La Liga Predictions And Betting Tips for Atletico Madrid v FC Barcelona

The title race in Spain is heating up with just one point separating three sides, it doesn’t get much bigger than this.

@Footy_Tipster gives his best predictions ahead of this fixture in La Liga..

The Metropolitano Stadium will be bouncing on Sunday night, when Atletico Madrid welcome FC Barcelona in this huge clash at the top of La Liga.

Now, let’s take a closer look at some betting angles for Sunday’s La Liga fixture:

Atletico Madrid v FC Barcelona – Sunday, 8pm

• Atletico Madrid come into this fixture off the back of a controversial Madrid derby defeat in the UEFA Champions League, Julian Alvarez’ penalty in the shootout judged to had touched both feet by the officials.
• Diego Simeone’s side must now try to recover and refocus ahead of the visit of Barcelona, they trail Barca by one point at the top of La Liga having played a game more, defeat here could see Atleti drop out of the title race.
• Atleti will be confident of picking something up from this one though, they remain the only side in La Liga yet to taste defeat on home soil.
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• There wasn’t controversy in Barcelona’s UEFA Champions League fixture, with Hansi Flicks side securing their place in the quarter-final with a 4-1 aggregate victory over Benfica.
• Barca are now unbeaten in their last seventeen outings across all competitions, wining fourteen of those, with their last defeat coming in the reverse fixture back in December.
• Since that defeat, the two sides have also met in the Copa del Rey, they played out a thriller 4-4 draw in the first leg last month.

Prediction: Draw, Atletico Madrid 1-1 FC Barcelona.