Jan 8th features a match where Atlético Madrid will host Barcelona at Estadio Civitas Metropolitano in a meeting of these two closely matched La Liga teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 9 degrees, which will make playing unpleasant. In their last match, 4th placed Atlético Madrid, recorded a 2-0 shutout win against Real Oviedo. Llorente struck first for Atlético Madrid in the 24th minute on a feed from Antoine Griezmann, then P. Rivas added another in the 83rd minute on a feed from Ángel Correa In the end, Real Oviedo couldn’t muster any offence and Atlético Madrid ran away with the shutout win. With 17 points in their last 10 matches Atlético Madrid should be reasonably happy with their performance, while 1st placed Barcelona is fresh off their 4-3 win against Intercity. Ronald Araujo struck first for Barcelona in the 4th minute on a feed from Pablo Torre Carral, but Oriol Soldevila Puig got the equalizer for Intercity in the 59th minute , but fortunately for Barcelona it didn’t end there. They added more goals to be able to earn themselves the win. Barcelona looks to continue their winning ways, having won 8 of their last 10.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season, so it will be interesting how the match turns out. Last season these teams were evenly matched with 1 win each.
Both Ferrán Torres and Marcos Alonso have been the hottest scorers for Barcelona in the last 5 each having scored 2 goals each. Both Yannick Carrasco and João Félix have been the hottest scorers for Atlético Madrid in the last 5 each having scored 2 goals each.