Probable Lineups
4-4-1-1
4-3-3
Probable Lineups Statistical Comparison
* Values in brackets (x) are overall player statistics in Copa del Rey.
Missing Players
Atletico
Barcelona
Player | Reason | Status |
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Diego Godín | Out | |
Koke | Doubtful |
Player | Reason | Status |
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Thomas Vermaelen | Out |
Team News
Atletico
Barcelona
- Diego Simeone is likely to keep faith in goalkeeper Jan Oblak for the Copa del Rey, as the Argentine coach uses the tournament to field his second-choice shotstopper.
- Jose Gimenez and Miranda should start at the heart of the hosts' defence, with Uruguay international Diego Godin continuing to sit out due to suspension.
- Koke is reported to be an injury concern, with Raul Garcia possibly coming in to Los Colchoneros' midfield four as a result. Otherwise, there shouldn't be any selection surprises, though Fernando Torres may get a run out up top.
- Luis Enrique has essentially a free squad to choose from, with the exception of Thomas Vermaelen, with several players rested in the Blaugrana's recent league victory over Elche.
- Xavi is fully fit and ready for action, but should drop out of the side in favour of Andres Iniesta and Ivan Rakitic.
- Pedro should also fall from the visitors' starting plans, with Luis Suarez slotting back into the fearsome offensive trio of himself, Lionel Messi and Neymar.
Neymar is the match winner with two goals and a rating of 8,4 whereas Messi has 8,00 without a goal or assist? Why...?
@neumi17 because there's more to football than just goals and assists you bloody idiot
Barcelona were simply better then Atletico and that frustrated Atletico. I've said it before and i say it again, Simenone has done excellent job at Atletico but his and his player's behaviour is simply unacappteble. Its one thing to play with intensity and bravery and its another the way Atletico play when they come up against difficult opponents like Real Madrid and Barcelona. There are so many players in this team that play with a lack of respect to fellow players of opposition that makes me believe its not all those players that are aggressive and unprofessional but rather the coach giving them that mentality. Simeone you shouldnt make up for the diffrence in budgets between the teams by this kind of showing, at least that is my opinion.
@Turan Atleti are like mafia's of football
Gotta watch the repeat
Turan taking out & throwing a boot at assistant referee as well not getting sent off was the highlight of the game.
Gabi off for 2 yellows without committing a foul. That must be extremely rare, especially with him only playing 45 minutes.
That Matchcentre looks like a carboncopy of battle of calderon , lots of blood and jaundice.
@soul_snatcher lol
They dint start Zukic when he was needed the most to overcome towering pique and provide those heading assists and cunning finishes. Cholo knew he wont win this game without koke n godin , but on positive note he experimented well for future endeavours
@commandozap Zukic would've been crucial here.
Diego's Do or Die plan didnt work as his two crucialpillars were absent , nonetheless they gave their best. Thats how a commander should command his team.
@commandozap That commander won Real Madrid 3 times in a row, so i don't see any problem with his command.
I haven't mentioned though how happy I am that Barca are playing at this level again! :) Come on Barca!!
Refereeing in Spain is a massive failure, I can believe that till this point we still see blatant mistakes by refs!! Turan throws his shoe at the ref, only yellow?! knock after tackle that could easily crunch a players ankle and the ref kept delaying the cards!! penalty on Mascherano?? the guy planted his feet outside his box for a reason!! and then no penalty on Alba, this is ridiculous!! this will continue on and on and on in Spain unless someone like Collina or Howard Webb comes in and restructures the refereeing system! this is becoming really stupid!! the level of football in Spain is the best in Europe and refereeing is probably worse than that refereeing that me and my friends get when playing in the park! shameful!
Poor game by Mascherano, he's simply not a center back, when will managers understand this
Players got no respect to referees tonight
I guess Atletico took the opportunity to be as aggressive as they wanted, seeing as the cards wouldn't mean anything after this game.
Neymar is Man Of the match?
@mandru_lee Yes Neymar JR was brilliant in the match, barcelona easily got over the line despite the fact they they have to play on the counters and contend themselves when they had less of the ball in first half. The link up play between messi-suarez and neymar was excellent for the first goal. Neymar's finish was sublime as well. Atletico players and fans were too much bitter about neymar and started to jeer or boo him every minute in the match. It was tough to choose between messi, neymar and busquets. However neymar just nicks the MOTM
3rd victory in a row Against atlético! This is barça! :)
@pscris Note that one goal here was an ownie and the one at Camp Nou was scored as a result of a dubious penalty call.
@hindy note you're an idiot.
@hindy Atletico madrid deserved nothing other than loss and exit from the cup tie for their negative display and malicious football. Tell me how much Atletico went to play football in the first leg at camp nou? IN fairness atletico did Nothing and that was clear penalty as godin's tackle was poor and badly timed. Again in the second leg atletico madrid received a penalty when it was not a foul by mascherano and it was outside the box as well. Aside from the torres goal over the 180 minutes of play atletico never played the football and tried to get under the skin of barcelona like the did with real madrid. Yet Barcelona possess far too much quality than Real Madrid and this enabled barca to easily see off Atletico madrid. Stop blaming the Referee Atletico were lucky to finish the match with 9 players on the pitch. Turan should have been sent off as well.
@hindy Oh Relly, was it more dubious than the one awarded to Atelti last night? In the former, Bosquets get a really hard kick on his left leg as he is about to turn and aim to score. In the second Masqerano was almost 50cm away from the line when the so called foul was committed. Over two legs Barca was the superior side and any neutral fan know that. Naymar was just too good for Atleti, Messi - no words to desribe him - those hair-splitting passes that he makes are what differentiates him from the other that compete with him.
@hindy At Camp Nou it was a clear penalty!
@hindy There was also a dubious penalty call tonight. An own goal is never the offense's fault.
@mystic34x Haters gonna hate ...
@Xuxibo6793 They hate us because they anus. LOL!
dirty play by atletico. fouls for nothing. deserved more than 2 red cards.
Wow i can't beleive it Dribbles Atletico 15 - Barcelona 13
@Xuxibo6793 many mistakes by whoscored tonight. tv showed possession different and i think they're right. also dribbles, barca's was more clearly.
@vampirewerewolf nope.
2 red cards, wow didn't know Stoke were playing
@JoeB91 Stoke isnt even 20% of violent Atleti is.
@JoeB91 No red cards in the league for Stoke this season, 9th best disciplinary record also. 11the best disciplinary record the year before... Awkward.
@ricky.teague.58 its called a joke, and they should have had one against Arsenal couple of weeks ago
@JoeB91 Stoke are nothing compared to Atletico, I'm afraid. In terms of brutality, that is.
I can understand assertivness, what I can't understand is how the f*** isn't that louis garcia, which i consider a good and versatile player, doesn't get sent off at least once, also i can't quite understand why the ref didn't send turan arda to the showers. This being said I really don't understand those mean tackles that atletico are doing every 4-5 minutes.
Man ! Gabi 3.9 ... It's the lowest rating I have ever seen so far. By the way, How did he get 2 red cars ? Just curious ...
was following it on BBC and can someone clear something up was Gabi sent off? and are Atletico down to 10 men?
Why does Lucho insist on playing Iniesta, beats me.
2 red card, how? Laughing Out Loud!
Towel to the floor , Atletico!
what did gabi do?
What a great pass by Leo Messi 80% of 3rd gol in that pass!
I swear it's like a damn scripted one_ 1.) Torres' goal - again, unambiguous fake-lame defending by Mascherano; 2.) at Neymar's first goal Juanfran didn't want to stop him; 3.) a Neymar goal not given, referee thought it's offside, but it wasn't; 4.) a fake penalty; 5.) a lame own goal; 6.) no penalty given before Neymar's second goal, dwarf Alba handled the ball; 7.) a fake fuss after the first half;
@Locomotive seems like u watch a lot of movies. more indian ones.
How did Oblak get the error for the 3rd goal? Misteries..
Will Messi score? I can't find him. Meanwhile Neymar is rocking this year. It will be interesting to see his conversion rate....
@SYunusAli He was right there contributing a lot on the offense whose efforts lead to two goals.. Yes, Neymar is rocking this year.
both club defender sucks Y_Y
Godin, please come back! The defence is non-existent without him.
rubbish referee made mistakes twice.
@jayvin83 made mistakes alot.
Mascherano 4.7??? Think that's the lowest rating I've ever seen.
@Papichulo Miranda...
Neymar is rocking tonight !!!
Read him his miranda rights
Miranda having a great game.
Power of Miranda!!!!!
@AndreyNosatii not his fault really
i cant remember last time barcelona was pressed like this
penalty? are you kidding me?
@MariusBarca I have never seen a penalty call like this! :)
bad call by the ref, no penalty
@Lucasfernandes That pen in the first leg, which led to a goal was a dubious one too.
@hindy a bad call both ways now that both led to goals...
LMFAOOOO linesman decimated alba
Thanks God! Neymar!
Torres could have been for AM what Totti is for Roma if he stayed there.
Damn that was quick
2-0 for Barcelona !!! GLORY IS OURS!!!
@AndreyNosatii Torres disagrees
@MiguelSuave no way !
Poor Oblak.. the Guy gets thrown at the big boys for his first games at Atleti.. But he's been good so far
2-0 atletico
Both sides have their own advantages. This is Vicente Calderon - the fortress of Atletico, where they are defeated only 1 in 15 matches. Beside, Barcelona just needs a draw, and if they score a goal ( with the deadly trio MSN it's likely to happen )then it will be over for Atletico.
Atleti will come out to press and run at Barca's defense to try and get the early goal. Pique haS been in remarkable form so he will have to step up alongside Mashe and lead from the back. It will be an alley fight for Barca but a 1-1 draw seems likely unless "MSN" is decisive then there'll probably be a 1-2 or 1-3 victory for FCB.
If any player is tailor-made for Atletico , its Radja Nainggolan , i would love to see him in liga.
I wonder why there are so many REAL FANs here posting comments about Atletico vs Barcelona ? Jesus, what have you done to them, Diego Simeone, to make them want to see your lose tonight so much ???
The first leg was tight because Atleti wanted to take a goalless draw back to Madrid. They know how well they can defend and they wanted to rely on the counters. Barca's 1-0 advantage doesn't change Atleti's game-plan much other than the fact that they need to press higher than in the first half in order to create more counter-attack opportunities by winning the ball in midfield rather than in defence. This should be a great game, but if Barca score first it's completely over and could turn ugly for Atleti. Defence will be key tonight for both teams.
This is the night where oblak , gimenez and griezz can be stars to remember.
I doubt whether atletico will go out and play proper football or play offensive game to win the tie. Simeone and atletico are well aware of the threat posed by this barcelona side, atletico may very well sit deep and defend tighter in the first half at least before atletico think about the attack later in the second half. Atleti will be happy if they can keep barcelon at bay as long as they could and hope to take advantage of the quick counter or set piece chances later in the match. If Barcelona score before atletico the tie is virtually over. Neymar JR and Messi partnership is booming all the time and suarez despite his inability to put the ball into back of the net still finds neymar / messi with some decent deliveries. Barcelona may very well win this tie in some style and could progress onto the SF. Xavi should start instead of Iniesta or rakitic. Cannot wait for the match though
in india the match will start from....2:30 AM...not gonna sleep...its gonna be an interesting match....my prediction FCB 3-1AM( in aggregate) ...hope...messi will score....best of luck...barca.....coz atletico is good n well competitor.... they can change the way of match at any time....coz diego is better than enrique....
at win 1-0
This will be as tight a game as in the first leg. Atletico even being 1-0 down from the first match, will NOT play attacking football. They will defend and only look to hurt barcelona from set-pieces and counter attacks. They know they can't outplay barcelona on posession so they will try to contain the attacking trio and look to go forward with 3-4 at best at a time but dont expect to see their defenders defending any higher then they did in the first game. They will try to close the gaps and not give Messi,Neymar and Suarez space to breathe. I expect this game to be very tight. Barcelona will have the ball and will pass it all over, mostly to the flanks where there will be more space. There will be a few chances created by Atletico but most will be by barcelona. It wouldnt suprise me if the game ended in a goalless draw but if someone is likely to score its probably Barcelona.
@Turan Is Arda Turan one of your fav players?I know you're a madridista , just curious
@Imperial_J its just my name and it happens to be similars to that of Atletico's player. I do believe Arda is a really good player but can't put him into the category of elite players. His performances for his national team aren't noteworthy and in Atletico he doesn't make the diffrence that often.
I think we should definitely see more open match this time, Atletico have to go for the win on the other side I don't think Barca is a team that likes to defend. Over 2.5 goals at juicy odds of 2.00. I'm gonna double up myself people, do the same thing as well. :D There should be more goals than the first match. In the craziest scenario possible, Atletico will win 1-0 and game will go in extra time maybe penalties. However I think we will see at least 2-3 goals.
@TheGambler007 Absolutly good predict! I should have taken your tip, sir :D
Oblak has been very impressive to say the least , Griezmann is on another level, he has to prove that again by smashing barca
The only way i could watch this game is by suddenly waking up in the middle of the night.
@commandozap And you share that information becauseeee... ?
@blitz For you to wake me up regardless.
@commandozap me too.. I gotta wake up 4am..
DOUBLE; prediction says: 0-1 haltime and thats going to be the final score line.. put your money there ATL 0-1 BARCA.
The form Barca are on right now is what makes me see them come through this as 2-1 winners, 3-1 if we're clinical enough and not waste the chances.
1-0, Atleti through on pens.
Why such an ungodly hour for this game? RFEF probably wants to bar madrid fans from seeing barca lose.
@Imperial_J No, they don't want to make madrid fans disappointed for seeing Barca win.
Atletico without Godin? AM 1-3 FCB
Score will be 2:1 (3:1 in aggregate).
Who wins this wins the cup, so in a way this is the cup final
Yeah, and Barcelona is going further on the way.
@mandru_lee How about NO?
@Imperial_J Like Real Madrid ? Hahaha ... Trust me, Barca can do better.