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Barcelona vs Atletico Prediction: La Liga match on 23.04.2023

Barcelona will look to get three more points to aid their quest to win La Liga when they host Atletico Madrid at Camp Nou on Sunday at 16:15 GMT.

   

Key Highlights

Barcelona’s March to the Title

Barcelona top the La Liga table, after 28 matches, with 72 points. They are 13 points ahead of second-placed Real Madrid, seemingly marching to the title unimpeded. 

Xavi Hernandez and his men have won four and drawn once in their last five matches. This form has seen them maintain a double-digit lead at the top of La Liga. It also reflects their season so far, in which they have lost twice and drawn three times.

Coming up against the in-form Atletico Madrid, Barcelona will look to win the match and make a statement about their ride to the title in La Liga. A win against Atletico could be the last credible obstacle for Xavi’s men to overcome before they seemingly cannot be stopped.

Atletico’s Top-Four Tilt

Atletico have won five out of their last five outings in La Liga. Their upturn in form has seen them surge up the table to third, just two points behind second-place Real Madrid.

Diego Simeone will ask his men to be selfish and greedy at this point as they look to finish as high up the table as they can. Second is within reach, and a win away to Barcelona will be crucial in driving them toward this objective.

The most important target for Atletico, though, is finishing within the La Liga top four and securing the Champions League football next season.

Injury Report

Barcelona

Xavi Hernandez will be without right winger Ousmane Dembele; the French international is sidelined with a hamstring injury and has missed the last 14 matches.

Barcelona will also miss the services of 20-year-old central midfielder Pedri. The Spaniard has been nursing a muscle injury he suffered on February 17, 2023.

Atletico

Diego Simeone will have to do without the services of left-back Reinildo Mandava, with the 29-year-old recovering from a ruptured cruciate ligament.

Atletico will also miss center-forward Memphis Depay, with the former Barcelona forward out with a muscle injury. The 29-year-old has missed 2 matches for Atletico so far, since April 1, 2023.

   

Possible Lineups

Barcelona

M .ter Stegen; J. Kounde, R. Araujo, E, Garcia, A. Balde; Gavi, S. Busquets, S. Roberto; Raphinha, R. Lewandowski, A. Fati

Atletico

J. Oblak; Y. Ferreira Carrasco, M. Hermoso, J. Gimenez, S. Savic, N. Molina; R. De Paul, Koke, M. Lorente; A. Griezmann. A. Morata

Prediction

Playing at Camp Nou, Barcelona will look to dominate Atletico from the first whistle to the last. Xavi’s men will look to dominate the midfield area by recycling possession and patiently passing from the back.

The Blaugrana will look to use their possession by making incisive and penetrative passing in the final third. They will also press on the front foot and higher up the pitch. 

This approach will allow them to win the ball as quickly as possible. Crucially, this will allow them to win the ball in dangerous attacking areas, bolstering the frequency and quality of chances they create.

Playing away from home, Atletico will look to be pragmatic in their approach. Diego Simeone will have his side set up in a manner that allows them to defend in numbers, to morph into a defensive unit quickly after losing possession, and denying Barcelona the spaces and passing channels they need to create chances.

They will look to leverage possession transitions to attack and create chances. The counter-attacks will be fast, down the wide areas, or through the middle, based on the positioning of the Barcelona defensive line.

Barcelona will win the match and take a step closer to winning La Liga.

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