After six matches into the LaLiga season, Atletico are creating just a bit more attacking threat than last season, with npxG created at 1.39 per 90 compared with 1.30 across last season’s 38 games. At the other end, they are allowing 0.88 npxG per 90, down from 1.10. They are scoring 2.20 goals and conceding 0.94 per 90, compared with 1.55 and 1.10 respectively last season.
2025-26’s leading chance creator was Julián Álvarez with 46 chances created (2.10 per 90), nine of them big, and 4.57 xA. In
2026-27, it is Álex Baena with 12 chances created (2.67 per 90), and 1.02 xA. The 2026-27 most-used starters include six of the 11 players in the 2025-26 selection. Ademola Lookman, Lee Kang-In, Marc Pubill, Alejandro Grimaldo and Morten Hjulmand are now in that group.
The centre-backs are receiving the ball at much the same height as last season. They are winning 5.7 second balls per game, down from 6.3.
Their main source of passing threat remains the right flank in the final third, which accounts for 25%, down from 26% last season. Passes from the left flank in the final third contribute 18%, down from 24% last season.
