Atlético Madrid will be taking a trip to Estadio Camp Nou on Sunday for an exciting La Liga fixture against Barcelona. Kickoff is scheduled for 6th February 2022 at 18:15 EAT.
Barcelona is in the fifth place in the league table with 35 points after 21 matches at the moment and has failed to meet expectations so far this season. They are unbeaten in the last five matches winning three and drawing in two, they picked up 11 points from the last five games both home and away. Both teams scored in three of those games and Barcelona scored seven goals.
Barcelona gets into this fixture following on 0-1 La Liga success versus Alaves in their previous game. In that match, Barcelona had 76% possession, 10 shots with four of them on target and a goal scored by Frenkie de Jong (87′). Alaves on the other hand got six shots on with two of them on target.
The defending champions Atleti is unbeaten in the last three league games and now sits in the fourth position with 36 points after 21 matches. Coming into this game, Atlético Madrid has picked up seven points from the last five games both home and away. Both teams scored in four of those games and Atlético scored nine goals.
Atlético Madrid will be looking for another win coming off 3-2 La Liga triumph to beat Valencia in their previous fixture. In that match, Atlético Madrid managed 65% possession 16 shots with six of them on target and goals scored by Matheus Cunha (64′), Ángel Correa (90′) and Mario Hermoso (93′). The opponents Valencia got seven shots with three of them on target and goals by Yunus Musah (25′) and Hugo Duro (44′).
Barcelona vs Atletico head to head
These two sides have 66 head to head matches against each other since 1993. Out off the 66 Barcelona has 31 victories, Atletico 18 wins and 17 matches ended with shared spoils.
- Atletico 2-0 Barcelona 02/10/21
- Barcelona 0-0 Atletico 08/05/21
- Atletico 1-0 Barcelona 21/11/20
- Barcelona 2-2 Atletico 30/06/20
- Barcelona 2-3 Atletico 09/01/20
Home
- Alaves 0-1 Barcelona
- Bilbao3-2Barcelona
- Barcelona2-3Real Madrid
- Granada 1-1 Barcelona
- Linares 1-2 Barcelona
Away
- Atletico 3-2 Valencia
- Real Sociedad 2-0 Atletico
- Atletico 1-2 Bilbao
- Villarreal 2-2 Atletico
- Majadahonda 0-5 Atletico
Barcelona team news
Álex Balde,Memphis Depay,Eric García, Clément Lenglet, Ansu Fati, Sergi Roberto and Samuel Umtiti will not be able to play for Barcelona boss Xavi Hernández through injuries. Moussa Wagué will also be unavailable due to suspension.
Atletico Madrid team news
As for Atletico, Geoffrey Kondogbia, Antoine Griezmann and Marcos Llorente are all expected to miss this encounter through injury.
Prediction and odds
Both teams are in good forms and should be able to find the back of the net however our best pick goes to the home team who has been improving under the new management.
- Barcelona Win
- Draw
- Double Chance 1/2
