Barcelona Vs Atletico Madrid Tactical Preview: Team News, Key Men And Streaming Links

Barcelona will entertain Atletico Madrid at the Nou Camp on Sunday as they look to secure a victory in front of their home fans. The Catalan giants managed to pick up a 1-0 win over Alaves before the international break. Similarly, the Madrid outfit beat Valencia by a 3-2 scoreline last month which will keep them in high spirits ahead of this game.

Barcelona Vs Atletico Madrid: Talking Tactics

Xavi will opt for a 4-3-3 formation and is expected to include three of his January signings for this game. The Barca head coach will ask his players to dominate the opposition in midfield and create enough chances to win this clash.

Diego Simeone will set his side up in a 4-4-2 formation and could instruct his men to soak in all the pressure and try to expose Barcelona’s weaknesses on the counter.

Team News

Barcelona

Clement Lenglet, Memphis Depay, Samuel Umtiti, Ansu Fati, Sergi Roberto, Eric Garcia and Alejandro Balde will all be sidelined for this game due to injuries. Gavi will be back from suspension but might have to start on Xavi’s bench and make an impact as a substitute if needed.

Barcelona Predicted XI

Ter Stegen; Alves, Araujo, Pique, Alba; F de Jong, Busquets, Pedri; Torres, Aubameyang, Traore

Atletico Madrid

Geoffrey Kondogbia, Antoine Griezmann and Marcos Llorente won’t be available for selection because of injuries.

Atletico Madrid Predicted XI

Oblak; Wass, Gimenez, Savic, Hermoso; Carrasco, De Paul, Koke, Lemar; Correa, Suarez

Key Men

Barcelona

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang will carry most of the goal-scoring workload for the Catalans up top. The defensive performance of Gerard Pique and Ronald Araujo could go a long way in determining the fate of this contest.

Atletico Madrid

Luis Suarez will be Simeone’s best hope for a goal. Both Rodrigo De Paul and Koke will have to anchor the midfield well if the visitors are to come out on top this weekend.

Barcelona vs Atletico Madrid: Streaming Links