La Liga: Barca vs Atletico
At 23:15 Beijing time on February 6, 2022, the 23rd round of La Liga, Barca will play at home against Atletico Madrid. Barca's performance this season has shown a trend of low and high, since Xavi took over the coaching seal, the team's performance has rebounded is still remarkable, after 21 rounds of league, it has achieved 9 wins, 8 draws and 4 losses, ranking 5th in the league with 35 points, has rushed into the Europa League qualification area, and currently has only 1 point gap with atletico in front of it, which shows that the team sees the hope of competing for champions league places. From the data point of view, Barca scored 32 in the 21 rounds of the league, conceded 23 goals, and there is still a certain gap between the offensive and defensive performance and previous seasons.
Barca have performed well overall since mid-December last year, going unbeaten in nine consecutive regular matches, including the Western Cup and the Western Super League. It is worth noting that Barca still has a certain move in the winter window, bringing in Aubameyang, Traore, Ferrantore and other strong reinforcements, which does help the strength of the team. In terms of lineups, Fati, Depay, Garcia, Lenglet and Umtiti are all injured, and this battle may not be able to participate.
Atletico was last season's La Liga champion, but the performance of the Bed sheet army this season is a bit regrettable, after 21 rounds of league, achieved 10 wins, 6 draws and 5 losses, ranked 4th in the league with 36 points, and the leader Real Madrid is 14 points apart, the hope of defending the title can be said to be minimal, and currently only 1 point higher than Barca, the team's Champions League qualification is already in jeopardy, if you can not grab points in time, the sheet army may slide out of the Champions League qualification area at any time.
Atletico's recent performance has been very jumpy, the team last round of the league home against Valencia, 65% of the possession, 16 shots on goal 6 shots, the number of shots on goal is more than 2 times the opponent, in the case of 2 goals behind, with 3 goals from Cunha, Correa and Hermoso and other 3 people, finally won 3-2 difficult opponents, but also let the team return to the winning track, ending the embarrassment of the previous 3 games without victory. It is worth noting that Atletico's recent offensive and defensive attacks have been really difficult, with strikers Suarez, Griezmann and Carrasco very depressed, while the defensive end has conceded goals in four consecutive games, and the departure of defender Trippier during the winter window further weakened the team's backline
In terms of past matches between the two teams, Barca have not won against Atletico madrid in five consecutive matches, and have lost 2-0 to the Sheets In the first leg of this season. In terms of recent developments, Barça have recently remained unbeaten in nine regular matches, the team's performance has improved steadily, and the strength of the winter window has improved through reinforcements; while Atletico Have returned to the winning track, there are many problems with offensive and defensive performance, especially the steel defense line, which used to be known for its defense, has disappeared. Judging from the current attitude of all parties, the performance is decent, but combined with the strength and state of both sides, Barca still has a chance to take all 3 points in this battle.