 3-0. Next on their list was Plzeň who lost 1-0 on a Cristian Rodríguez goal in stoppage time.
Not only has the Rojiblanco yet to lose a match in the Europa League, but they carry a 17-game winning streak to Thursday's match.
Their opponents, Academia, suffered a 3-1 loss to Plzen in their first match. They then had a 1-1 draw with Tel-Aviv.
Predictions
These are probably the most lopsided predictions I have seen from fans.
85.5%- Atletico Madrid -- 3-0 victory 23%, 2-0 victory 12%. 4-0 victory 10%
10.5%- Academia de Coimbra
4%- Draw
Fans are not cutting Academia any slack. As you can see from the data above, brought to you by Goal.com, fans do not even expect Atletico to allow a goal.
Click here for the live stream of the Rojiblanco vs. Academia. Once you get past the popups, the link works perfectly.
Check out the Group B standings brought to you by UEFA.com.
| Home | Away | Total | |||||||||||||
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| Clubs | P | W | D | L | W | D | L | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | Pts | |
| 1 | Club Atlético de Madrid | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 2 | FC Viktoria Plzeň | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | A. Académica de Coimbra | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -2 | 1 |
| 3 | Hapoel Tel-Aviv FC | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -3 | 1 |
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