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Diego Simeone’s men are in unfamiliar territory, ahead of our FC Copenhagen vs Atletico Madrid preview and soccer odds, having been knocked out of the Champions League and forced to feature in Europe’s second-grandest tournament of the campaign.

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FC Copenhagen have been strong at home in the Europa League for a while and similarly have a strong form at Telia Parken in their Champions League exploits. Atletico Madrid, however, bring some extra class and motivation with them and the desire to get back to winning ways and lift a trophy.

Our FC Copenhagen vs Atletico Madrid predictions back the away side to be a very tough unit to break down, which makes backing a result to nil for the travelling Colchoneros very tempting within our week’s Europa League tips.

The hosts are strong on their own patch, but the addition of Diego Costa to the mix for Atleti in 2018 has really awoken a new level of performance and motivation. Simeone and company appear to have their old mentality back and they’re prepared to take it all of the way in a competition that they will have to consider themselves favourites to win.

FC Copenhagen vs Atletico Madrid Prediction and Betting Advice

Copenhagen have kept clean sheets in four of their last five Europa League home fixtures, with only Ajax hitting the back of the net against them since 2015. Since then, the likes of Ludogorets, Lokomotiv Moscow, Zlin, and Sheriff have tried and failed, but the firepower that Atleti boast should be more than enough to test their Danish defences.

Unibet offer the best odds on there being less than three goals in this contest, with Atletico picking up a lot of 1-0 victories this campaign. Los Colchoneros like to keep things very tight at the back, with the pace and drive of Antoine Griezmann and Diego Costa enough to help them do the rest at the other end of the field.

Simeone’s men have scored in each of their last 10 consecutive matches in all competitions. In that time, they have kept six clean sheets, with Jan Oblak a vital last line of defence to ensure that the home side have real problems piercing the travelling outfit’s armour.

The form previously mentioned also backs the second top within our FC Copenhagen vs Atletico Madrid bets, with the binary scorelines that the La Liga club continue to win by acting as supporting evidence. With two banks of four that are compact and tough to break down, chances are hard to come by for travelling outfits, but the form of Oblak in between the sticks is another factor to take into account.

William Hill offer the best odds on the away side to get a positive result, as well as avoid conceding an away goal in Denmark. They’ve already travelled to Roma and Qarabag so far this season and got away unscathed, so Simeone will be hoping for more of the same in a competition that they will have big ambitions to win.

Our FC Copenhagen vs Atletico Madrid betting tips suggest that the home side will be unable to find a way through on Thursday night, with the Spanish club’s staunch defending enough to allow them to squeeze out a very favourable win to take back to the Wanda Metropolitano for the second leg.