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BARCELONA face one of their biggest La Liga tests this season when they travel to Atletico Madrid.

Barca have been far from themselves since Bayern Munich hammered the Champions League and are currently 9th. Place in the LaLiga.

13 Oblak; 23 Trippier, 15 Savic, 2 Gimenez, 22 Hermoso; 14 Llorente, 6 Koke, 8 Saul, 21 Carrasco; 10 Correa, 7 Felix.

2 Dest, 6 Alena, 9 Braithwaite, 12 Puig, 13 Neto, 14 Coutinho, 17 Trincao, 24 Junior, 28 Mingueza, 36 Tenas.

Barca keep the same goalkeeper and backline as the team that beat Real Betis 5-2 before the international break.

Lionel Messi and Miralem Pjanić join the starting line-up and replace the injured duo Sergio Busquets and Ansu Fati.

1 Ter Stegan; 20 Roberto, 3 Pique, 15 Lenglet, 18 Alba; 21 De Jong, 8 Pjanić; 16 Pedri, 10 Messi (c), 11 Dembele; 7 Griezmann.

Barcelona could be the first team to win two La Liga games against Atletico Madrid at the Wanda Metropolitano.

Atletico Madrid haven’t beaten Barcelona in the last 20 games between the two teams (D6, L14). Only against one opponent did they suffer longer in competition (23 games against Real Madrid between 2000 and 2013). .

Atletico are also without a win in the last ten home games against Barcelona (D3, L7) and have not scored more than once in all of these games.

The last time Atletico scored two goals in a single LaLiga game against Barcelona was their last home win against them (2-1 in February 2010). .

Atletico are still the only team that haven’t lost a game in LaLiga this season. They are third behind Villarreal and Real Sociedad – with three games for Villarreal and two for leaders Sociedad.

Barcelona haven’t exactly bottomed out under Ronald Koeman. They are currently on the 9th. Place, nine points ahead of leaders Sociedad and six points ahead of today’s opponents Atletico.

Luis Suarez won’t be able to play his old club tonight after testing positive in international outings with Uruguay.

Ronaldo Araujo misses today’s game due to an injury, along with the child prodigy Ansu Fati, who recently underwent knee surgery.

Sergio Busquets won’t be the holding man in midfield tonight, he’s taken a hit too.

Jan Oblak could play for Atletico tonight. The goalkeeper has been hit while away from his country Slovenia. There is hope that he will play.

Barcelona predicted line-up: Ter Stegen; Roberto, Pique, Lenglet, Alba; Pjanic, De Jong; Dembele, Messi, Pedri; Griezmann

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