Atltico Madrid v Barcelona Live Commentary Result 02102021 Primera Divisin Goalcom

Atletico Madrid have not lost any of their last three meetings with Barcelona in LaLiga (W1 D2), their best unbeaten run against them in the competition since five games between September 2004 and December 2006 (W3 D2).

Barca have made four changes to their side from their defeat to Benfica. Pedri is out with an injury and replaced by Gonzalez in the middle of the park. Gavi gets the nod to start in the final third in place of De Jong, while Coutinho also comes into the fold. Mingueza slots into the right side of the defence as Garcia is withdrawn after his dismissal during the week.

Atletico have made four changes to their side from their win over Milan during the week. Savic, De Paul, Lemar and Felix all come into the side in place of Geoffrey Kondogbia, Trippier, Felipe and Correa. Kondogbia misses out this evening, while the others drop to the bench. Suarez starts against his former club, although Griezmann will begin from the sidelines.

BARCELONA SUBS: Riqui Puig, Ansu Fati, Yusuf Demir, Neto, Clement Lenglet, Luuk de Jong, Jordi Alba, Sergi Roberto, Samuel Umtiti, Eric Garcia, Inaki Pena.

BARCELONA (4-3-3): Marc-Andre ter Stegen; Oscar Mingueza, Gerard Pique, Ronald Araujo, Sergino Dest; Frenkie de Jong, Sergio Busquets, Nicolas Gonzalez; Pablo Gaviria, Memphis Depay, Philippe Coutinho.

ATLETICO MADRID SUBS: Benjamin Lecomte, Antoine Griezmann, Angel Correa, Renan Lodi, Hector Herrera, Ivan Saponjic, Felipe, Kieran Trippier, Sime Vrsaljko.

ATLETICO MADRID (3-1-4-2): Jan Oblak; Stefan Savic, Jose Gimenez, Mario Hermoso; Koke; Marcos Llorente, Rodrigo de Paul, Thomas Lemar, Yannick Carrasco; Luis Suarez, Joao Felix.

Ronald Koeman is under immense pressure after his side slumped to a 3-0 defeat to Benfica during the week in the Champions League, enduring their second defeat in a row in the competition. The Catalan club are unbeaten in LaLiga in their opening six matches, but are off the pace of the leading pack. Barca were on form against Levante last time out in LaLiga and are desperate for a stellar performance to silence their critics.

Atletico have been hit and miss at the start of the LaLiga campaign, although they have taken 14 points from their opening seven matches. Diego Simeone’s men suffered their first defeat of the season last week against Alaves, losing 1-0 on the road. Los Rojiblancos responded with an impressive 2-1 win over Milan in the Champions League. They now have the chance to turn the screw on a under-fire Barca to regain the ground of Real Madrid at the top of the table.

Good evening and welcome to the live commentary of the LaLiga clash between Atletico Madrid and Barcelon at the Wanda Metropolitano.

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