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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 UEFA 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 UEFA 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 UEFA 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:

April 19, 2024
Athletic Bilbao 20:00 Granada
April 20, 2024
Celta Vigo 13:00 Las Palmas
Rayo Vallecano 15:15 Osasuna
Valencia 17:30 Real Betis
Girona 20:00 Cadiz
April 21, 2024
Getafe 13:00 Real Sociedad
Almeria 15:15 Villarreal
Alaves 17:30 Atlético de Madrid
Real Madrid 20:00 Barcelona
April 22, 2024
Sevilla 20:00 Mallorca
April 26, 2024
Real Sociedad 20:00 Real Madrid
April 27, 2024
Las Palmas 13:00 Girona
Almeria 15:15 Getafe
Alaves 17:30 Celta Vigo
Atlético de Madrid 20:00 Athletic Bilbao
April 28, 2024
Cadiz 13:00 Mallorca
Granada 15:15 Osasuna
Villarreal 17:30 Rayo Vallecano
Real Betis 20:00 Sevilla
April 29, 2024
Barcelona 20:00 Valencia

Spanish Primera Table

# Team MP W D L F A G P
1 Real Madrid 31 24 6 1 67 20 +47 78
2 Barcelona 31 21 7 3 62 34 +28 70
3 Girona 31 20 5 6 63 39 +24 65
4 Atlético de Madrid 31 19 4 8 59 36 +23 61
5 Athletic Bilbao 31 16 9 6 51 29 +22 57
6 Real Sociedad 31 13 11 7 45 33 +12 50
7 Valencia 31 13 8 10 34 32 +2 47
8 Real Betis 31 11 12 8 38 37 +1 45
9 Villarreal 31 10 9 12 49 54 -5 39
10 Getafe 31 9 12 10 37 43 -6 39
11 Osasuna 31 11 6 14 36 44 -8 39
12 Las Palmas 31 10 7 14 29 35 -6 37
13 Sevilla 31 8 10 13 39 44 -5 34
14 Alaves 31 8 8 15 26 38 -12 32
15 Mallorca 31 6 13 12 25 36 -11 31
16 Rayo Vallecano 31 6 13 12 25 38 -13 31
17 Celta Vigo 31 6 10 15 33 46 -13 28
18 Cadiz 31 4 13 14 21 41 -20 25
19 Granada 31 3 8 20 32 60 -28 17
20 Almeria 31 1 11 19 30 62 -32 14

Spanish Primera Results

April 15, 2024
Osasuna 0 - 1 Valencia
April 14, 2024
Real Sociedad 2 - 2 Almeria
Athletic Bilbao 1 - 1 Villarreal
Granada 2 - 0 Alaves
Las Palmas 0 - 2 Sevilla
April 13, 2024
Cadiz 0 - 1 Barcelona
Mallorca 0 - 1 Real Madrid
Rayo Vallecano 0 - 0 Getafe
Atlético de Madrid 3 - 1 Girona
April 12, 2024
Real Betis 2 - 1 Celta Vigo
April 4, 2024
Granada 0 - 1 Valencia
April 1, 2024
Villarreal 1 - 2 Atlético de Madrid
March 31, 2024
Real Madrid 2 - 0 Athletic Bilbao
Alaves 0 - 1 Real Sociedad
Girona 3 - 2 Real Betis
Celta Vigo 0 - 0 Rayo Vallecano
March 30, 2024
Barcelona 1 - 0 Las Palmas
Valencia 0 - 0 Mallorca
Almeria 0 - 3 Osasuna
Getafe 0 - 1 Sevilla

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