Atletico Madrid vs. FC Barcelona 11/21/20 - LaLiga Picks & Predictions

Atletico Madrid hosts Barcelona at Wanda metropolitano Stadium in Spain’s capital on Saturday for a matchday 10 LaLiga showdown. Atletico is in third place in the top flight Spanish league at 5-2-0 on 17 points with a goal difference of +15. Atletico defeated Cadiz 4-0 in its final fixture prior to the two-week break for international play. Joao Felix opened the scoring for Atletico with a goal in the 8th minute and added a second goal in the 90th minute. Also scoring for Athletico were Marcos Llorente in the 22nd minute and Luis Suarez in the 51st minute.

Atletico has four wins and one loss in it's last five fixtures across all competitions and has scored 13 goals and allowed six. The Atletico backline and goalkeeper have two clean sheets in the last five matches played. The leading goal scorers for Atletico through seven fixtures in La Liga are Luis Suarez and Joao Felix with five goals a piece. Angel Correa is the leader in assists with four.

Barcelona has had a tough start to its LaLiga campaign as the Catalans are in eighth place in the top-flight Spanish league table at 3-2-2 on 11 points with a goal difference of +7. Barcelona defeated Real Betis 5-2 in its final match prior to the break for international play. Lionel Messi scored two goals in the victory while Ousmane Dembele, Antoine Griezmann and Pedri each scored one.

Barcelona has three wins, one draw and one loss in its last five matches played across all competitions and has scored 11 goals and allowed seven over that same span. The leading goal scorer for Barcelona through seven LaLiga fixtures is Ansu Fati with four, while Lionel Messi has three. Jordi Alba is the leader in assists for Barcelona with three, while Sergi Roberto and Philippe Coutinho each have two.