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Atlético can set a new club record for consecutive home wins in all competitions. Atlético de Madrid may be tired, but there?s no time to dwell on it as Getafe make the short trip to the Cívitas Metropolitano for midweek action in LaLiga.
Atlético Madrid (11-1-4, 34 points) can set a new club record on Tuesday night with its 21st consecutive home win in all competitions. Victory over local rivals Getafe (6-7-4, 25 points) would be Atlético?s 18th home win on the trot in LaLiga, and its ninth in league play this season. Following an insipid away day in Bilbao on Saturday, a win Tuesday is practically required ? especially against an opponent that Atleti have defeated in 18 of the past 21 league meetings.
?We need to win duels, improve our pressure. The game isn?t won only through physicality,? head coach Diego Simeone told the media on Monday. ?We?ve played several games in a row, the boys are making a great effort, but we have to continue.?
Getafe on Saturday secured its first away win this season after pounding Sevilla 3-0 at the Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán. It was the latest in a string of impressive results for José Bordalás?s men, who have lost just once in their past 11 league games and sit eighth in the table. Top scorer Borja Mayoral (10 goals) has provided the front-line punch that went missing following star striker Enes Ünal?s knee ...