The FC Barcelona & Atlético Madrid managers Xavi and Simeone are both anxious about and looking forward to this important game in the upper area of the La Liga positions.
- FC Barcelona have the fewest conceded goals (9) in La Liga
- Atlético Madrid have the fewest points from losing position (1) in La Liga
FC Barcelona and Atlético Madrid should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
FC Barcelona form and stats
Home games in the La Liga have been a walk in the park for FC Barcelona so far, with 36 points won from 14 matches; 11 wins, 3 draws and 0 losses.
Times are rough for the home team, having gone 200 minutes without scoring a league goal. Torres was the last player to find the net. Nothing to worry about in defence for FC Barcelona, as their goalkeeper Marc-Andre ter Stegen has completely shut out the opponents for 351 minutes in the La Liga.
The home team returns to Spotify Camp Nou after drawing with Getafe (placed 15th) on their last time out; the game ended 0-0. Busquets (midfield) was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.6/10. Busquets hit three key passes and had 51 successful passes (of 60 total).
Before that, FC Barcelona drew at home versus Girona.It should be considered that a glance at the 10 latest league fixtures reveals that 9 of them qualified as a both teams to score: NO result (only one or none of the sides scored a goal).
There will be little rest for Barcelona after this match as they are travelling to Rayo Vallecano for a La Liga game in only three days.
FC Barcelona have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Spotify Camp Nou with 27 goals in 14 league matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 3 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Defensively FC Barcelona have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game in the league (2 in 14 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. It's worth mentioning that 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Atlético Madrid form and stats
Atlético Madrid have an excellent away record in the La Liga so far with 9-3-2 from 14 games. In general it has been a productive period now for Atlético as they haven't lost any of their last 13 games.
Atlético Madrid won their last game, 2-1 versus Almeria played at home. Attacker Griezmann got a player rating of 9.44 in the game. "Man of the match" Griezmann scored two goals, hit the woodwork once, hit three key passes and had 43 successful passes (of 50 total).
Prior to that match, a home win 1-0 against Real Betis.A new game in only three days for Atlético Madrid, the La Liga home match versus Mallorca. Busy days.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Atlético have scored 19 goals in 14 league games away. It's not easy to score on Atlético Madrid as they have only conceded 9 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
Interestingly enough, Atlético have found the net in every league fixture they've performed in since NOT scoring against today's home team; the Atlético Madrid - FC Barcelona 0-1 match 14 game weeks ago. Head to head data (for the previous ten meetings): FC Barcelona won four games, three matches ended with a tie and Atlético Madrid managed three wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: three / seven. The matches between these teams have sometimes been aggressive, having seen 5 red cards from the last ten encounters.
Top Goalscorers
  R. Lewandowski 17 goals |   A. Griezmann 11 goals |  Á. Morata Martín 10 goals |
FC Barcelona missing players
Atlético Madrid missing players
| FC Barcelona | Atlético Madrid | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 29 | 14 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 14 | 29 |
| 23 | 11 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 9 | 18 |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 53 | 27 | 5 | Scored | S | 4 | 19 | 47 |
| 9 | 2 | 1 | Conceded | C | 3 | 9 | 21 |
| 90% | 86% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 55% | 64% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 57% | 69% |
| 45% | 43% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 29% | 38% |
| 21% | 14% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 7% | 10% |
| 3% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 7% | 10% |
| 21% | 14% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 43% | 48% |
| 76% | 86% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 50% | 41% |
| 14% | 14% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 7% | 10% |
| 6.1 | 7.4 | 8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.7 | 4 | 5.1 |
| 3.2 | 2 | 0.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7 | 5.1 | 4.1 |
| 2.3 | 1.9 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.3 | 2.7 | 2.5 |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 15 | 17.4 | 16 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.3 | 13.1 | 14.4 |
| 5.2 | 6.4 | 6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.7 | 5.1 | 5.6 |
| 35% | 30% | 42% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 26% | 29% |
| 9.2 | 7.4 | 8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 16 | 13 | 10.9 |
| 2.6 | 1.9 | 2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6.3 | 3.9 | 3 |
- Atlético Madrid have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Atlético Madrid have the fewest points from losing position (1) in La Liga
- Atlético Madrid have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Atlético Madrid haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Atlético Madrid is in the best form (6-0-0) in La Liga
- FC Barcelona have not yet lost a game at home.
- FC Barcelona have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- FC Barcelona have the fewest conceded goals (2) at home in La Liga
- FC Barcelona have the fewest conceded goals (9) in La Liga
- FC Barcelona have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (6) in La Liga
- FC Barcelona have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (3) in La Liga
- FC Barcelona have the most clean sheets (12) at home in La Liga
- FC Barcelona have the most clean sheets (22) in La Liga
- FC Barcelona have the most points (36) at home in La Liga
- FC Barcelona have the the best goal difference (+25) at home in La Liga
- FC Barcelona have the the best goal difference (+44) in La Liga
- FC Barcelona have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
- FC Barcelona have won significantly more corners at home than 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 | FC Barcelona | 29 | 23 | 4 | 2 | 53 | 9 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 27 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 26 | 7 | 44 | 73 |
| 2 | Real Madrid | 29 | 19 | 5 | 5 | 61 | 24 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 34 | 12 | 15 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 27 | 12 | 37 | 62 |
| 3 | Atlético Madrid | 29 | 18 | 6 | 5 | 47 | 21 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 28 | 12 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 9 | 26 | 60 |
| 4 | Real Sociedad | 29 | 15 | 6 | 8 | 37 | 28 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 12 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 16 | 9 | 51 |
| 5 | Real Betis | 29 | 14 | 6 | 9 | 37 | 30 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 22 | 15 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 15 | 7 | 48 |
| 6 | Villarreal | 29 | 14 | 5 | 10 | 38 | 28 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 12 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 18 | 16 | 10 | 47 |
| 7 | Athletic Club | 29 | 12 | 7 | 10 | 40 | 29 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 20 | 11 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 18 | 11 | 43 |
| 8 | Rayo Vallecano | 29 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 35 | 34 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 21 | 17 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 17 | 1 | 40 |
| 9 | Girona | 29 | 10 | 8 | 11 | 44 | 42 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 27 | 19 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 17 | 23 | 2 | 38 |
| 10 | Osasuna | 29 | 10 | 8 | 11 | 25 | 30 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 15 | -5 | 38 |
| 11 | Mallorca | 29 | 10 | 7 | 12 | 26 | 30 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 10 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 20 | -4 | 37 |
| 12 | Celta de Vigo | 29 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 36 | 40 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 21 | 17 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 23 | -4 | 36 |
| 13 | Sevilla | 29 | 9 | 8 | 12 | 35 | 44 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 18 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 26 | -9 | 35 |
| 14 | Real Valladolid | 29 | 9 | 5 | 15 | 25 | 48 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 32 | -23 | 32 |
| 15 | Getafe | 29 | 7 | 10 | 12 | 27 | 36 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 20 | -9 | 31 |
| 16 | Cadiz | 29 | 7 | 10 | 12 | 23 | 42 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 21 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 21 | -19 | 31 |
| 17 | Almeria | 29 | 8 | 6 | 15 | 35 | 50 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 23 | 19 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 31 | -15 | 30 |
| 18 | Valencia | 29 | 7 | 6 | 16 | 30 | 36 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 21 | 15 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 21 | -6 | 27 |
| 19 | Espanyol | 29 | 6 | 9 | 14 | 35 | 49 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 18 | 25 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 17 | 24 | -14 | 27 |
| 20 | Elche | 29 | 2 | 7 | 20 | 20 | 59 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 25 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 34 | -39 | 13 |
