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Atletico Madrid vs Barcelona Prediction and Football Tips

Atletico Madrid vs Barcelona Prediction and Football Tips
Friday, 29 March 2024
08:06

La Liga football tips – Atletico Madrid vs Barcelona prediction

Diego Simeone has to make do without midfielder Tiago, who is suspended and that could mean a starting place for Mario Suarez. Elsewhere, Fernando Torres is competing with Mario Mandzukic for a place in attack and Miranda may be replaced in defence by Jose Gimenez.

Luis Enrique will stick to his policy of swapping goalkeepers for league and cup games, meaning a return to the side for Claudio Bravo. There’s a fitness doubt over striker Luis Suarez but with the front three playing so well for Barcelona, if there’s a chance he can play, he will. Jeremy Mathieu could be preferred in defence to Mascherano, given Atletico’s height advantage.

Probable Line-ups

Atletico Madrid: 4-4-2 formation: Oblak; Siqueira, Godin, Miranda, Juanfran; Koke, Suarez, Gabi, Turan; Griezmann, Mandzukic

Barcelona: 4-3-3 formation: Bravo; Alves, Pique, Mathieu, Alba; Rakitic, Busquets, Iniesta; Neymar, Suarez, Messi

  • Atletico Madrid have won 5, drawn 4 and lost 1 of their last 10 matches
  • Barcelona have won 8, drawn 1 and lost 1 of their last 10 matches
  • Over the course of their previous 10 matches, Atletico Madrid have scored an average of 1.4 goals and conceded an average of 0.6 goals per game
  • Over the course of their previous 10 matches, Barcelona have scored an average of 3.2 goals and conceded an average of 0.6 goals per game
  • There have been over 2.5 goals scored in 4 of Atletico Madrid’s previous 10 matches
  • There have been over 2.5 goals scored in 6 of Barcelona’s previous 10 matches
  • Atletico Madrid have failed to beat Barcelona in their previous 4 attempts

Atletico Madrid find themselves 4 points clear of Valencia in third place but can not afford to drop any more points, if they want to secure that position come the end of the season. Valencia have 2 very winnable matches and the pressure is on Diego Simeone to take all 3 points against Barcelona.

Barcelona can clinch the La Liga title a week early with a win at the Vicente Calderon. Luis Enrique will know that by winning it here, it will allow him to rotate for the final match of the season, prior to the cup finals that await.

Atletico’s form has been a mixed bag of late, with a good win at Villarreal followed by disappointing draws with Atletico Bilbao and Levante. Despite the defeat to Bayern Munich in the week, Barcelona have been going from strength to strength and may just nick it.

We say: Barcelona to win by 1 goal at 13/5 with Bet365

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