Atletico Madrid face Barcelona on Sunday night in a crunch match at the top of La Liga. Barcelona are still fighting valiantly to defend their title but can't afford to drop any points while Atletico are looking to fend off Athetlic Bilbao in the race for the top four. The Atletico Madrid vs Barcelona last five H2Hs indicate that Barcelona should be the more confident of the two sides going into the match, however, the pressure of needing to win to stay in touch with Real Madrid could throw all of that out of the window.
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Barcelona vs Atletico Madrid H2H record
The Atletico Madrid vs Barcelona rivalry may not be steeped in as much history and mystique as El Clasico, however, it is still one of the oldest fixtures in Spanish football. In total, the two clubs have played each other on 241 occasions with Barcelona winning more often than Atletico.
- Atletico Madrid: 76
- Draws: 56
- Barcelona Wins: 109
Barcelona have extended their impressive against Atletico Madrid ever since Xavi became the club's manager in November 2021 with the former midfielder unbeaten in four matches against Diego Simeone as a coach. Can he extend that record on Sunday night?
Barcelona vs Atletico Madrid last five H2Hs
Atletico Madrid 2-0 Barcelona – 2nd October 2021
Atletico Madrid faced Barcelona at the beginning of the 2021/22 season with pressure building on Barcelona boss, Ronald Koeman. Barcelona were struggling in terms of both performances and results and Simeone's men capitalised. Thomas Lemar got the opener before Luis Suarez scored against his former club just to rub salt into the Barcelona wounds. A month later, Koeman was fired and Xavi was appointed as Barcelona manager.
Barcelona 4-2 Atletico Madrid – 6th February 2022
Xavis' first taste of managerial action against Diego Simeone and Atletico Madrid didn't go as expected. Simeone's rigid tactics are famed across Europe Xavi's side refused to be bogged down and turned the match into an open and entertaining one. Barcelona eventually won the thriller 4-2 thanks to goals from Jordi Alba, Gavi, Araujo and Dani Alves.
Atletico Madrid 0-1 Barcelona– 8th January 2023
Barcelona visited the Wanda Metropolitano in January 2023 in hot pursuit of their first La Liga title in four years and the first since Xavi returned to the club as manager. Atletico Madrid were still just about in the title race but their loss here put a huge dent in their belief with Simeone's tactics questioned heavily afterwards. On the night, a solitary goal from Ousmane Dembele earned Barca the three points.
Barcelona 1-0 Atletico Madrid – 23rd April 2023
In April 2023, the two sides met with Barcelona on the brink of winning the La Liga title. Atletico knew that a win would keep their faint hopes of winning the league alive but they came up short courtesy of a goal from Ferran Torres just before the break. Barcelona would lift the La Liga trophy a month later while Atletico finished eleven points behind them in third.
Barcelona 1-0 Atletico Madrid – 3rd December 2023
The most recent Atletico Madrid vs Barcelona H2H came earlier this season at Barcelona's Olympic Stadium. Neither side came into the match with much form and thoughts about the title had gone for both after poor starts to the season. On the day, Joao Felix haunted his former club and manager by scoring the only goal of the game. As the match progressed, it became more and more physical with ten players finishing the match with a booking.
Potential MVP – Alvaro Morata
Alvaro Morata has been written off several times in his career so it shouldn't come as a huge surprise that at the age of 31, he is enjoying the season of his career. The Spanish forward has already hit 20 goals in all competitions and just needs one more to record a new personal best.
Morata is two goals short of Bellingham in the race for the La Liga Golden Boot and one goal behind four players in the race for the Champions League Golden Boot. His record against Barcelona isn't great with just two goals in 14 appearances, so he will look at this match as a chance to improve that.
Key trend
Looking at the Atletico Madrid vs Barcelona last five H2Hs, it's a rarity that both teams get on the scoresheet in the same match. It has only happened once in the last seven matches between the two clubs with the fixture typically very cagey as proven by the fact the last three H2Hs have finished 1-0.
You can get odds of 9/1 on Atletico Madrid to 1-0 on Sunday night and 10/1 on Barcelona to win 1-0. For more tips, check out our in-depth Atletico Madrid vs Barcelona prediction.
