Barcelona vs Atletico Madrid
Spain – Super Cup
Date: Thursday, 9 January 2020
Kick-off at 19:00 UK / 20:00 CET
Venue: King Abdullah Sports City (Jeddah).
Barcelona and Atletico Madrid travel to Saudi Arabia this week to contest the semi-final of the Supercopa de Espana on Thursday evening.
The Catalan giants make the trip to Saudi Arabai having put together a 12-match unbeaten streak in all competitions, a run which has kept the club at the top of the La Liga standings.
However, with three draws coming from their last four league outings, Ernesto Valverde is under pressure to deliver an upturn in results.
Atletico will be out for revenge after Lionel Messi's superb 86th-minute effort condemned them to a 1-0 home defeat when these two teams last met in LaLiga on December 1.
Atletico Madrid are expected to field a full-strength squad, whereas Valverde could be forced to ring in some changes due to unforeseen injuries.
Barcelona vs Atletico Madrid Prediction Line-Ups:
Barcelona possible starting lineup:
Neto; Roberto, Pique, Lenglet, Alba; Vidal, Busquets, De Jong; Messi, Suarez, Griezmann
Atletico Madrid possible starting lineup:
Oblak; Trippier, Felipe, Gimenez, Lodi; Correa, Partey, Saul, Koke; Felix, Morata
Barcelona vs Atletico Madrid Head to head (h2h)
Teams Barcelona Atletico Madrid played so far 50 matches.
Barcelona won 27 direct matches. Atletico Madrid won 10 matches. 13 matches ended in a draw. On average in direct matches both teams scored a 2.96 goals per Match.
Barcelona vs Atletico Madrid Prediction
Barcelona in actual season average scored 2.22 goals per match. In 14 (82.35%) matches played at home was total goals (team and opponent) Over 1.5 goals. In 14 (82.35%) matches in season 2020 played at home was total goals (team and opponent) Over 2.5 goals.
Atletico Madrid average scored 1.50 goals per match in season 2020. In 13 (72.22%) matches played away was total goals (team and opponent) Over 1.5 goals. In 7 (38.89%) matches played away team was total goals (team and opponent) Over 2.5 goals.