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Barcelonavs.Atletico

sportsmole.co.uk, 20 December 2024, 20:00
Barcelona will be aiming to return to winning ways in La Liga when they welcome an in-form Atletico Madrid on Saturday night.

Hansi Flick's side are currently top of the La Liga table, level on 38 points with second-placed Atletico, who have a game in hand, and here Sports Mole rounds up the team news for the two sides ahead of the clash.

BARCELONA vs. ATLETICO MADRID

BARCELONA

Out: Lamine Yamal (ankle), Marc-Andre ter Stegen (knee), Marc Bernal (knee)

Doubtful: Ansu Fati (muscle), Andreas Christensen (Achilles)

Sports Mole's predicted XI: Pena; Kounde, Cubarsi, Martinez, Balde; Casado, Pedri; Olmo, F Lopez, Raphinha; Lewandowski

ATLETICO MADRID

Out: None

Doubtful: None

Sports Mole's predicted XI: Oblak; Llorente, Gimenez, Lenglet, Galan; Simeone, De Paul, Barrios, Gallagher; Alvarez, Griezmann

For data analysis of the most likely results, scorelines and more for this match please click here. Written by

Matt Law

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