Atlético Madrid vs FC Barcelona Preview 08/01/2023

Atlético Madrid vs FC Barcelona – 08/01/2023

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Sunday’s heavyweight conflict between Atletico Madrid and Barcelona at Civitas Metropolitano headlines Matchday 16 of the 2022-23 La Liga season.

Barcelona discover themselves atop the desk on 38 factors, though second-place Actual Madrid have the identical factors tally. Nonetheless, third-place Actual Sociedad sit 9 factors behind.

In the meantime, Atletico Madrid occupy fourth place within the standings. Diego Simeone’s group sit two factors inside the highest 4 and 11 factors shy of Barca.

Atletico booked their place within the final 16 of the Copa del Rey with a 2-0 win in opposition to Oviedo on Wednesday, that means they’ve claimed three straight victories because the World Cup.

Nevertheless, they’ve solely managed to win one among their previous 4 La Liga video games – recording one draw and two losses within the course of.

By their very own excessive requirements, Simeone’s males have endured a comparatively inconsistent marketing campaign to date – registering eight wins, three attracts and 4 defeats in La Liga.

Though they’ve prevented defeat in every of their final six house video games throughout all competitions, they’ll wrestle to keep away from defeat when high-flying Barcelona come to city.

Certainly, Barca have solely misplaced one among their 15 league encounters this season – selecting up 12 wins and two attracts alongside the best way.

Not solely do they boast the defensive report within the division (6), however additionally they have the second-best offensive report (34).

Xavi’s facet head into Sunday’s showdown on the again of dramatic 4-3 win in opposition to Intercity within the Copa del Rey, with the lower-league membership forcing the La Liga giants to extra-time.

Nonetheless, Barca will probably be assured of claiming all three factors this weekend after profitable 5 of their earlier six league outings and protecting 4 clear sheets in that point.

Head-to-head: Barcelona thrashed Atletico 4-2 when the groups final met again in February 2022, with the Catalans ending a five-game winless run on this fixture.

It is usually price stating that Atletico have solely managed to win two of their earlier 24 La Liga conferences with Barcelona.

Crew information: Atletico Madrid will probably be with out the suspended Mario Hermoso on Sunday after he picked up a purple card in final week’s 2-0 win in opposition to Elche.

As for Barcelona, they’ve two gamers suspended resulting from purple playing cards – Jordi Alba and Robert Lewandowski.

On condition that Barca have claimed 12 wins and 11 clear sheets in 15 league outings this season, all of the indicators level in the direction of a shutout victory for Xavi’s facet this weekend.

Forebet predicts that Barcelona will rating over 1.5 objectives and preserve a clear sheet on their solution to dispatching Atletico Madrid.