Barcelona fights Atlético Madrid in La Liga battle

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Competition: Spain La Liga
Competition: Sat 08.May
Match begins: 14:15 (UTC)
Venue: Camp Nou (98787 seats)

A key match in La Liga as both teams are battling for the top positions. With Barcelona in 3rd position and Atlético Madrid placed 1st, this promises to be an exciting meeting. Read on to find out more!

Insights:
  • Barcelona have the most scored goals (80) in La Liga
  • Atlético Madrid have the fewest conceded goals (22) in La Liga

Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!

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Barcelona form and stats

Barcelona, who have the most scored goals (80) in La Liga, are steadily winning La Liga games and points here at Camp Nou. 11 wins, 4 draws and 2 defeats is the summary from 17 games.

It's back home for Barcelona, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Valencia away with the result 3-2. Antoine Griezmann and Lionel Messi (2) found the net in that victory. Preceding that match was a defeat to Granada (1-2).

The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Barcelona's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played four games, won one match, drawn two and lost one.

The manager R. Koeman will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Levante in only three days.

Goals are plentiful at Camp Nou in the league this season as Barcelona has scored 43 goals here in 17 home games. On the other hand, Barcelona have conceded 18 goals.

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Atlético Madrid form and stats

Atlético Madrid's travelling support has been rewarded for their time and money so far this season, having witnessed Atlético Madrid, who have the fewest conceded goals (22) in La Liga, collect 34 points from their 17 away matches in the La Liga. 10 victories and 4 draws have created these points (and only 3 defeats).

Two travels in a row for Atlético Madrid, whose manager D. Simeone could celebrate last time after the La Liga win against Elche. Preceding that game, the 1-2 loss visiting Athletic Club's place.

Looking at the earlier recent performances of Atlético when being an outsider away as they are today, we find one match with the visitors losing zero times, drawing one and winning zero games.

A new game in only four days for Atlético Madrid, the La Liga home match versus Real Sociedad. Busy days.

Atlético find the net regularly in their away games. 24 goals from 17 away fixtures in the league. Atlético are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 13 times in 17 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

These teams' last encounter with each other was the Atlético Madrid - Barcelona 1-0 earlier this season. Last ten meetings between the teams: Barcelona won four, Atlético Madrid won two and four draws. three games with over 2,5 goals, seven matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

BarcelonaL. Messi
L. Messi
28 goals
Atlético MadridL. Suárez Díaz
L. Suárez Díaz
19 goals
BarcelonaA. Griezmann
A. Griezmann
12 goals

Barcelona missing players

Atlético Madrid missing players

Barcelona Atlético Madrid
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
34 17 4 Played P 4 17 34
23 11 2 Won W 2 10 23
5 4 1 Drew D 0 4 7
6 2 1 Lost L 2 3 4
80 43 8 Scored S 4 24 61
33 18 5 Conceded C 3 13 22
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 88% 91%
85% 88% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 71% 74%
65% 71% 75% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 35% 38%
38% 47% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 12% 24%
24% 24% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 6% 9%
59% 71% 75% BTTS BTTS 0% 47% 41%
35% 29% 25% Clean Sheets C S 50% 41% 50%
6% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 24% 18%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.8 1.4 1.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.2 3 2.6
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
14.9 15.8 11.8 Shots (avg) S ( 7.5 10.5 11.4
6.1 6.6 5.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.2 4.2 4.9
39% 38% 38% Goal Efficiency G E 31% 34% 37%
Key stats in La Liga this season:
  • Atlético Madrid have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Atlético Madrid have the fewest conceded goals (13) away in La Liga
  • Atlético Madrid have the fewest conceded goals (22) in La Liga
  • Atlético Madrid have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (10) in La Liga
  • Atlético Madrid have the fewest dropped points from leading position (6) in La Liga
  • Atlético Madrid have the most clean sheets (17) in La Liga
  • Barcelona have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Barcelona have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Barcelona have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Barcelona have the most scored goals (43) at home in La Liga
  • Barcelona have the most scored goals (80) in La Liga
  • Barcelona have the most scored goals in the first half (38) in La Liga
  • Barcelona have the most scored goals in the second half (42) in La Liga
  • Barcelona have the the best goal difference (+47) in La Liga
  • Barcelona haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Atlético Madrid 34 23 7 4 61 22 17 13 3 1 37 9 17 10 4 3 24 13 39 76
2 Real Madrid 34 22 8 4 58 24 17 12 2 3 29 10 17 10 6 1 29 14 34 74
3 Barcelona 34 23 5 6 80 33 17 11 4 2 43 18 17 12 1 4 37 15 47 74
4 Sevilla 33 22 4 7 49 26 16 12 1 3 25 10 17 10 3 4 24 16 23 70
5 Real Sociedad 34 14 11 9 51 35 17 7 6 4 28 20 17 7 5 5 23 15 16 53
6 Villarreal 34 13 13 8 51 38 17 7 6 4 23 19 17 6 7 4 28 19 13 52
7 Real Betis 34 14 9 11 43 46 17 8 5 4 24 20 17 6 4 7 19 26 -3 51
8 Granada 34 13 6 15 43 55 17 9 3 5 24 21 17 4 3 10 19 34 -12 45
9 Celta de Vigo 34 11 11 12 46 51 17 8 3 6 27 27 17 3 8 6 19 24 -5 44
10 Athletic Club 33 10 12 11 43 36 17 8 5 4 27 16 16 2 7 7 16 20 7 42
11 Osasuna 34 10 10 14 31 41 17 6 5 6 18 20 17 4 5 8 13 21 -10 40
12 Cádiz 34 10 10 14 29 49 17 4 5 8 14 26 17 6 5 6 15 23 -20 40
13 Levante 34 9 11 14 38 48 17 5 7 5 22 25 17 4 4 9 16 23 -10 38
14 Valencia 34 8 12 14 43 51 17 6 7 4 27 22 17 2 5 10 16 29 -8 36
15 Getafe 34 8 10 16 26 40 17 5 6 6 13 11 17 3 4 10 13 29 -14 34
16 Deportivo Alaves 34 7 10 17 28 52 17 5 5 7 15 21 17 2 5 10 13 31 -24 31
17 Real Valladolid 34 5 16 13 32 46 17 3 7 7 18 26 17 2 9 6 14 20 -14 31
18 Huesca 34 6 12 16 32 50 17 4 6 7 16 21 17 2 6 9 16 29 -18 30
19 Elche 34 6 12 16 29 50 17 4 8 5 16 21 17 2 4 11 13 29 -21 30
20 Eibar 34 5 11 18 26 46 17 2 6 9 11 19 17 3 5 9 15 27 -20 26

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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.