Girona vs atlético madrid

Top-four hopefuls Atletico Madrid will be bidding to stretch their unbeaten run in La Liga to nine matches when they make the trip to Girona on Monday night. Diego Simeone's side will enter the contest off the back of a thumping 6-1 win over Sevilla last weekend, while Girona were on the wrong end of a five-goal thriller with Getafe in Madrid. Michel's side have won eight, drawn six and lost 10 of their 24 league games this season to collect 30 points, which has left them in 11th position in Girona are only seven points off the top six and five clear of the relegation zone, so it has been a strong campaign thus far, but a lot could change with a couple of poor results in quick succession. The Catalan outfit have won two of their last three in the league, overcoming Almeria and Athletic Bilbao in back-to-back matches, before suffering a 3-2 defeat to Getafe last weekend. Girona were 3-0 down inside the opening 43 minutes before fighting back to 3-2, but they were unable to find a late leveller at Coliseum Alfonso Perez, as they suffered their 10th league loss of the campaign. © Reuters Atletico, meanwhile, recorded a 6-1 victory over Sevilla last weekend, with Memphis Depay and Alvaro Morata both scoring braces in what was a hugely impressive performance at Wanda Metropolitano. Simeone's side have now won three of their last four in the league and are unbeaten in Spain's top flight since the start of January, with the strong form seeing them move into third position in the ...