Barcelona hosts Atletico Madrid in round 35 of Spanish LaLiga. The match will be played on Saturday, May 8th at Camp Nou (Barcelona)
Barcelona takes 3rd place in the championship standings (74 points after 34 matches). Ronald Koeman's club has chalked up 23 wins, five draws, and six defeats. The Catalans continue to fight for the champion’s title. With four matches left before the end, Barça is two points behind Atlético Madrid and is inferior to Real Madrid in terms of additional indicators. To achieve the title, the Catalans should beat Atlético and score more points than Galacticos in the remaining segment. On May 2, Barcelona won an away match against Valencia (2-3). Lionel Messi made a double, and Antoine Griezmann scored one more goal. Gabriel Paulista and Carlos Soler left their names on the scoreboard for Valencia.
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Atletico Madrid is on the 1st line in the La Liga standings (76 points after 34 rounds). Diego Simeone's team has 23 wins, seven draws, and four losses. With four rounds to go to the end of the season, the Mattress Makers remain the main contenders for the champion’s title. Despite the periodic loss of points, they are still out of reach for competitors, who also make mistakes. The gap from Real Madrid and Barça is equal to two points, so the defeats in the next rounds may lead to the loss of leadership at the finish line. In the last round, Atlético Madrid beat Elche with a minimum score (0-1). Marcos Llorente scored in the 23rd minute, and the visitors from Madrid barely kept that advantage. Elche missed several dangerous chances, including a missed penalty in time added to the 2nd half.
The confrontation between the two main contenders for the title can end in any favor. Barça, which is good at home (11 wins and 4 draws in 17 games), has won 10 of the last 13 home matches against Atlético in La Liga. But the Mattress Makers, who are showing excellent away statistics (10 wins and 4 draws in 17 away rounds), are capable of springing an unpleasant surprise on the Catalans. We will see the match between the two most productive teams of the championship (Barça scores 2.4 goals per game on average, Atlético — 1.8), so we may expect a large number of goals. The Catalans are experiencing problems in defense (five consecutive rounds without a clean sheet), so the visitors' attack led by Suarez will get at least a couple of chances in the opponents’ penalty area. At the same time, Barça regularly breaks through the defense of the Mattress Makers. The Catalans scored at least once in 11 out of 12 head-to-head matches in all tournaments. Therefore, we may well count on an exchange of goals scored.
Prediction for the match: Both teams to score — yes
