Real Madrid defeated Barcelona 0:4 in the King's Cup, Benzema scored a hat trick (Sport 1)
After 290 minutes without conceding a goal, tomorrow (Sunday) Barcelona will host the third-placed Atlético Madrid, who come after six consecutive victories, in a top-of-the-table match as part of the 30th round of La Liga.
Valencia, desperate for points, will be hosted by the table-locker Alche in the afternoon game, Sevilla will close the evening against Villarreal.
Barcelona - Atletico Madrid (17:15)
If there's one thing Diego Simeone has yet to do as coach of the Colchoneros, unlike his days as a player, it's win at Camp Nou in the league.
Barcelona have not lost to Atlético at home since 3:1 in February 2006 and will hope to maintain this streak even when their opponent is the hot team in Spain.
Atletico's run allows them to challenge Real for second place and Simeone has no intention of stopping, despite the absence of the suspended Joufra Kondogbia and Marcos Llorente as well as Memphis Depay who will not play against his former club due to injury.
Barca received encouraging news with the return to fitness of Pedri (after more than two months) and Frankie de Jong (more than a month).
For Ousmane Dembele the return is still early and also Andreas Christensen and Sergi Roberto are injured.
Enso Fati may return to the lineup, trying to help Robert Lewandowski end his personal and team drought (three games without a goal and another 20 minutes before that).
Despite the offensive stop, the Catalans still have a significant gap at the top and mainly thanks to the best defense in Europe (only nine concedings in the league, of which only two at home).
The promising talent Yamin Lamal was included in the squad for the first time, when he was only 15 years old - the youngest in the club's history.
Xavi complimented the talent born in 2007: "He can help us, despite his young age. He will only be 16 in July, but he has character, talent, the ability to make a final pass, one-on-one. He is strong and self-confident, and in general he trained great He can make a mark in Barcelona."
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Pedri in front of Nahuel Molina in the previous meeting (Photo: Reuters)
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Mallorca - Getafe (19:30)
Sevilla - Villarreal (22:00)
Spanish League 2022/23
Group
games
victories
draw
losses
gates
points
1
Barcelona
29
23
4
2
9-53
73
2
Real Madrid
29
19
5
5
24-61
62
3
Athletico Madrid
29
18
6
5
21-47
60
4
Real Sociedad
29
15
6
8
28-37
51
5
in flight
29
14
6
9
30-37
48
6
Villarreal
29
14
5
10
28-38
47
7
Athletic Bilbao
29
12
7
10
29-40
43
8
We saw it
29
10
10
9
34-35
40
9
Girona
29
10
8
11
42-44
38
10
Osasuna
29
10
8
11
25-30
38
11
Celta de Vigo
28
9
9
10
39-36
36
12
Seville
29
9
8
12
44-35
35
13
Majorca
28
9
7
12
25-30
34
14
Cadiz
30
7
11
12
42-23
32
15
Valladolid
29
9
5
15
48-25
32
16
Getafe
29
7
10
12
36-27
31
17
Almeria
29
8
6
15
50-35
30
18
Espanyol
30
6
10
14
49-35
28
19
Valencia
29
7
6
16
36-30
27
20
Alecha
29
2
7
20
59-20
13
In the middle of the week, the 31st cycle will be held in Spain
Third:
Cádiz - Osasuna
Girona - Real Madrid
Betis - Real Sociedad
Fourth:
Atlético Madrid - Mallorca
Getafe - Almeria
Celta Vigo - Elche
Rayo Vallecano - Barcelona
Thursday:
Valencia - Valladolid Villarreal
- Espanyol
Athletic Bilbao - Sevilla
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