The managers D. Simeone and Ernesto Valverde are both dreading and looking forward to this decisive game in the upper regions of the La Liga league table.
It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only four days ago in the Champions League.
Atlético Madrid form and stats
Atlético Madrid, who have the most clean sheets (7) in La Liga, are steadily winning La Liga games and points here at Wanda Metropolitano. 4 wins, 3 draws and 0 defeats is the summary from 7 games. Atlético Madrid haven’t lost a game in ten attempts regardless of arena, a great achievement. Their last loss was the fixture versus Real Sociedad, 78 days ago. Two home wins in a row for Atlético Madrid bring valid hopes of a third.
In their previous game, the manager D. Simeone led his Atlético Madrid to a defeat in the Champions League match away at Juventus. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Wanda Metropolitano. Preceding that game was the away draw at Granada that finished 1-1.
Atlético Madrid has scored 10 league goals at home this season, in 7 matches. Atlético Madrid have only conceded 4 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Barcelona form and stats
3-1-3 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Barcelona, who have the most scored goals (35) in La Liga, in their La Liga matches away.
Barcelona won their last game, 3-1 versus Borussia Dortmund played at home. Ahead of that match was the victory versus Leganes at their stadium, the result 2-1.
Barcelona have scored 10 goals on their travels this season, from 7 away games in the league. As opposed to that, Barcelona have seen the ball go into their own net 9 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's 1 Atlético Madrid victory, 4 draws and 5 Barcelona wins. 3 of these games ended with three goals or more, 7 matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  L. Messi 8 goals |  L. Suárez 7 goals |   Álvaro Morata 5 goals |
Atlético Madrid missing players
Barcelona missing players
| Atlético Madrid | Barcelona | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 14 | 7 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 7 | 13 |
| 6 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 9 |
| 7 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| 16 | 10 | 2 | Scored | S | 0 | 10 | 35 |
| 9 | 4 | 0 | Conceded | C | 1 | 9 | 16 |
| 79% | 71% | 50% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 64% | 57% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 86% | 92% |
| 14% | 29% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 57% | 77% |
| 14% | 29% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 29% | 54% |
| 7% | 14% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 31% |
| 43% | 43% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 43% | 62% |
| 50% | 57% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 29% | 23% |
| 29% | 29% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 29% | 15% |
| 5 | 5.7 | 6 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 8 | 3.9 | 4.7 |
| 4.6 | 4 | 7 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 3 | 2.6 | 3.3 |
| 2.8 | 1.9 | 1.5 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 2.7 | 2.6 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 166 | 87 | 18 | Total Shots | T S | 11 | 68 | 151 |
| 50 | 29 | 4 | Shots on Target | S O | 2 | 30 | 76 |
| 32% | 34% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 33% | 46% |
- Atlético Madrid has the most clean sheets (7)
- Atlético Madrid have not yet lost a game at home.
- Atlético Madrid have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Atlético Madrid have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Barcelona has the most scored goals (35)
- Barcelona has the most scored goals in the first half (16)
- Barcelona has the most scored goals in the second half (19)
- Barcelona has the the best goal difference (+19)
- Barcelona have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Barcelona have scored more than double the goals of Atlético Madrid.
- Barcelona have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Barcelona haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Barcelona is in the best form (5-0-1)
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Barcelona | 13 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 35 | 16 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 19 | 28 |
| 2 | Real Madrid | 13 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 28 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 18 | 28 |
| 3 | Sevilla | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 27 |
| 4 | Atlético Madrid | 14 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 16 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 25 |
| 5 | Athletic Club | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 23 |
| 6 | Real Sociedad | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 22 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 23 |
| 7 | Getafe | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 19 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 21 |
| 8 | Granada | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 20 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 2 | 21 |
| 9 | Levante | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 18 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 1 | 20 |
| 10 | Valencia | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 20 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 0 | 20 |
| 11 | Osasuna | 14 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 17 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 19 |
| 12 | Villarreal | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 27 | 22 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 18 |
| 13 | Deportivo Alaves | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 16 | -2 | 18 |
| 14 | Real Valladolid | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 15 | -4 | 17 |
| 15 | Real Betis | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 24 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 14 | -7 | 16 |
| 16 | Eibar | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 23 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 9 | -9 | 15 |
| 17 | Mallorca | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 21 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 14 | -8 | 14 |
| 18 | Celta de Vigo | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 12 | -10 | 12 |
| 19 | Espanyol | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 24 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | -16 | 9 |
| 20 | Leganes | 14 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 24 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 12 | -16 | 6 |