Atlético Madrid vs Barcelona

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Soccer expert Jon Eimer has locked in his La Liga best bets for Atletico Madrid vs. Barcelona on Sunday.

- Atletico vs. [Visit SportsLine now to see the best bets for the Barcelona vs. Atletico have the fourth-most goals in La Liga (23) and have conceded the fourth-fewest (14). Eimer has broken down Sunday's Barcelona vs. He is leaning Under the goal total and has two confident best bets and offers his full breakdown. Atletico lead the league in tackles (288) and tackles won (174) and are fifth in blocks (154) and should frustrate Barcelona's attackers. [head to SportsLine to see the picks](https://www.sportsline.com/insiders/spanish-la-liga-atletico-madrid-vs-barcelona-odds-picks-predictions-best-bets-for-sundays-match-from-proven-soccer-expert/#ttag=01072023_agg_cbssports_picks_soccer_laliga_joneimer_barcelonaatleticomadrid). Barca have been one of the most dominant teams in the league all season and have allowed an astonishing six goals in 15 matches. The Red and Whites are 3-2-1 in their past six meetings with Barcelona, including a 2-0 league victory last season at Wanda Metropolitano. Caesars Sportsbook lists Barcelona as +145 favorites (risk $100 to win $145) in its latest Atletico Madrid vs. Before locking in any Barcelona vs. Eimer, widely known as "Buckets," is a high-volume bettor who has vast knowledge of leagues and players across the globe.

Barcelona have a fantastic chance to build a gap atop the Spanish top flight as they visit Atletico Madrid in a Sunday La Liga showdown.

Part of that will be down to the individual players available for selection. His ban was put off briefly for appeal, allowing him to take part in the draw with Espanyol last weekend, but it was upheld in court, so he is out of action for three games. Sergio Busquets was the biggest question mark, as the 34-year-old will want to avoid overuse, but he starts, interestingly alongside Frenkie de Jong in a new look 4-4-2 formation. The biggest question for Diego Simeone was how to deploy his three attackers in Antoine Griezmann, Alvaro Morata, and Joao Felix. 95 mins to kickoff: The Blaugrana are struggling for defenders at the moment thanks to a few injuries. Diego Simeone has a number of players to choose from in midfield, one of the more fascinating lineup situations on either side of this match. Change.— OptaJose (@OptaJose) Pedri — 10. Ter Stegen (GK) — 23. Carrasco — 8. – The Blaugrana suddenly find themselves with a glorious opportunity after Real Madrid, level on points for the moment, fell to Villarreal just a day before.

Live updates as Atlético Madrid host Barcelona at the Cívitas Metropolitano, Madrid, in LaLiga today, Sunday 8 January 2022. Kick-off: 3pm ET.

However, Spain’s Administrative Court for Sport (TAD) has since confirmed the striker’s suspension. Tonight's opponents Barcelona are joint-top of the standings with Real Madrid on 38 points. Tonight will be Atlético's first home game of the new year. The Barcelona team is in early tonight. We will enjoy the game, because it will be very good”. Atlético have set up in a 5-3-2 formation. Simeone clearly believes in him. He strikes it well but Oblak gets down to his left to save it. It's whipped into the box but Pedri takes it away from the area on the left with some nice dribbling. The latter smacks the side netting with his effort. Barcelona are able to deal with it as they look to take their 1-0 lead into half-time. It falls to Molina again on the right.

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"We have them. "In the end we all fail. Against Intercity we made it difficult for ourselves". We have several profiles. "Ferran is more mobile and Ansu is more positional. It's going to cost us, but we have to take advantage of the ones we have." It will be hard for us to generate things and we have to be more effective than in the last two games. "We have two important absentees: Jordi and Robert. We dominated and created chances, but we have to kill the games. It won't decide anything, but it would be a blow on the table. The next match is the most important. We are far superior to our opponents, but we have occasional mistakes".

Catch the LIVE score and updates from the Atletico Madrid vs Barcelona La Liga match at the Wanda Metropolitano.

The game can also be streamed on the Voot Select app. “They’ve been changing systems and it’s hard to predict how his team will play. Barcelona is on top of the La Liga table. Could be a costly miss for the Catalans. This will be Atletico’s first home game of 2023. Under five minutes to go for the start.

Ousmane Dembele scored the only goal of the game as Barcelona beat Atletico Madrid 1-0 at the Wanda Metropolitano on Sunday.

"The reality is that we lost the game. If we follow the line of the final 70 minutes, the team is going to compete as we want." [France](/football/team?id=478) international Dembele left the door open for Atletico after missing two quality chances in the second half to put the game away, but the hosts failed to take advantage. "The team played well after the opening 20 minutes. "We have lost three big points," Simeone said after the game. [Gavi](http://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/323702/Gavi) with a first-time shot to beat [Jan Oblak](http://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/149622/Jan-Oblak) at his far post.

Barcelona look to hold their top spot in the La Liga table as they hit the road to take on an in-form Atletico Madrid in the Spanish capital on Sunday.

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