Atletico Madrid vs Leicester Game Preview – The Fairy Tale Continues Or Not?

What most of the people are questioning when it comes to this game is, will Leicester's European fairy tale continue?

Truly it has been an unreal season for the English champion in Champions League. Their domestic problems didn't reflect on the elite European competition, where they have been magnificent in most of their performances. But now they are heading to one of the toughest challenges for any team in Europe. They are facing Atletico Madrid, the Bad Boys of modern football.

It will be two hard and tough matches for both teams, and for certain two interesting ones.

The home team didn't lose in the last 8 matches in all competitions and the last time when they felt the bitter taste of defeat, was back in February when they lost at the Vicente Calderon against Barcelona. Since then they have 5 victories and 3 draws with 5 clean sheets.

During that time Leicester was also excellent. After Claudio Ranieri was replaced with Craig Shakespeare, the Foxes were simply unstoppable. They have snapped their 6 game winning streak last weekend when they lost against Everton 4-2. Jamie Vardy and the offensive line woke up in the recent matches as they scored almost every time 2 or more goals.

''I don't think they will renounce the ball, I think they choose to play the way that suits them best for the qualities of the players. With the explosiveness of Vardy, they are vertical, intense, precise at times. They seek to strengthen the qualities of their players and that is what took them to their place in Europe.'' spoke Diego Simeone about Leicester, mentioning Vardy as the main threat.

Craig Shakespeare was moderate in his comments about the upcoming game.

"We'll show Atlético the respect they deserve but we're here to compete, we're not here just to make up the numbers. The players deserve this opportunity and we want to show that tomorrow."

For the first time in history, these two teams are going to meet in Champions League. Before this, they have played four matches and in three of them, Atletico had more reasons to celebrate.

Atletico Madrid has a positive score when playing against English teams. 9 victories, 9 draws, and 5 defeats. The score is even better when they're playing at home because in history they didn't lose. 5 wins and 5 draws for in 10 matches

Leicester's Spanish opponents besides Atletico we're only Sevilla, which they have eliminated in the previous round.

The big blow for Leicester's team will be the absence of Wes Morgan, the captain of this squad.

Kevin Gameiro is highly doubtful for this match, but the home team fans are expecting him to be ready for tonight.

At this moment Atletico Madrid has a slight advantage considering the final outcome. We think that no more than three goals will be seen here and that the best bet for you would be between 2 or 3 goals.

Although Leicester was fantastic in the last few matches, Atletico still has all the necessary experience in these kinds of games and we think that overall, they are much closer to win tonight.