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Big-spending Atletico Madrid will be hoping to kick off their Champions League campaign with a victory against RB Leipzig on Thursday.
Atletico spent nearly €200m in the window on Julian Alvarez, Conor Gallagher, Alexander Sorloth and Robin Le Normand so the pressure is on for Los Colchoneros to perform well domestically and in Europe.
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Atletico Madrid Recent Form
Diego Simeone’s men have made a solid enough start to the new season in Spain, going unbeaten in five games.
They are still off the pace set by Barcelona, though, as they drew two of those five games versus Villarreal and Espanyol.
Atletico Madrid Injury News
Pablo Barrios and Reinildo are the only two confirmed absentees for Atletico.
There’s a fresh feel about this Atletico squad following the arrivals in the summer.
Last Atletico Madrid Lineup
Here’s how Atletico lined up against Valencia.
RB Leipzig Recent Form
RB Leipzig have four competitive games under their belt so far and have won three, though one of those came in the German Cup against minnows RW Essen.
In the league they beat Bochum and then defending champions Leverkusen before a 0-0 draw versus Union Berlin at the weekend.
RB Leipzig Injury News
The German side have a couple of knee injuries to contend with as Xaver Schlager is recovering from an ACL injury, while new signing Assan Ouedraogo is set to miss a couple of weeks of action due to a less serious issue.
Willi Orban is available to play again after his domestic suspension.
Last RB Leipzig Lineup
Here’s how RB Leipzig lined up against Union Berlin.
Atletico Madrid – Player To Watch
Atletico might have signed two new strikers in Sorloth and Alvarez, but Griezmann remains their main man. The World Cup winner has four goal contributions in four games already this season (two goals and two assists).
RB Leipzig – Player To Watch
It is Lois Openda, not Benjamin Sesko, who is scoring the goals for RB Leipzig so far this season as he has two, while his Slovenian team-mate is yet to find the…
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