This is a big derby of this round, but it can be said of the complete championship, because Real Madrid has failed and these two teams are in the first two places. Barcelona is the leader and not so long ago, they had a twofold advantage over Atletico, but in the previous five rounds they even played tree draws and lost six points there. Atletico is in great shape now, so they have for the mentioned six points reduced their backlog for the Catalans to five points and it is clear how much it would all be complicated in the case of the triumph of Atletico Madrid. Their mutual duel in the first part of the season ended with 1-1
When it comes to Barcelona, they do not have to lose matches to say that this team is in crisis. It is enough to mention that they have played a little more draws than usual. But the Catalans still have not lost any matches in the championship and the Champions League and their only defeat is in the Cup against Espanyol, which practically did not mean anything because they passed further. However, they already have six draws in the championship, of which three happened in the short period of time.
They first played 1-1 in the championship with Espanyol, then they sensationally played 0-0 with Getafe at Nou Camp, while they in the last round 1-1 with Las Palmas. There were also two victories over Eibar and Giron, but it is far away from the excellent and they are concerned for a reason.
Probable lineups FC Barcelona: ter Stegen – Roberto, Pique, Umtiti, J.Alba – Busquets, Rakitić, Iniesta – Messi, L.Suarez, Coutinho(Dembele)
Atletico is in great trouble and it all coincided in such a way that Barcelona has dropped in shape a little bit, so the champion ambitions of Madrid suddenly revived. It is a great pleasure for them that they have exactly ten points more than their city rival Real and it is really great for self-confidence as well as the fact that they have six consecutive victories in the championship. They have won twice in Europa League, but everything is not perfect, because Sevilla has defeated them in the Cup twice and thus they were eliminated.
So the revenge of Atletico was relentless, and they have mastered Sevilla two rounds ago at “Sabchez-Pizjuan”, and in one moment they even had the lead of 5-0, and then they relaxed slightly and received two goals. In the last round they were a little less convincing, and they escorted Leganes with 4-0, and the first name in both duels was definitely striker Griezmann, who scored three goals against Sevilla and four against Leganes. Only L.Hernandez is out of action, while Savic should be ready for this duel.
Probable lineups Atletico Madrid: Oblak – Vrsaljko, Gimenez, Godin, Filipe Luis – Thomas, Saul Niguez, Koke, Gabi – Griezmann, D.Costa
Even though this is a duel between two best defensive teams in the league, that have received the least goals, we expect something else in their mutual duel. Barcelona is under pressure to celebrate while Atletico plays great and they score goals with ease, so both we expect goals on both sides of the field.
Pick: both teams to score 1.92 - 92/100 @1XBet