Barcelona at Atletico Madrid 11/24/18 - La Liga Picks & Predictions

The La Liga returns to action with a massive match-up this Saturday, when Atletico Madrid will play host to Barcelona. The two teams played for opposite results in their last matches before the break, and Atletico Madrid will be looking to break a spell at home against Barcelona. The Blaugrana have been great in this venue over the years and will come here looking for points.

Atletico Madrid (6-1-5) did not have an easy job in their last match before the break when they hosted Athletic Bilbao. Their opponents took the lead twice in that match but Atletico Madrid responded to both goals, only to score a late goal that granted them all three points in that 2-3 win. They are now undefeated in their last five, winning four in the process. They are sitting at the 3rd spot of the La Liga with 23 points, just as many as Alaves below them and Sevilla above them. All three teams are two points ahead of Espanyol and just one point behind league leaders Barcelona. Atletico Madrid have the best home record in the league so far (5-0-1), where they also have two wins for the Champions League. Barcelona (7-2-3) suffered a massive loss in their last match, where they fell by 4-3 at home against Betis. Their opponents were great in that match and took an early lead, and they didn’t allow Barcelona to get too close to pulling even. Barcelona failed to win their previous match as well, where they split the points in a 1-1 away draw against Inter Milan in the Champions League that eventually saw them through to the next round. Barcelona have been excellent on the road so far in all competitions (5-1-2) but have kept just two clean sheets in the process.