Atletico Madrid - Barcelona
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Pick: 1st half Over 1.5 @1.975 8/10
Better to see the goals from the beginning of the match and it can't be... Atl in the first match managed to do a difficult thing, not only winning 0-2, but also keeping Barca from scoring at least 1 goal, which is practically impossible for this season.
Barca overcame Espanyol 4-1 over the weekend, with almost all key players (except Yamal...) while Atl struggled against Sevilla 2-1 (with the whole attack relying on Lookman, Griezmann, Alvarez...)
Both teams have many losses in these matches, Atl will be without starting defender Hancko who got injured in the first match and his replacement, Pubill, received a yellow card and will miss this match due to accumulated yellow cards.
Barcelona lost their starting defender Cubarsi in the first match due to a red card, and in the weekend match against Espanyol, another key defender Martin got injured. Of course they have other defenders, but many of them will have to play out of their natural positions, for example Araujo will have to play in the midfield. I predict they will take a risk with Kounde, who has just returned from injury, to fill in the position of Araujo, and Cancelo will most likely play in Araujo's natural position at the back, even though he is not very good at defending, he is better in the attack.
Atl has 2 goals ahead, so Barca will be obligated to attack from the start of the match. Atl's rested attack will have many chances to counter attack against Barca's defenders. The defensive problems of both teams will make it easier for the other team to score goals, so it is difficult to predict the result, but there should be a high number of goals scored!
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