Atletico Madrid vs Barcelona (Pick, Prediction, Preview)

Atletico Madrid vs Barcelona (Pick, Prediction, Preview) Preview

Sunday afternoon at the Vicente Calderon will stage the highly anticipated match between Atletico Madrid and Barcelona. The Blaugrana looking for three points to continue to keep up with league leaders Real Madrid, the colchoneros looking for points to try to recover positions and to press Sevilla, third in the Liga.

The hosts are coming from Leverkusen success, match valid for the knockout stages of the Champions League. The meeting ended 2-4 and almost mortgaged colchoneros have access to the quarterfinals of the event. As for the championship, the team coached by Cholo Simeone has returned from 3 consecutive wins and in the last five challenges played scored 11 points. At home, in 11 games, he scored 8 wins, 2 draws and only one defeat. They are currently in fourth place in the standings, at 45 points, to -4 from Seville third.

Barcelona redeems the best Champions League debacle against PSG. Have indeed defeated, the last round of the championship, the Leganes 2-1, struggling more than they should. The decline Blaugrana had become apparent, a sign perhaps of a fulfillment after the many successes achieved in recent years. In the championship they are on the second place in the standings, a – one from Real Madrid, who, however, has yet to recover two meetings. With the Champions League now almost vanished, the goal of the Catalans is to directly qualify for the next Champions League. To do this, you need to go to conquer the difficult field of the Vicente Calderon.

Previous: first leg encounter finished 1-1. The two teams have crossed even in the King’s Cup, from where came out the winner Barcelona (1-2 at the Calderon and 1-1 at the Camp Nou).

For this fascinating encounter, as forecasts suggest the bet double chance in the 12th, accompanied by the outcome GG. Both teams will have the right motivation in trying to get the win and will exploit the current weakness of the two defenses, which recently embarked many goals. We exclude a draw as the final result.


Prediction: Over 2,5 goals

Odds: 1.90