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Barcelona vs Atlético Madrid - Predictions, Stats & Odds

La Liga Statistics, AI predictions, (Expected) Lineups and Insights for Gameweek 18

La Liga - Gameweek 18

Saturday, 21 Dec 2024 • 21:00

Barcelona

1 : 2

Atlético Madrid

Goals

Pedri
1 : 0
30'
30'Pedri
1 : 0
60'
1 : 1
Rodrigo de Pau...
1 : 1
Rodrigo de Paul60'
90'
1 : 2
Alexander Sørl...
1 : 2
Alexander Sørloth90'

Lineups

Barcelona

PosPlayer
GK
Iñaki Peña
DEF
Iñigo Martínez
DEF
Jules Koundé
DEF
Alejandro Balde
DEF
Pau Cubarsí
MID
Pedri
MID
Gavi
MID
Fermín López
MID
Marc Casadó
FWD
Robert Lewandowski
FWD
Raphinha

Substitutes

64'Ferran Torresfor Gavi
64'Dani Olmofor Fermín López
80'Eric Garcíafor Marc Casadó

Atlético Madrid

PosPlayer
GK
Jan Oblak
DEF
José María Giménez
DEF
Clément Lenglet
DEF
Javi Galán
MID
Marcos Llorente
MID
Rodrigo de Paul
MID
Conor Gallagher
MID
Pablo Barrios
FWD
Antoine Griezmann
FWD
Julián Álvarez
FWD
Giuliano Simeone

Substitutes

52'Axel Witsel
for José María Giménez
62'Kokefor Conor Gallagher
62'Nahuel Molinafor Giuliano Simeone
73'Robin Le Normand
for Marcos Llorente
73'Alexander Sørloth
for Antoine Griezmann
Difference Maker Star: Top 3 players of their team

League Table after the game

#TeamPWDLGFGAGDPtsForm
1Atlético Madrid1812513312+2141
W
W
W
W
W
3Barcelona1912255122+2938
L
W
D
L
L

Last Games

Barcelona

vsLeganes
0 - 1
@Real Betis
2 - 2
@Mallorca
5 - 1
vsLas Palmas
1 - 2
@Celta Vigo
2 - 2

Atlético Madrid

vsGetafe
1 - 0
vsSevilla
4 - 3
@Valladolid
5 - 0
vsDeportivo Alavés
2 - 1
@Mallorca
1 - 0

Head-to-Head

04 Apr 2026
Atlético Madrid1 - 2Barcelona
04 Apr 2026Atlético Madrid
1 - 2
Barcelona
02 Dec 2025
Barcelona3 - 1Atlético Madrid
02 Dec 2025Barcelona
3 - 1
Atlético Madrid
16 Mar 2025
Atlético Madrid2 - 4Barcelona
16 Mar 2025Atlético Madrid
2 - 4
Barcelona
21 Dec 2024
Barcelona1 - 2Atlético Madrid
21 Dec 2024Barcelona
1 - 2
Atlético Madrid
17 Mar 2024
Atlético Madrid0 - 3Barcelona
17 Mar 2024Atlético Madrid
0 - 3
Barcelona

La Liga

Gameweek 18

20 Dec • 21:00
Girona
Valladolid
3 - 0
21 Dec • 14:00
Getafe
Mallorca
0 - 1
21 Dec • 16:15
Celta Vigo
Real Sociedad
2 - 0
21 Dec • 18:30
Osasuna
Athletic Bilbao
1 - 2
21 Dec • 21:00
Barcelona
Atlético Madrid
1 - 2
22 Dec • 14:00
Valencia
Deportivo Alavés
2 - 2
22 Dec • 16:15
Real Madrid
Sevilla
4 - 2
22 Dec • 18:30
Leganes
Villarreal
2 - 5
22 Dec • 18:30
Las Palmas
Espanyol
1 - 0
22 Dec • 21:00
Real Betis
Rayo Vallecano
1 - 1

What is GAP?

What is Plus Minus Goals (G±)?

Plus Minus Goals (G±) is the average goal difference per game while the player was on the pitch. A value above 0 indicates that the team rather wins, a value below 0 means his team concedes more goals than they score when the player is on the pitch. As an example, if the player's team is winning 3:1 the goal difference is +2, if the player's team is loosing 0:1, the goal difference is -1. It is a pure metric which is barely adjusted for circumstances to purely show the goal difference.

What is GAP?

GAP (Game Advantage Percentage) shows the percentage gap between a player and the average league player. It answers the question: How much does a player improve or worsen a team's performance? It is based on high level game data with a focus on the impact on the goal difference (G±) from the last 50 games of a player. Besides that, GAP goes further and considers game context by involving data from the player and all other players who are at the same time on the pitch, no matter if teammates or opponents. Football GAP - the individual metric for team players.