Barcelona vs Atletico Madrid LaLiga Match Preview or Key Statistics 📊
FC Barcelona have lost just one of their 21 last LaLiga games against Atlético de Madrid (W14 D6), 0-1 in the reserve fixture this season. The last season the Blaugranas lost home and away in the league against Atlético was 2005/06 (1-2 at Vicente Calderón and 1-3 at Camp Nou).
Atlético de Madrid have failed to win any of their last 14 away LaLiga games against Barcelona (D4 L10), their longest current winless run away from home against an opponent in the competition. Their last win at Camp Nou in LaLiga was in February 2006 (3-1) under Pepe Murcia.
Barcelona have collected a league-high 49 points in 2021 (W16 D1 L2), eight more than Atlético de Madrid in this period (41 – W12 D5 L3).
After their defeat 1-2 vs Granada, Barcelona could lose two home LaLiga games in a row for the third time in the 21st century, last doing so in April 2016 under Luis Enrique Martínez.
Only against Sevilla (38 goals in 43 appearances) has Barcelona’s Lionel Messi scored more goals in all competitions than against Atlético de Madrid (32 goals in 42 games).
Atlético de Madrid’s Luis Suárez will play his first game against Barcelona in LaLiga. He has scored against each of the 30 opponents he has faced in LaLiga to date (166 goals).
FC Barcelona’s Antoine Griezmann has failed to score in his 11 LaLiga appearances against Atlético de Madrid – he has only failed to score against two opponents he has faced in the competition: Atlético de Madrid (11 games) and Cádiz (two games).
Excluding penalty goals, Barcelona’s Lionel Messi has scored 20 goals in LaLiga in 2021 but he has an expected goals figure of 11, the biggest positive differential (9) for any player in the top five European leagues since the start of year.
Atlético de Madrid’s Marcos Llorente has the biggest positive differential (+9.1) between his goals scored (12) and his expected goals (2.9) and the biggest positive differential (+5.3) between his assists (10) and his expected assists (4.7) in LaLiga this season.
Diego Pablo Simeone has managed more away LaLiga games without a win against Barcelona than against any other opponent as Atlético de Madrid boss (D3 L5).
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