Simeone's home comforts LaLiga - Atletico Madrid Clubs struggle to beat him in Madrid

Atletico Madrid will host Valencia this coming weekend after welcoming Las Palmas last time out and Girona in the game before that.

With the Catalan club's visit in Spain's top flight, Diego Simeone has now welcomed 29 teams during his time as Atletico boss.

During this streak of three successive home games, it seems like a good time to remember that Cholo is better than any other coach when it comes to defending his home turf, whether it be at Atletico's old Estadio Vicente Calderon home or their current Estadio Wanda Metropolitano base.

Only four clubs have managed to take three points in LaLiga from an away fixture at Atletico during the Argentine's time in charge, which is just 13.8 percent of sides.

To put it another way, 25 of the 29 clubs he has hosted in the top flight do not know the feeling of overcoming Simeone in the Spanish capital.

The first team to do so was Barcelona, on February 26, 2012 with goals from Dani Alves and Lionel Messi cancelling out a Radamel Falcao goal.

They have in fact repeated that feat on four other occasions, winning 2-1 in 2012/13, 1-0 in 2014/15, 2-1 in 2015/16 and 2-1 in 2016/17 to cause him more problems than any other side.

Then there is Real Madrid who have picked up maximum points on three occasions in league derby fixtures, winning 4-1 in 2011/12, 2-1 in 2012/13 and 3-0 in 2016/17.

Villarreal have won two games, both 1-0, thanks to lone strikes from Luciano Vietto in 2014/15 and Roberto Soriano in 2016/17, while Real Sociedad have beaten Simeone at home once thanks to a Xabi Prieto strike in 2012/13.

No other LaLiga rival has picked up three away points against Simeone during his time in charge of the Rojiblancos.

In 2018, they have started typically impressively and no team has beaten them in LaLiga this year, thanks to three wins and a draw.

Interestingly, Simeone is also coach with the best percentage among those who have faced 29 teams or more in LaLiga history.

Behind him are Leo Beenhakker and Helenio Herrera, although Pep Guardiola has also been beaten at home by four rivals, yet he faced three fewer teams than Simeone.

Atletico legend Luis Aragones welcomed 34 teams during his time in charge of Atletico and was beaten by 16 of them at home.

The rest of the club's coaches failed to reach 29 opponents so their data in that regard must be taken into account.

Aside from that duo, the most striking stat which stands out is that Juan Carlos Lorenzo only lost against one of the 17 teams he faced during his time in charge.