Levante, a bogey team for Atletico Madrid

Levante host Atletico Madrid on Wednesday with certain optimism as there are the team they have beaten the most out of the three big clubs in Spanish football. 

Levante have defeated Atletico 10 times in all competitions while they have beaten Real Madrid six times and Barcelona five. 

The first time the team from Valencia beat Atletico in La Liga was in the 1963-64 season and they did so 2-1. Since then, they have won six times at home and three away. The last victory at the Ciutat de Valencia came in the 2015-16 season in a 2-1 win. 

One of Atletico's most painful defeats at Levante came in the antepenultimate matchday of the 2013-14 campaign as Diego Simeone's side were fighting for the league title. They were surprisingly beaten 2-0, but they still ended up being champions.

The star of the show the laast time Levante and Atletico met in Valencia was Macedonian midfielder Enis Bardhi, who scored two penalties in a 2-2 draw back in October 2021. 

The only time the two clubs have faced off in the Copa del Rey was in the 2006-07 season and Levante shocked Atletico by winning 0-1 in the first leg. Nino scored that goal, but Atletico levelled the tie in the second leg and ended up winning on penalties.