Barcelona and Atletico Madrid will meet this Saturday evening (10:00 PM) for a game that has become especially important following the recent disappointing results of the Catalans. Hanzi Flick’s side still lead the table, but the Colchoneros are just one point behind with a game in hand. The match that will be held at the Monjuic Stadium is expected to be exciting and of crucial importance for the continuation of the fight at the top.
If we look back, it seems that Barcelona knows how to cope well against Atlético in home games – even if we leave for another day the discussion of whether Montjuic is really Barcelona’s “home”. The historical data is clear: Barcelona’s last loss to the Colchoneros at home was in February 2006 – 18 years have passed since then.
Since that loss, Barcelona have played 24 home games against Atlético and have not lost any of them: 16 wins and eight draws; With 52 right goals and 17 compulsory goals only. Of these games, 18 were in the league (13 wins and five draws), three in the King’s Cup (two wins and one draw), two in the Champions League (win and a draw) and one in the Spanish Super Cup (draw).
Three consecutive losses to Atlético in their last visits
Diego Simeone’s last three visits to Catalonia saw three consecutive losses: 1:0 last season and the season before, and in addition 4:2 in February 2022. It is important to note that this record does not include Atlético’s 2:3 victory in the semi-finals of the Spanish Super Cup – a game that cost Ernesto Valverde In his position – because the game took place on a neutral ground, in the city of Jeddah in Saudi Arabia.
18 years later
Valdes, Olger, Puyol, Marquez, Silvinho, Van Bommel, Gabry, Deco, Messi, Larsson and Iniesta on the one hand – and Leo Franco, Molinaro, Freya, Ibáñez, Lopes, Ivegara, Lucien, Galetti, Petrov, Maxi Rodriguez and Fernando Torres on the other. These were the 22 players who started in the last game in which Atlético beat Barcelona away.
Barcelona then had notable absences: Edmilson and Ronaldinho were suspended, Xavi, Motta and Baletti were injured, and Eto’o played with Cameroon in the African Championship. In the game itself, Fernando Torres put the visitors ahead in the first half, Maxi Rodrigues scored the second right after the break, and Larsson Zimek. Torres sealed the victory with the third goal ten minutes to the end, and the game ended with a score of 1:3.
A season that ended in the championship
This loss broke a streak of 14 league victories for Barcelona, but the championship did not escape them. The Catalans won the 18th championship in their history – and the second in a row. Atlético Madrid, on the other hand, finished that season in tenth place.
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