Barcelona are placed first in the league with seventy points and a positive goal difference of +38. So far in the season, they have gotten twenty-one wins, seven draws, and two losses. In the previous round, they drew with Villarreal by the score of 4-4. The clash was a tough one to delegate and the referee had to show eleven yellow cards. Chukwueze, Ekambi, Iborra, and Bacca scored a goal each for Villarreal, and on the other side, the scorers were Messi, Suarez, Coutinho, and Malcom.
Atletico Madrid hold the second slot on the ladder with sixty-two points from eighteen wins, eight draws, and four losses. Currently, they are on a two-game winning streak with the most recent one being over Girona by the score of 2-0. The first half started out slow and not much was seen in it. In the seventy-sixth minute of the game, Godin scored the opening goal, and in the closing moments of it, Griezmann sealed the deal and secured the win after a great action.
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Barcelona possible starting lineup:
Ter Stegen; Semedo, Pique, Lenglet, Alba; Arthur, Busquets, Rakitic; Coutinho, L Suarez, Messi
Atletico Madrid possible starting lineup:
Oblak; Luis, Godin, Gimenez; Saul, Rodri, Koke, Thomas, Arias; Correa, Griezmann
Head To Head
Barca have won 93 of the 208 meetings between the two teams in all competitions, with Atletico recording 65 victories and the remaining 50 games finishing level.Barca have dominated the recent La Liga matches, meanwhile, and are unbeaten in Spain’s top flight against Atletico since February 2010. Indeed, the Catalan giants have won 12 of the last 17 league games between the two teams, remaining unbeaten in the process.
Atletico’s last away victory over Barca in the league came back in February 2006, but the pair played out a 1-1 draw at the Wanda Metropolitano in the reverse fixture earlier this season.