Seattle Sounders – Atletico Madrid

The Spanish team will beat the tournament hosts by a decent margin

The Seattle Sounders, like their compatriots from Miami and Los Angeles, have the privilege of playing at home in the current Club World Cup. However, such an advantage for the 2022 CONCACAF Champions League winner did not play a decisive role in the opening game of the tournament. Seattle were far from being a whipping boy in their encounter with Botafogo and, from time to time, showed some meaningful attacking football. However, the higher class of the Brazilian club allowed it to end the first half in its favour with a score of 2:0. The Brazilians went into the second half with the wrong tactics. Instead of consolidating their advantage, Botafogo gave the ball away to the American team, who pulled one goal back and could have equalised. Seattle still lost (1:2), which before the meetings with Atletico Madrid and PSG seems like a disastrous outcome. As for the Madrid club, Botafogo's victory over Seattle obliges them to play a winless game against the American team with the expectation of winning. Atletico lost their opening game to PSG 0-4. In the course of the entire game, only one moment could turn the tide of their confrontation with the Parisians, when at the score 0:2 "matrasniki" scored a goal that was later cancelled. Given the crushing defeat to PSG, Atletico Madrid need to not only beat Seattle, but do so with a decent goal difference. The goal is to create a winning goal difference against Botafogo before the third round. Bookmakers have identified the European team as the favourite for the upcoming meeting, offering odds of 1.30 on its victory. In general, Atletico Madrid has everything to confidently beat the upcoming opponent. In addition to tournament motivation, it is worth noting that the estimated value of the composition of the third club in Spain is ten times higher than the same indicator of Seattle Sounders. The American team has neither enough experience nor professional skills to beat Atletico. The problem for the Sounders is that they too will only want to win, which means that their already not the strongest defence will have to be put under additional pressure. Let's bet on a convincing win for the visitors.