Edgar Mendez will miss the rest of this month with a knee injury, while Pere Pons is still a doubt with a aductor issue. Florian Lejeune is another doubt with an ankle injury, but he should be okay to start, and Javier Lopez remains out. Luis Rioja came in last time out and is likely to keep his place with few changes expected after an improved display. Thomas Lemar remains out here, and he is joined by Koke, who also sat out the last outing. Joao Felix remains suspended, and there are no fresh injury issues for Atletico Madrid heading into this one. Few, if any, changes are expected given Atleti's win in the week, though Diego Simeone does need to find some way to introduce a little more creativity.