Week 23 features a match on Sun Feb 6th, where Barcelona will play host to Atlético Madrid in a La Liga match. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 13 degrees, which will be a great treat for players. In their last match, Barcelona recorded a 1-0 shutout win against Deportivo Alavés. Frenkie de Jong struck first for Barcelona in the 87th minute, and that single goal was all that was necessary as neither team could manage any more scoring At the end of 90 a dissapointed Deportivo Alavés couldn’t manage to score, and Barcelona took the shutout win. Barcelona should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 19 points in their last 10 matches, while atlético Madrid sits at 4th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 3-2 win against Valencia. Yunus Musah scored the first goal for Valencia in the 25th minute, then Hugo Duro added another in the 44th minute But fortunately they were able to complete the comaback in the 93rd minute on a goal by Hermoso. Atlético Madrid is looking for direction having earned 14 points in their last 10 matches.
On Sat Oct 2nd, Atlético Madrid hosted Barcelona at the Estadio Wanda Metropolitano in their last match together. Atlético Madrid won by a score of 2 to 0. Thomas Lemar struck first for Atlético Madrid in the 23rd minute on a feed from Luis Suárez, then Luis Suárez added another in the 44th minute on a feed from Thomas Lemar In the end, Barcelona couldn’t muster any offence and Atlético Madrid ran away with the shutout win.
Atlético Madrid is fortunate enough to have Ángel Correa in top form. In the last 5 matches the attacker has scored 4 goals. Luuk de Jong has been the most effective weapon for Barcelona lately. The Dutch attacker has netted 2 goals in his last 5 matches
Xavier Hernández Creus’s Barcelona squad will be without Sergi Roberto, Ansu Fati and Samuel Umtiti, while Diego Pablo Simeone’s squad will be without Antoine Griezmann and Llorente.