Atletico Madrid vs Barcelona LIVE updates, watch live, score, analysis, highlights
A huge game in La Liga as league leaders Barca head to Atleti in a key game in the title race.
Barcelona travel to Atletico Madrid on Saturday in La Liga, as Hansi Flick's side aim to take a big step towards sealing back-to-back league titles. For live updates and highlights throughout Atletico Madrid vs Barcelona, check out PST's live blog coverage below. How to watch Atletico Madrid vs Barcelona live, stream link and start time Kick off time : 3pm ET Saturday (April 4) Venue : Riyadh Air Metropolitano — Madrid TV Channel / Streaming : ESPN+, ESPN Deportes Atletico Madrid vs Barcelona live updates, score: 3pm ET kickoff Atletico Madrid lineup Musso, Gonzalez, Lenglet, Le Normand, Molina, Baena, Vargas, Koke, Simeone, Almada, Griezmann Barcelona lineup Garcia, Cancelo, Martin, Cubarsi, Araujo, Garcia, Pedri, Yamal, Lopez, Olmo, Rashford Atletico Madrid vs Barcelona preview — by Joe Prince-Wright Barca have a four-point lead over second-place Real Madrid heading into this weekend and they still host Real in May.
Real do play earlier on Saturday, at Real Mallorca, so could cut Barca's lead atop the table to just one point, albeit momentarily. Diego Simeone's Atletico beat Barcelona in the Spanish Cup semifinals this season and these two face each other in the UEFA Champions League quarterfinals, starting with the first leg at the Nou Camp on Wednesday. Atleti are dangerous and even though they sit fourth in La Liga, they've shown they can beat anyone this season and take plenty of risks.
Atletico Madrid team news, focus Alexander Sorloth needed stitches to a head injury while on international duty with Norway and will be assessed. USMNT midfielder Johnny Cardoso suffered a muscle strain and left the U. S.
camp early and is suspended for this clash anyway. Defensively we all know what to expect from Atletico but star goalkeeper Jan Oblak has been missing in goal in recent weeks and is aiming to return for this game. This season Atletico are more attacking and can blow teams away with goals in bunches, and their attack revolves around Antoine Griezmann and Julian Alvarez.