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Atletico Madrid vs Osasuna Preview

Atletico Madrid will be hoping to get their Primera Division campaign back on track following a disappointing recent run.

Atletico started the season in fine style, beating Inter Milan to win the UEFA Super Cup and then picking up victories over Sporting Gijon and Athletic Bilbao in their opening two league games, but things have not gone so well for the Rojiblancos since then.

In eight Primera Division matches, the Europa League champions have picked up only two wins and suffered four defeats - their latest being a 2-0 loss to derby rivals Real last weekend that left Quique Sanchez Flores` men down in eighth spot.

However, that run included matches against all the leading sides in the division, and now Atletico will hope to start moving up the table as their next eight games features matches against six teams in the bottom half.

"We want to finish the first half of the season with 30 points," said Sanchez Flores, whose side need 16 points from their next nine games to achieve that target.

"That could allow us to finish the season with more than 60 points. With this figure we can get into the Champions League. The sooner we start picking up those points, the better."

Looking back to the first 10 weeks of the season, Sanchez Flores added: "We`ve been unfortunate. The team have had more positive answers than negative. We`ve corrected some of the mistakes from last year, but the bad luck, as much with regards to injuries as results, have prevented the team from having more points right now.

"We`ll see if now we can recover the form we had at the start, which is what we hope for the rest of the season.

"Right now are are lamenting the loss of three or four points, but we can`t think about that. We must work hard and we are going to fight to achieve our objectives."

Tomorrow`s visitors to the Vicente Calderon are 12th-placed Osasuna, who have had a mixed time of it lately.

In their last three league games, Jose Antonio Camacho`s side have picked up 3-0 home victories over Malaga and Hercules but also suffered a 4-1 mauling at Racing Santander.

Osasuna also bid farewell to the Copa del Rey in midweek when they lost 2-1 at Deportivo La Coruna.

Sanchez Flores said of Osasuna: "They are a physical team with a very direct style. We will have to be aggressive."

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