Barcelona vs Atletico Madrid Preview


Barcelona vs Atletico Madrid

Competition – Spanish Primera Liga

Stadium: Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys

Date: 21st December 2024

Kick-off time – 20:00 GMT

Barcelona will host Atletico Madrid in the most interesting game in La Liga this weekend as the Madrid team attempts to top the standings.

Barca’s terrible run of form in the last few weeks has given Atletico a chance to close the gap between them.

The Catalans have forgotten how to win and the feel-good factor their early season form brought around Catalonia has died down.

The home side has just a win in their last four La Liga games, losing two of those matches, including the most recent (0-1) to Leganes.

That was a shocking result and it puts them in a tough spot ahead of this game because they are facing an Atletico team that is full of confidence.

Diego Simeone’s side has won all of their last 11 games in all competitions, including beating PSG away in the Champions League.

Los Colchoneros will feel this is their best chance to end their run of three straight losses against Barcelona and they have to take it.

Suddenly, Hansi Flick is under pressure and the situation around the team is not getting better as Flick will be serving a touchline ban while Lamine Yamal is unavailable due to injury.

It is quite a situation to be in for the Catalans and it will be interesting to see how they respond.

Other fixtures taking place this week in the Spanish Primera Liga:

April 4, 2025
Rayo Vallecano 20:00 Espanyol
April 5, 2025
Girona 13:00 Alaves
Real Madrid 15:15 Valencia
Mallorca 17:30 Celta Vigo
Barcelona 20:00 Real Betis
April 6, 2025
Las Palmas 13:00 Real Sociedad
Sevilla 15:15 Atlético de Madrid
Real Valladolid 17:30 Getafe
Villarreal 20:00 Athletic Bilbao
April 7, 2025
Leganes 20:00 Osasuna
April 11, 2025
Valencia 20:00 Sevilla
April 12, 2025
Real Sociedad 13:00 Mallorca
Getafe 15:15 Las Palmas
Celta Vigo 17:30 Espanyol
Leganes 20:00 Barcelona
April 13, 2025
Osasuna 13:00 Girona
Alaves 15:15 Real Madrid
Real Betis 17:30 Villarreal
Athletic Bilbao 20:00 Rayo Vallecano
April 14, 2025
Atlético de Madrid 20:00 Real Valladolid

Spanish Primera Liga Table

# Team MP W D L F A G P
1 Barcelona 29 21 3 5 82 28 +54 66
2 Real Madrid 29 19 6 4 62 29 +33 63
3 Atlético de Madrid 29 16 9 4 47 23 +24 57
4 Athletic Bilbao 29 14 11 4 46 24 +22 53
5 Villarreal 28 13 8 7 51 39 +12 47
6 Real Betis 29 13 8 8 40 36 +4 47
7 Rayo Vallecano 29 10 10 9 33 31 +2 40
8 Celta Vigo 29 11 7 11 42 42 +0 40
9 Mallorca 29 11 7 11 28 35 -7 40
10 Real Sociedad 29 11 5 13 27 31 -4 38
11 Sevilla 29 9 9 11 33 39 -6 36
12 Getafe 29 9 9 11 26 25 +1 36
13 Girona 29 9 7 13 37 45 -8 34
14 Osasuna 29 7 13 9 33 42 -9 34
15 Valencia 29 7 10 12 32 46 -14 31
16 Espanyol 28 7 8 13 27 40 -13 29
17 Alaves 29 6 9 14 32 44 -12 27
18 Leganes 29 6 9 14 28 46 -18 27
19 Las Palmas 29 6 8 15 33 48 -15 26
20 Real Valladolid 29 4 4 21 19 65 -46 16

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