The sides of Barcelona and Atletico will meet tonight at the European stage two years after Atletico eliminated the Catalans at the same stage of the tournament to reach the final. The venue will be Camp Nou and the match will start at 19:45 GMT (click here to watch it live).
These two teams fight a battle not only here, but in La Liga as well where only 6 points separate them. The gap was even bigger, but Barca made mistakes in their last two matches with 2:2 against Villareal and a 1:2 loss from Real Madrid which ended their run of 39 matches without a defeat. This surely dropped their confidence down and Atletico will be looking to take this advantage into their favor.
Barcelona will be without Aleix Vidal, Jeremy Mathieu, Adriano, and Sandro Ramirez. Atletico will have Godin, Carrasco, and Savic back but will be without Tiago, Jesus Gamez, and Jose Gimenez.
Statistics:
- Barcelona have won all the six matches they played against Atletico since Luis Enrique took on the club.
- Luis Enrique's team also won all of the 10 home matches in Champions League.
- Messi has scored 25 goals in 28 matches against Atletico,
- Barcelona have only one clean sheet against Spanish clubs in CL out of 12 matches.
- At their only previous clash on the European stage, Atletico was the one to advance after a 1:1 draw in Barcelona and a 1:0 victory at Vicente Calderon.
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