Atletico Madrid vs Barcelona Predictions

• Barcelona have won their last four league trips to the Metropolitano
• Atletico have only scored five goals in their last five games
• Barcelona have scored 60 goals already this season

Barca a force to be reckoned with

The La Liga title race is shaping up to be a three-way affair and two of the main contenders face off on Sunday as Barcelona visit Atletico Madrid in the best European game of the weekend.

Atleti’s 2-0 win at Levante on Saturday meant that the gap between them and league leaders Barcelona remained just two points, with Real Madrid a further point behind their city rivals.

Diego Simeone’s men cannot match the ridiculous goalscoring pace of Barca but they have been very solid at the back, with their eight goals conceded the fewest of any team in the Spanish top flight.

Atletico were beaten 2-0 by Bayern Munich in midweek while Barcelona ran out 3-0 winners over Aston Villa. Back-to-back games against the Bavarians and Barcelona is far from ideal for the home side, who have been solid at the back but have hardly set the world alight going forward recently.

Hansi Flick’s men did fall to back-to-back defeats against Paris Saint-Germain and Real Madrid recently but got straight back on the horse with a 6-1 win over Alaves at the weekend.

Atleti could be outgunned

The visitors’ goalscoring has been remarkable this season, they have scored three or more goals in 12 of their 15 matches and have netted a total of 60 times.

Lamine Yamal and Raphinha have been in particularly devastating form, with the sheer pace of this attack their biggest strength.

Barca will be out for revenge too after they suffered defeats to these opponents in the Champions League quarter-finals and Copa del Rey semi-finals last season.

The visitors have won their last four league trips to the Metropolitano though and they may simply be too strong going forward for these opponents.

Atleti may be solid at the back but this is without a doubt the toughest test that they have faced on that front and they could come up short.

A midweek clash with Bayern Munich will have taken plenty out of the hosts and Barca are fancied to land a crucial blow in the La Liga title race with an away win.

This should be an entertaining affair, four of Barcelona’s last six games have gone over 3.5 goals, and another could be on the cards. Take a 3-1 away win.