Barcelona vs Atletico Madrid preview. prediction, team news, and head-to-head

Barcelona's defeat to Chelsea in the Champions League may have been a morale-sapping defeat, but they bounced back in style against Alaves and will fancy their chances against Atletico Madrid on Tuesday night.

Barcelona are aiming to extend a perfect seven-win home run in La Liga, scoring an average of nearly 3.3 goals per game during this streak. Despite a tricky start in their last outing, conceding early against Alavés, they fought back to win 3-1, securing their fourth consecutive league victory.

Hansi Flick's side are currently in a tight battle with Real Madrid for the top spot, and a win against Atletico will not only keep the pressure on Real Madrid but send a statement to the rest of the league.

Atlético Madrid, however, are the league's form side, coming into the fixture on a six-game La Liga winning streak, the longest run in the division.

Diego Simeone's men are just three points behind the hosts and have set a historical record by opening the scoring in all 14 of their league games this season.

Recent history strongly favors Barcelona.

The Blaugrana have only lost one of their last nine meetings against Atlético Madrid across all competitions (W7, D1). Their home record against Los Colchoneros is even more dominant, with only one defeat in their last 19 La Liga home H2Hs (W13, D5).

Barcelona will continue to be without injured midfielders Fermín López and Gavi, but manager Hansi Flick has no new injury concerns following the Alavés match. Raphinha registered an assist in that game, marking a positive return to the starting lineup.

Atlético Madrid are missing some key players, including Robin Le Normand and Marcos Llorente, due to injury.

Barcelona (4-2-3-1): J. García; Koundé, E. García, Cubarsí, Balde; De Jong, Pedri; Lamine Yamal, Dani Olmo, Raphinha; Lewandowski.

Atlético Madrid (3-5-2): Musso; Hancko, Giménez, Lenglet; Molina, Gallagher, Koke, Barrios, Ruggeri; J. Álvarez, Baena.

Goals should be guaranteed given Barca are the leading scorers in La Liga and have netted 16 goals across their last four home matches alone.

Atleti also tend to score, netting in every domestic game this season, so we are backing a high-scoring Barca win.

• Lewandowski to score anytime

• Over 2.5 goals

• Over 8.5 corners