Barcelona vs Atletico Madrid: La Liga preview – team news, start, lineups

by | Dec 1, 2025 | World

Who: Barcelona vs Atletico MadridWhat: Spain’s La LigaWhere: Camp Nou, BarcelonaWhen: Tuesday at 9pm (20:00 GMT)How to follow: We’ll have all the build-up on Al Jazeera Sport from 17:00 GMT in advance of our live text commentary stream.Barcelona and Atletico Madrid are looking to put down a marker in their respective title aspirations as the sides meet at Camp Nou for a midweek blockbuster.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemsend of listBarca sit precariously top of La Liga by a point from second-place Real Madrid after coming from behind to beat Alaves at the weekend for a fourth straight league win.Fourth-placed Atletico, who won 2-0 at home to Real Oviedo at the weekend, trail Barcelona by three points.Since losing 4-0 away at Arsenal in October, Atletico have now won seven games in a row in all competitions.And as Real Madrid were held to a third consecutive La Liga draw in a 1-1 tie at lowly Girona on Sunday, Barcelona and Atletico will hope that they can take advantage of their rivals’ dip in form. Barcelona’s Lamine Yamal celebrates scoring against Alaves on Saturday [Albert Gea/Reuters]Flick fumes despite win over AlavesDespite the 3-1 win over Alaves, Barcelona’s boss Hansi Flick appeared close to tears after the game and was consoled by winger Raphinha.Flick later said he was angered by some of the officiating, including the referee’s decision to red-card two of his staff members during the game.“I lacked communication. I asked the fourth official what had happened, and he told me nothing,” Flick said after the game, saying this was an “endemic problem”. Advertisement But Flick also expressed other frustrations beyond the refereeing.“We don’t have the control we had at times last season,” he said. “We have to improve, and we can improve many things.”Raphinha told reporters that “Flick believes that we are not playin …

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