Barcelona vs Atletico Madrid: Game Guide, Team News, Projected Lineups
Barcelona hosts Atletico Madrid on Saturday in Spain's La Liga.
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Atletico enters the game on a roll, having won its last two matches by 4-0 scorelines. They defeated Racing Santander on Sunday and Sporting Gijon on Wednesday.
Against Sporting on Wednesday, Radamel Falcao Garcia scored twice. Atletico now has seven points from four matches, the same as Real Madrid.
Atletico got off to a slow start this season as it tried to move past the loss of Uruguayan forward Diego Forlan, who transferred to Inter Milan. It drew at home against Osasuna in its first match and lost 1-0 at Valencia.
Barcelona, which won La Liga and the Champions League last term, opened the season with a 5-0 rout of Villareal. It beat Osasuna 8-0 but drew with Real Sociedad.
Barca went into Wednesday's match against Valencia with seven points through three games.
Last season, Barcelona won 2-1 at Atletico and 3-0 at Camp Nou.
Team news
• Barcelona's Thiago Alcantara has hailed the impact of Cesc Fabregas on his new club.
• Barcelona's Andres Iniesta and Alexis Sanchez remain sidelined with hamstring injuries.
• Atletico's Jose Antonio Reyes says it's virtually impossible to compete with Barca and Real Madrid. The former Arsenal man also says La Liga is better than the Premiership.
Projected lineups
Atletico
Thibaut Courtois
Alvaro Dominguez Soto
Miranda
Filipe Kasmirksi
Adrian
Mario Suarez
Gabi
Jose Antonio Reyes
Arda Turan
Radamel Falcao Garcia
Eduardo Salvio
Barcelona
Victor Valdes
Carles Puyol
Javier Mascherano
Eric Abidal
Dani Alves
Sergio Busquets
Cesc Fabregas
Xavi
Pedro
Lionel Messi
David Villa



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