Barcelona vs Atletico Madrid Preview

 

Barcelona vs Atletico Madrid

Competition – Spanish Primera

Stadium – Estadio Camp Nou

Date: 4th March 2018

Kick-off time – 15:15 GMT

This season’s La Liga was Barcelona’s for the taking, but the Catalans have faltered so much and allowed Atleti to close in and the Madrid based side head into this game in stunning form.

Messi helped Barca trash Girona last week and although they dropped points at Las Palmas in midweek, if the Argentinian is on the form as he was against Girona even Atleti’s reliably strong defence will struggle to cope with him.

The Catalans have a solid record against Atleti recently as they have not lost at home to the Madrid based side since Diego Simeone became manager.

Barca have collected an average of 2.67 points per home game this season and Messi is in good form with 4 goals in his last 3 league games and he should be a handful for Atleti here again.

Diego Simeone’s men scored 9 goals in their two league games last week, and the Partnership of Diego Costa and Antoine Griezmann is beginning to really kick-on.

Griezmann is in the form of his life and bagged a hattrick in both games this week including all four goals in their game against Leganes.

He has been linked with a move to Barca, so this game is the perfect audition for him.

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

Barcelona

LAST FIVE GAMES DATE COMPETITION
W Barcelona 6-1 Girona 24 Feb, 2018 Spanish Primera División
D Chelsea 1-1 Barcelona 20 Feb, 2018 Champions League
W Eibar 0-2 Barcelona 17 Feb, 2018 Spanish Primera División
D Barcelona 0-0 Getafe 11 Feb, 2018 Spanish Primera División
W Valencia 0-2 Barcelona 8 Feb, 2018 Spanish Copa del Rey

Atletico Madrid

LAST FIVE GAMES DATE COMPETITION
W Sevilla FC 2-5 Atletico Madrid 25 Feb, 2018 Spanish Primera División
W Atletico Madrid 1-0 FC Copenhagen 22 Feb, 2018 Europa League
W Atletico Madrid 2-0 Athletic Bilbao 18 Feb, 2018 Spanish Primera División
W FC Copenhagen 1-4 Atletico Madrid 15 Feb, 2018 Europa League
W Málaga 0-1 Atletico Madrid 10 Feb, 2018 Spanish Primera División

H2H

LAST FIVE GAMES DATE COMPETITION
Atletico Madrid 1-1 Barcelona 14 Oct, 2017 Spanish Primera División
Atletico Madrid 1-2 Barcelona 26 Feb, 2017 Spanish Primera División
Barcelona 1-1 Atletico Madrid 7 Feb, 2017 Spanish Copa del Rey
Atletico Madrid 1-2 Barcelona 1 Feb, 2017 Spanish Copa del Rey
Barcelona 1-1 Atletico Madrid 21 Sep, 2016 Spanish Primera División

Other fixtures taking place this week in the Spanish Primera:

November 2, 2024
Valencia 21:00 Real Madrid
November 22, 2024
Getafe 21:00 Real Valladolid
November 23, 2024
Valencia 14:00 Real Betis
Atlético de Madrid 16:15 Alaves
Las Palmas 18:30 Mallorca
Girona 18:30 Espanyol
Celta Vigo 21:00 Barcelona
November 24, 2024
Osasuna 14:00 Villarreal
Sevilla 16:15 Rayo Vallecano
Leganes 18:30 Real Madrid
Athletic Bilbao 21:00 Real Sociedad
November 29, 2024
Mallorca 21:00 Valencia
November 30, 2024
Barcelona 14:00 Las Palmas
Alaves 16:15 Leganes
Espanyol 18:30 Celta Vigo
Real Valladolid 21:00 Atlético de Madrid
December 1, 2024
Villarreal 14:00 Girona
Real Madrid 16:15 Getafe
Rayo Vallecano 18:30 Athletic Bilbao
Real Sociedad 21:00 Real Betis

Spanish Primera Table

# Team MP W D L F A G P
1 Barcelona 13 11 0 2 40 12 +28 33
2 Real Madrid 12 8 3 1 25 11 +14 27
3 Atlético de Madrid 13 7 5 1 19 7 +12 26
4 Villarreal 12 7 3 2 23 19 +4 24
5 Osasuna 13 6 3 4 17 20 -3 21
6 Athletic Bilbao 13 5 5 3 19 13 +6 20
7 Real Betis 13 5 5 3 14 12 +2 20
8 Real Sociedad 13 5 3 5 11 10 +1 18
9 Mallorca 13 5 3 5 10 10 +0 18
10 Girona 13 5 3 5 16 17 -1 18
11 Celta Vigo 13 5 2 6 20 22 -2 17
12 Rayo Vallecano 12 4 4 4 13 13 +0 16
13 Sevilla 13 4 3 6 12 18 -6 15
14 Leganes 13 3 5 5 13 16 -3 14
15 Alaves 13 4 1 8 14 22 -8 13
16 Las Palmas 13 3 3 7 16 22 -6 12
17 Getafe 13 1 7 5 8 11 -3 10
18 Espanyol 12 3 1 8 11 22 -11 10
19 Real Valladolid 13 2 3 8 10 25 -15 9
20 Valencia 11 1 4 6 8 17 -9 7

Spanish Primera Results

November 10, 2024
Real Sociedad 1 - 0 Barcelona
Real Valladolid 1 - 1 Athletic Bilbao
Getafe 0 - 1 Girona
Mallorca 0 - 1 Atlético de Madrid
Real Betis 2 - 2 Celta Vigo
November 9, 2024
Leganes 1 - 0 Sevilla
Villarreal 3 - 0 Alaves
Real Madrid 4 - 0 Osasuna
November 8, 2024
Rayo Vallecano 1 - 3 Las Palmas
November 4, 2024
Celta Vigo 1 - 0 Getafe
November 3, 2024
Athletic Bilbao 1 - 1 Real Betis
Sevilla 0 - 2 Real Sociedad
Barcelona 3 - 1 Espanyol
Atlético de Madrid 2 - 0 Las Palmas
November 2, 2024
Girona 4 - 3 Leganes
Osasuna 1 - 0 Real Valladolid
November 1, 2024
Alaves 1 - 0 Mallorca
October 28, 2024
Mallorca 0 - 0 Athletic Bilbao

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