Atletico Madrid vs Barcelona Predictions

Both sides are doing well in the league. Their last outing ended in a high-scoring draw. The Atletico Madrid vs Barcelona La Liga 2024-25 fixture is likely to end in a draw here.

Match info: La Liga

Venue: Civitas Metropolitano Stadium, Madrid

Date: Sunday, 16^th March 2025

Time: 9 pm Nigerian time

Civitas Metropolitano will host a gigantic La Liga contest on Sunday evening. Title rivals Atletico Madrid and Barcelona will face off in one of the most important matches of the season.

Barcelona are currently top of the La Liga table, one point ahead of third-placed Atletico, and both teams will enter this match off the back of Champions League fixtures.

Head-to-head:

• Atletico Madrid have won 6 of the last 41 meetings between the two teams.
• Barcelona have recorded 23 victories.
• The remaining 12 clashes ended in draws.
• Barcelona are unbeaten in their last three away games against Madrid sides in the La Liga.
• Atletico Madrid won the first leg away 2-1.
• Blaugrana are on a six-match winning streak in the league at the moment.
• Atletico Madrid are on a three-match losing streak across all competitions.
• Their last 3 games produced at least 3 goals.

Form:

• Atletico Madrid in the League: D-D-W-W-L
• Atletico Madrid in all competitions: D-W-L-L-L
• Barcelona in the League: W-W-W-W-W
• Barcelona in all competitions: W-D-W-W-W

Team News:

• Atletico Madrid's Angel Correa will be out of action as he is suspended. Koke and Reinaldo are injured and will not be part of the squad. Rodrigo De Paul’s availability is still a question.
• Marc-Andre ter Stegen, Andreas Christensen, and Marc Bernal have injuries. Hence they all will not be a part of Barcelona’s squad.

Player(s) to watch:

• Julian Alvarez will be leading the attacking front for the hosts alongside Antoine Griezmann. Julian Alvarez has done well for Atletico Madrid and will be looking to add some more goals to his tally here. He has scored a total of 10 goals in 27 La Liga matches this season. Alvarez is yet again going to play a key role.
• Raphinha has been one of the key assets for Blaugrana in the attacking front. Although he is not the top goal-getter in La Liga for the visitors at the moment, the Brazilian forward is a menace to the opponent’s defence with his ability to find spaces.