FC Barcelona vs Club Atletico de Madrid, La Liga 2024-25 REGULAR SEASON

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Primera Division · 2024-25

FC Barcelona

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Club Atletico de Madrid

Sat 21 Dec 2024 · 20:00 UTC Olimpic Lluis Companys 46,249 HT 45' · FT 45'

Pedri 30' 1–0

1–1 60' Rodrigo de Paul

1–2 90+6' Alexander Sorloth

Y 54' Axel Witsel

Y 77' Robin Le Normand

Overview

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FC Barcelona vs Club Atletico de Madrid — La Liga at Olimpic Lluis Companys.

FC Barcelona 38 games · 94 pts (2026/27)
Club Atletico de Madrid 38 games · 69 pts (2026/27)

Match Details

Referee Ricardo de Burgos
Assistant 1 Iker De Francisco Grijalba (Spain)
Assistant 2 Asier Perez de Mendiola (Spain)

5 games this season 🟨 0.6/game ⚽ 4.4 goals/game 🟥 1 total

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	FC Barcelona	38	94
2	Real Madrid CF	38	86
3	Villarreal CF	38	72
4	Club Atletico de Madrid	38	69
5	Real Betis Balompie	38	60
6	RC Celta de Vigo	38	54
7	Getafe CF	38	51
8	Rayo Vallecano de Madrid	38	50
9	Valencia CF	38	49
10	Real Sociedad de Fútbol	38	46
11	RCD Espanyol de Barcelona	38	46
12	Athletic Club	38	45
13	Elche CF	38	43
14	Deportivo Alaves	38	43
15	Sevilla FC	38	43
16	CA Osasuna	38	42
17	RCD Mallorca	38	42
18	Levante UD	38	42
19	Girona FC	38	41
20	Real Oviedo	38	29

Head-to-Head

FC Barcelona 18 games · Avg 2.5 goals Club Atletico de Madrid

Last 5 meetings

2024-12-21 FC Barcelona 1–2 Club Atletico de Madrid 2024-03-17 Club Atletico de Madrid 0–3 FC Barcelona 2023-12-03 FC Barcelona 1–0 Club Atletico de Madrid 2023-04-23 FC Barcelona 1–0 Club Atletico de Madrid 2023-01-08 Club Atletico de Madrid 0–1 FC Barcelona

Recent Form

FC Barcelona

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
21 Dec	Club Atletico de Madrid	H	1–2	L
15 Dec	CD Leganes	H	0–1	L
11 Dec	Borussia Dortmund	A	3–2	W
07 Dec	Real Betis Balompie	A	2–2	D
03 Dec	RCD Mallorca	A	5–1	W
30 Nov	UD Las Palmas	H	1–2	L

Club Atletico de Madrid

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
21 Dec	FC Barcelona	A	2–1	W
15 Dec	Getafe CF	H	1–0	W
11 Dec	SK Slovan Bratislava	H	3–1	W
08 Dec	Sevilla FC	H	4–3	W
30 Nov	Real Valladolid CF	A	5–0	W
26 Nov	AC Sparta Praha	A	6–0	W

Season Stats

FC Barcelona		Club Atletico de Madrid
#1	Position	#4
94	Points	69
38	Played	38
31 / 1 / 6	W / D / L	21 / 6 / 11
95	Scored	62
36	Conceded	44
+59	GD	+18
2.47	PPG	1.82
82%	Win %	55%

Key Stats

44% Both Teams to Score
H2H (18 games)

44% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

FC Barcelona are 1st (94 pts). Club Atletico de Madrid are 4th (69 pts).

Events

Match Events

0' The ball is rolling at Olimpic Lluis Companys. FC Barcelona are looking to make home advantage count against Club Atletico de Madrid.
5' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
10' Jules Kounde has been relatively quiet despite scoring 15 goals in his last 391 appearances.
15' FC Barcelona is showing some good football. However, FC Barcelona are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
20' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Nahuel Molina made 161 appearances and scored 22 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
25' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Club Atletico de Madrid needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
30' The deadlock is broken! Pedri gets on the scoresheet on 30 minutes.
35' The referee has had an easy afternoon — neither side has been overly physical in the tackle.
40' It is a cagey affair so far. FC Barcelona in their 4-2-3-1 trying to find a way past Club Atletico de Madrid's compact 4-4-2.
45' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Club Atletico de Madrid that had 523 games and scored 611 goals.
50' A moment of individual brilliance could settle this. Both teams are waiting for that decisive action.
52' Axel Witsel has so much to prove this time. He replaces Jose Gimenez on 52 minute.
54' Club Atletico de Madrid player sees a card in front of him.
59' It’s high time made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
60' Rodrigo de Paul adds to his 2 season tally! Club Atletico de Madrid lead 1-1 — and this changes everything.
62' Time for substitution for Club Atletico de Madrid. Giuliano Simeone is replaced by Nahuel Molina.
64' The FC Barcelona manager makes a substitution. Fermin Lopez departs to be replaced by Dani Olmo.
69' The Array continues to deliver drama. Both FC Barcelona and Club Atletico de Madrid are desperate not to drop points on matchday .
73' A change in the Club Atletico de Madrid ranks — Antoine Griezmann exits the field as Alexander Sorloth enters on 73.
77' Poor challenge from Robin Le Normand. The referee spots it immediately and shows the card.
80' The FC Barcelona manager makes a substitution. Marc Casado departs to be replaced by Eric Garcia.
85' will be watching from the dugout nervously. His FC Barcelona side need to improve if they are to claim all three points.
90' Pablo Barrios has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 19 appearances with only 2 goals this season.
FC Barcelona will have plenty to reflect on. Club Atletico de Madrid were simply the better side today.

Lineups

FC Barcelona Lineups

4-2-3-1

Starting XI

Bench

Club Atletico de Madrid Lineups

4-4-2

Starting XI

7
Antoine Griezmann ↓ Alexander Sorloth 73'
13
Jan Oblak
15
Clement Lenglet
14
Marcos Llorente ↓ Robin Le Normand 73'
5
Rodrigo de Paul
19
Julian Alvarez
4
Conor Gallagher ↓ Koke 62'
22
Giuliano Simeone ↓ Nahuel Molina 62'
8
Pablo Barrios
21
Javi Galan
2
Jose Gimenez ↓ Axel Witsel 52'

Bench

9
Alexander Sorloth ↑ 73'
3
Azpilicueta
20
Axel Witsel ↑ 52'
6
Koke ↑ 62'
10
Angel Correa
11
Thomas Lemar
1
Juan Musso
23
Reinildo
16
Nahuel Molina ↑ 62'
24
Robin Le Normand ↑ 73'
17
Rodrigo Riquelme
12
Samuel Lino

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Ferran Torres	5
Alexander Sorloth	3
Lionel Messi	3
Robert Lewandowski	3
Luis Suarez	2
Lamine Yamal	2
Jordi Alba	2
Julian Alvarez	2

Head to Head

FC Barcelona Form

2024-12-21 FC Barcelona 1–2 Club Atletico de Madrid L 2024-12-15 FC Barcelona 0–1 CD Leganes L 2024-12-11 Borussia Dortmund 2–3 FC Barcelona W 2024-12-07 Real Betis Balompie 2–2 FC Barcelona D 2024-12-03 RCD Mallorca 1–5 FC Barcelona W 2024-11-30 FC Barcelona 1–2 UD Las Palmas L

Club Atletico de Madrid Form

2024-12-21 FC Barcelona 1–2 Club Atletico de Madrid W 2024-12-15 Club Atletico de Madrid 1–0 Getafe CF W 2024-12-11 Club Atletico de Madrid 3–1 SK Slovan Bratislava W 2024-12-08 Club Atletico de Madrid 4–3 Sevilla FC W 2024-11-30 Real Valladolid CF 0–5 Club Atletico de Madrid W 2024-11-26 AC Sparta Praha 0–6 Club Atletico de Madrid W

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

2 / 4

1.7 FC Barcelona xG

Expected Goals

Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo

1.49 Club Atletico de Madrid xG

I would bet for: FC Barcelona or Club Atletico de Madrid 73% + Both teams to score 63%

Match Result

✗ Wrong

FC Barcelona40% Draw27% Club Atletico de Madrid33%

Actual: Club Atletico de Madrid win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes63% 0% No37%

Avg goals/match: 3.19

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	94%	6%
± 1.5	83%	17%
± 2.5	61%	39%
± 3.5	39%	61%
± 4.5	22%	78%

Double Chance

FC Barcelona or Draw

67%

Draw or Club Atletico de Madrid

60%

FC Barcelona or Club Atletico de Madrid

73%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

FC Barcelona31% Draw43% Club Atletico de Madrid26%

Actual: FC Barcelona win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

11.3%

2 – 1

8.5%

1 – 2

Actual

2 – 2

6.3%

1 – 0

6.2%

2 – 0

5.9%

0 – 0

5.7%

0 – 1

5.4%

3 – 1

4.8%

0 – 2

4.6%

1 – 3

3.7%

3 – 2

3.6%

Asian Handicap — FC Barcelona

Handicap	FC Barcelona covers	Push	Club Atletico de Madrid covers
-2.5	9%	—	91%
-2	9%	13%	78%
-1.5	22%	—	78%
-1	22%	19%	58%
-0.5	42%	—	58%
+0.5	67%	—	33%
+1	67%	17%	16%
+1.5	84%	—	16%
+2	84%	10%	6%
+2.5	94%	—	6%

Clean Sheet

FC Barcelona keeps clean sheet

23% ✓

Club Atletico de Madrid keeps clean sheet

19% ✓

Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.