La Liga contenders Barcelona and Atletico Madrid meet later tonight for match day 19 of the Spanish league with both sides looking to extend their impressive winning sequences.
Barcelona’s last fixture in the competition was dramatic with a 3-1 comeback win over Alavés who took the lead within the opening minute of the game.
Now at Camp Nou with a reduced capacity, they will test their strengths against one of the league’s top contenders, who are only three points behind them. The Blaugrana are stepping into this fixture with an ongoing seven-match winning home league streak and an average of 3.29 goals per game.
Meanwhile, Saturday’s 2-0 victory over Oviedo raised Atletico’s winning streak tally in the league to six, the league’s longest unbroken winning streak. Atletico also created history as the first side to open the scoring in each of their first 14 La Liga games of the season. Tonight’s fixture holds plenty potentials for Los Colchoneros who are unbeaten in five away league games despite scoring just once in four of them – 2 wins and 3 draws.
Head-to-Head
Barcelona has lost just one of their last nine H2Hs – 7 wins, 1 draw, with that defeat coming from this same fixture last season. The lose remains their only defeat in 19 La Liga home head-to-heads – 13 wins and 5 draws.
Possible Lineups and Injuries
Barcelona:
Garcia J. (G)
Kounde
Cubarsi
Garcia E.
Balde
Pedri
Casado
Olmo
Lamine Yamal
Lewandowski
Raphinha
Atletico Madrid:
Oblak (G)
Molina
Gimenez
Lenglet
Hancko
Simeone
Barrios
Koke
Baena
Alvarez
Gonzalez
Barcelona are without any new injury concerns but will head into this fixture without Fermin López and Gavi. While Atletico will be without Robin le Normand and Marcos Llorente sue to injuries.
