Atletico Madrid vs Barcelona Preview

Atletico Madrid vs Barcelona 

Competition – Spanish Primera

Stadium – Wanda Metropolitano

Date: 14th October 2017

Kick-off time – 19:45 GMT


This game will be the biggest test to Barcelona’s title ambitions so far this season and we expect them to face a tough task if they are to eventually leave the Wanda Metropolitano with a win.

Atletico Madrid will be looking to end Barcelona’s 100% record this season but they have to do what they have failed to do over the past 7 years – beat Barcelona.

The last time they won a match against Barcelona was back in February 2010.   Since that time, they have managed just 3 draws and lost on 11 occasions.

At home they have just one draw to show for the last seven visits of the table toppers although they will feel it’s a different scenario now that they have moved to a new stadium.

Barcelona are understandably favourites for this clash when one considers their past record against their hosts but they are always going to be close to losing a game as teams plot to thwart their unbeaten start to the new season.

They are currently top of the league with seven wins from seven league games and are ahead of their hosts by six points after the Diego Simeone boys drew a blank in their last match against Leganes.

Barcelona recorded a 3-0 win in their last outing despite having to play behind closed doors and we expect them to take this game more serious than their previous games as Atletico Madrid are also yet to lose in La Liga this season and have won their both of their home games so far.

Results of each team’s last 5 matches across all leagues and competitions

Atletico Madrid 

LAST FIVE GAMES DATE COMPETITION
D Leganes 0-0 Atletico Madrid Sep 30, 2017 Spanish Primera División
L Atletico Madrid 1-2 Chelsea Sep 27, 2017 UEFA Champions League
W Atletico Madrid 2-0 Sevilla FC Sep 23, 2017 Spanish Primera División
W Athletic Bilbao 1-2 Atletico Madrid Sep 20, 2017 Spanish Primera División
W Atletico Madrid 1-0 Málaga Sep 16, 2017 Spanish Primera División

Barcelona 

LAST FIVE GAMES DATE COMPETITION
W Barcelona 3-0 Las Palmas Oct 1, 2017 Spanish Primera División
W Sporting CP 0-1 Barcelona Sep 27, 2017 UEFA Champions League
W Girona 0-3 Barcelona Sep 23, 2017 Spanish Primera División
W Barcelona 6-1 Eibar Sep 19, 2017 Spanish Primera División
W Getafe 1-2 Barcelona Sep 16, 2017 Spanish Primera División

H2H

LAST FIVE GAMES DATE COMPETITION
Atletico Madrid 1-2 Barcelona Feb 26, 2017 Spanish Primera División
Barcelona 1-1 Atletico Madrid Feb 7, 2017 Spanish Copa del Rey
Atletico Madrid 1-2 Barcelona Feb 1, 2017 Spanish Copa del Rey
Barcelona 1-1 Atletico Madrid Sep 21, 2016 Spanish Primera División
Atletico Madrid 2-0 Barcelona Apr 13, 2016 UEFA Champions League


Other fixtures taking place this week in the Spanish Primera:

March 29, 2024
Cadiz 21:00 Granada
March 30, 2024
Getafe 14:00 Sevilla
Almeria 16:15 Osasuna
Valencia 18:30 Mallorca
Barcelona 21:00 Las Palmas
March 31, 2024
Celta Vigo 12:00 Rayo Vallecano
Girona 14:15 Real Betis
Alaves 16:30 Real Sociedad
Real Madrid 19:00 Athletic Bilbao
April 1, 2024
Villarreal 19:00 Atlético de Madrid
April 4, 2024
Granada 18:00 Valencia
April 12, 2024
Real Betis 19:00 Celta Vigo
April 13, 2024
Atlético de Madrid 12:00 Girona
Rayo Vallecano 14:15 Getafe
Mallorca 16:30 Real Madrid
Cadiz 19:00 Barcelona
April 14, 2024
Las Palmas 12:00 Sevilla
Granada 14:15 Alaves
Athletic Bilbao 16:30 Villarreal
Real Sociedad 19:00 Almeria

Spanish Primera Table

# Team MP W D L F A G P
1 Real Madrid 29 22 6 1 64 20 +44 72
2 Barcelona 29 19 7 3 60 34 +26 64
3 Girona 29 19 5 5 59 34 +25 62
4 Athletic Bilbao 29 16 8 5 50 26 +24 56
5 Atlético de Madrid 29 17 4 8 54 34 +20 55
6 Real Sociedad 29 12 10 7 42 31 +11 46
7 Real Betis 29 10 12 7 34 33 +1 42
8 Valencia 28 11 7 10 32 32 +0 40
9 Villarreal 29 10 8 11 47 51 -4 38
10 Getafe 29 9 11 9 37 42 -5 38
11 Las Palmas 29 10 7 12 29 32 -3 37
12 Osasuna 29 10 6 13 33 43 -10 36
13 Alaves 29 8 8 13 26 35 -9 32
14 Mallorca 29 6 12 11 25 35 -10 30
15 Rayo Vallecano 29 6 11 12 25 38 -13 29
16 Sevilla 29 6 10 13 36 44 -8 28
17 Celta Vigo 29 6 9 14 32 44 -12 27
18 Cadiz 29 3 13 13 20 40 -20 22
19 Granada 28 2 8 18 30 58 -28 14
20 Almeria 29 1 10 18 28 57 -29 13

Spanish Primera Results

March 17, 2024
Atlético de Madrid 0 - 3 Barcelona
Rayo Vallecano 2 - 0 Real Betis
Villarreal 1 - 0 Valencia
Las Palmas 0 - 1 Almeria
Sevilla 1 - 2 Celta Vigo
March 16, 2024
Athletic Bilbao 2 - 0 Alaves
Getafe 1 - 0 Girona
Osasuna 2 - 4 Real Madrid
Mallorca 1 - 0 Granada
March 15, 2024
Real Sociedad 2 - 0 Cadiz
March 11, 2024
Almeria 2 - 2 Sevilla
March 10, 2024
Real Betis 2 - 3 Villarreal
Real Madrid 4 - 0 Celta Vigo
Las Palmas 0 - 2 Athletic Bilbao
Alaves 1 - 0 Rayo Vallecano
March 9, 2024
Girona 2 - 0 Osasuna
Granada 2 - 3 Real Sociedad
Cadiz 2 - 0 Atlético de Madrid
Valencia 1 - 0 Getafe
March 8, 2024
Barcelona 1 - 0 Mallorca

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