Barcelona welcome the visitors Atletico Madrid in the Spanish La Liga – Round 31. The match will be held on Saturday, April, 6th, at the Camp Nou (Barcelona).
The hosting Barcelona are very pragmatic under Ernesto Valverde – the side are fine with a 4-4-2 scheme at times and regularly (mostly, they resort to the hybrid 4-3-3 scheme in the attack and the 4-4-2 one in the defense). Thus, in the clash with Espanyol, Barca made the first shot on target just in the middle of the second half-time. This does not stand for the team’s lack of opportunities, this implies their problems with assists and pre-goal passes. Barcelona feature a solid handicap in the league, but a few slipups may make a big difference.
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The visiting Atletico Madrid dropped out of the Champions League and the Cup, now they may concentrate on the La Liga fixtures. Considering Real Madrid and Barcelona’s resources, the second tier is a great achievement for the team, but their fans won’t be upset if they win the league once again. Atletico have issues with the squad, and they cannot be solved before the summer transfer campaign: Lucas Hernandez left for Bayern Munich and keeps recovering from his injury, Filipe Luis is blatantly failing the season, Juanfran’s recession is not that obvious, while the Columbian Santiago Arias hasn’t adapted in full yet.
Given this situation in one of the crucial Diego Simeone’s system’s elements (Alex Telles will probably join Atletico, but in summer), the manager will try to compete his best – mostly, he will play with performers who perfectly understand his approach (this is not about Rodrigo Hernandez and Alvaro Morata who will probably be on since the very first minutes). Though Atletico need just a win, they will not rush forward at once. Again, Barcelona are same pragmatic now, therefore, they will most likey support these developments. Here comes our bet on under 2.5 goals scored tomorrow.
Prediction for the match: Under 2.5 goals.
