La Liga forecast and preview: Atlético Madrid modest front runner to outplay FC Barcelona

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Competition: Spain La Liga
Competition: Sat 02.October
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Wanda Metropolitano (67829 seats)

This could be a great fixture, with Atlético Madrid positioned 4th and FC Barcelona in 6th. Read the preview!

Insights:
  • Atlético Madrid have not yet lost a game at home.
  • FC Barcelona have not yet lost a game.

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Atlético and FC Barcelona.

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Atlético Madrid form and stats

Atlético Madrid must be fairly happy with 5 points from their first three La Liga games here at Estadio Wanda Metropolitano. Two draws in a row at home now for Atlético.

Atlético enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Milan's place. The match ended 2-1 with Luis Suárez and Antoine Griezmann scoring. A late climax in the match against Milan as the winning goal came seven minutes into overtime; scored by Luis Suárez. Midfielder Geoffrey Kondogbia was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.45 (out of ten) in that game. Kondogbia hit one key pass and had 33 successful passes (of 37 total).

Heartbreak before that as Atlético lost 0-1 at Deportivo Alaves's place.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Atlético handle that role? We have found four games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are two wins, two draws and zero defeats.

Atlético are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 3 goals in 3 games. Atlético have only conceded 2 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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FC Barcelona form and stats

FC Barcelona are doing rather OK so far in their away games in the La Liga, having played 2 games and collected 2 points (0 wins, 2 draws and 0 losses). Visiting Barcelona has seen their last two away games both end with a tied score and one point each.

Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. FC Barcelona goalkeeper Marc-Andre ter Stegen is eager to challenge this, with his 268 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.

Barcelona lost away at Benfica (0-3) in their previous game and are perhaps starting to feel homesick. Midfield player Frenkie de Jong was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.61/10. Jong hit three key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 59 successful passes (of 64 total).

A home win before that, celebrating 3-0 vs Levante.

Barcelona are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is zero wins, zero draws and one defeat. From a total of one match.

As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, FC Barcelona has managed 1 goal and let in 1 from 2 matches.

Head 2 Head

Previous ten meetings involving these sides: Atlético won two, FC Barcelona triumphed in four and we saw four draws. three games with more than 2,5 goals, seven matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

AtléticoL. Suárez Díaz
L. Suárez Díaz
3 goals
Atlético MadridÁ. Correa
Á. Correa
3 goals
FC BarcelonaM. Depay
M. Depay
3 goals

Atlético Madrid missing players

FC Barcelona missing players

Atlético Madrid FC Barcelona
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
7 3 0 Played P 0 2 6
4 1 0 Won W 0 0 3
2 2 0 Drew D 0 2 3
1 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
9 3 0 Scored S 0 1 11
6 2 0 Conceded C 0 1 5
86% 67% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 50% 83%
57% 33% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 50% 83%
57% 33% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 50%
14% 33% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 17%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 17%
57% 33% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 50% 67%
29% 67% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 50% 33%
29% 33% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 50% 17%
 
6.3 7.7 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 3.5 6.3
2.7 2 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 8.5 4.5
4.3 4.3 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 3 2.5
2 1 0 Red cards R C 0 2 2
 
14 15 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 8 12.7
2.9 3 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 3.5 6.5
45% 33% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 14% 28%
Key stats in La Liga this season:
  • Atlético Madrid have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Atlético Madrid have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
  • Atlético Madrid have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • FC Barcelona have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
  • FC Barcelona have not yet lost a game.
  • FC Barcelona have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • FC Barcelona have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • FC Barcelona have yet to win a game away.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Real Madrid 7 5 2 0 21 8 3 2 1 0 11 3 4 3 1 0 10 5 13 17
2 Real Sociedad 7 5 1 1 10 6 4 3 1 0 3 0 3 2 0 1 7 6 4 16
3 Sevilla 6 4 2 0 10 2 3 3 0 0 8 1 3 1 2 0 2 1 8 14
4 Atlético Madrid 7 4 2 1 9 6 3 1 2 0 3 2 4 3 0 1 6 4 3 14
5 Rayo Vallecano 7 4 1 2 13 7 3 3 0 0 10 1 4 1 1 2 3 6 6 13
6 FC Barcelona 6 3 3 0 11 5 4 3 1 0 10 4 2 0 2 0 1 1 6 12
7 Real Betis 7 3 3 1 11 7 4 1 2 1 5 4 3 2 1 0 6 3 4 12
8 Valencia 7 3 2 2 12 8 4 2 1 1 6 3 3 1 1 1 6 5 4 11
9 Osasuna 7 3 2 2 10 11 4 0 2 2 2 7 3 3 0 0 8 4 -1 11
10 Athletic Club 7 2 4 1 6 4 3 1 1 1 4 3 4 1 3 0 2 1 2 10
11 Villarreal 6 1 5 0 6 3 2 1 1 0 4 1 4 0 4 0 2 2 3 8
12 Mallorca 7 2 2 3 6 12 4 1 2 1 4 4 3 1 0 2 2 8 -6 8
13 Celta de Vigo 7 2 1 4 7 10 4 1 0 3 3 5 3 1 1 1 4 5 -3 7
14 Espanyol 7 1 3 3 4 7 3 1 1 1 2 2 4 0 2 2 2 5 -3 6
15 Cadiz 7 1 3 3 7 11 4 0 2 2 3 6 3 1 1 1 4 5 -4 6
16 Elche 7 1 3 3 4 8 3 0 3 0 2 2 4 1 0 3 2 6 -4 6
17 Levante 7 0 4 3 6 12 3 0 2 1 4 6 4 0 2 2 2 6 -6 4
18 Granada 7 0 3 4 5 12 3 0 1 2 4 6 4 0 2 2 1 6 -7 3
19 Deportivo Alaves 6 1 0 5 2 11 4 1 0 3 2 7 2 0 0 2 0 4 -9 3
20 Getafe 7 0 0 7 2 12 3 0 0 3 1 4 4 0 0 4 1 8 -10 0

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La Liga is the top professional level of the Spanish football league system. Is is often referred to as the Primera División and is considered one of the absolute top leagues of Europe and the world. 20 teams play 380 fixtures from August to May to create a final league table.