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FC Barcelona vs Atletico Madrid, LaLiga 2020 preview

Barcelona face a big order to revive the LaLiga title, while Atletico Madrid head to Camp Nou on Tuesday evening.

Barca’s 2-2 draw at Celta Vigo allowed Real Madrid to bring a two-point lead to the top of the table by beating Espanyol 1-0 on Sunday evening.

The head-to-head record of Real means that they will be champions if they finish drawing points with Barca, so Quique Setien’s team must now earn three points on their opponents Clasico during the run-in.


With Barca out of place and in need of a win, a fit Athletic team is perhaps the last team they would like to face, but Lionel Messi & co. know that there is no room for error.

Start date, place and time

Barcelona vs Atletico Madrid will take place at Camp Nou on Tuesday 30 June, with a kick-off at 21:00 BST.

Prediction: Barcelona 1-0 Atletico Madrid

Considering their formidable away game, Barca will be relieved to return to Camp Nou, where she has only lost two points in 16 LaLiga games this season.

Atletico have won four of their five games since the restart, but scoring goals – only 41 – is their problem this season, and it would not be a surprise to see Messi holding a narrow win for Barca.

How to look

LaLiga and Premier Sports have confirmed that LaLigaTV will allow Sky customers to watch every Spanish top flight game for free in June.

To access all games, Sky UK customers must visit premiersports.com and register with the promo code BACKTOWIN. Non-Sky customers can also register using the same code.

With the games expected to be shown on TV on channel 435 on Sky, fans can also stream games online via the Premier Player app.

Pre-match coverage will begin at 20:30 BST.

Team news

Setien will be boosted by Sergio Busquets’ return from suspension and Sergi Roberto from injury.

Ousmane Dembele and Frenkie de Jong are injured, while Arthur Melo is available.

Arthur will join Juventus this summer with Miralem Pjanic who will move to Barca, but the Brazilian will be available for the rest of the 2019/20 season.

Team of 23 men of the boat: ter Stegen, Semedo, Piqué, Rakitic, Busquets, Arthur, Surez, Messi, Neto, Lenglet, Griezmann, Jordi Alba, Braithwaite, Roberto, Vidal, Umtiti, Junior, Iñaki Peña, Riqui Puig, Collado, Ansu Fati, Araujo, Monchu

Head to head history and results (h2h)

A late goal from Messi decided the last LaLiga match at Wanda Metropolitano in December. The previous season, the teams drew 1-1 in Madrid, while Barca won 2-0 at Camp Nou and closed 11 points ahead of Athletes in second place to lift the title.

Bets and tips

  • Boat to win: 10/11
  • Athletic to win: 7/2
  • Draw: between 13/5 and 11/4

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