Good evening everybody and welcome to another MARCA in English live blog, this time taking you through the LaLiga clash between Barcelona and Atletico Madrid from the Estadio Olimpico Lluis Companys.
The winner of tonight's game will sit stop the LaLiga standings as the two teams head into the match level on 38 points, though Atletico Madrid have a game in hand.
Barcelona have just one win in their last six league matches and were stunned last time out, falling 1-0 to Leganes at home, which means they've lost their last two games at their temporary home after also falling to Las Palmas.
As for Atletico, they haven't won an away league game against Barcelona since February 2006. They haven't scored a league goal against Barcelona since February 2022 and haven't won a LaLiga match against the Blaugrana since October 2021.
Nevertheless, they enter Saturday's match having won their last 11 matches in all competitions, including six in the league.
Barcelona vs Atletico Madrid Live - Latest Updates
Second Half ends, Barcelona 1, Atletico Madrid 2.
Goal! Barcelona 1, Atletico Madrid 2. Alexander Sørloth (Atletico Madrid) left footed shot from the centre of the box following a fast break.
Offside, Barcelona. Raphinha is caught offside.
Alejandro Balde (Barcelona) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Nahuel Molina (Atletico Madrid).
Foul by Eric García (Barcelona).
Javi Galán (Atletico Madrid) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Fourth official has announced 6 minutes of added time.
Pedri (Barcelona) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Koke (Atletico Madrid).
Corner, Barcelona. Conceded by Jan Oblak.
Attempt saved. Pedri (Barcelona) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Dani Olmo.
Corner, Barcelona. Conceded by Jan Oblak.
Attempt saved. Raphinha (Barcelona) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Pedri.
Attempt missed. Julián Alvarez (Atletico Madrid) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left.
Corner, Barcelona. Conceded by Koke.
Corner, Barcelona. Conceded by Axel Witsel.
Attempt blocked. Robert Lewandowski (Barcelona) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Corner, Barcelona. Conceded by Javi Galán.
Attempt blocked. Raphinha (Barcelona) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Robert Lewandowski with a headed .
Attempt missed. Dani Olmo (Barcelona) right footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Alejandro Balde.
Substitution, Barcelona. Eric García replaces Marc Casadó.
Marc Casadó (Barcelona) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Alexander Sørloth (Atletico Madrid).
Robin Le Normand (Atletico Madrid) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Ferran Torres (Barcelona) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Robin Le Normand (Atletico Madrid).
Attempt saved. Pablo Barrios (Atletico Madrid) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Julián Alvarez.
Attempt saved. Robert Lewandowski (Barcelona) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved.
Offside, Atletico Madrid. Julián Alvarez is caught offside.
Substitution, Atletico Madrid. Robin Le Normand replaces Marcos Llorente.
Substitution, Atletico Madrid. Alexander Sørloth replaces Antoine Griezmann.
Corner, Barcelona. Conceded by Marcos Llorente.
Corner, Barcelona. Conceded by Axel Witsel.
Hand ball by Dani Olmo (Barcelona).
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Substitution, Barcelona. Ferran Torres replaces Gavi.
Substitution, Barcelona. Dani Olmo replaces Fermín López.
Delay in match because of an injury Rodrigo De Paul (Atletico Madrid).
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Substitution, Atletico Madrid. Koke replaces Conor Gallagher.
Substitution, Atletico Madrid. Nahuel Molina replaces Giuliano Simeone.
Delay in match (Barcelona).
Goal! Barcelona 1, Atletico Madrid 1. Rodrigo De Paul (Atletico Madrid) right footed shot from outside the box.
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Delay in match because of an injury Axel Witsel (Atletico Madrid).
Foul by Jules Koundé (Barcelona).
Clément Lenglet (Atletico Madrid) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt missed. Pedri (Barcelona) left footed shot from the centre of the box is too high.
Axel Witsel (Atletico Madrid) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Robert Lewandowski (Barcelona) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Axel Witsel (Atletico Madrid).
Foul by Gavi (Barcelona).
Rodrigo De Paul (Atletico Madrid) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Substitution, Atletico Madrid. Axel Witsel replaces José María Giménez because of an injury.
Delay in match because of an injury José María Giménez (Atletico Madrid).
Attempt saved. Fermín López (Barcelona) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Pedri.
Offside, Barcelona. Raphinha is caught offside.
Second Half begins Barcelona 1, Atletico Madrid 0.
First Half ends, Barcelona 1, Atletico Madrid 0.
Corner, Atletico Madrid. Conceded by Iñigo Martínez.
Fourth official has announced 1 minutes of added time.
Foul by Fermín López (Barcelona).
José María Giménez (Atletico Madrid) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Gavi (Barcelona).
Javi Galán (Atletico Madrid) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt blocked. Raphinha (Barcelona) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Jules Koundé.
Offside, Atletico Madrid. Javi Galán is caught offside.
Offside, Atletico Madrid. Julián Alvarez is caught offside.
Hand ball by Gavi (Barcelona).
Marc Casadó (Barcelona) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Conor Gallagher (Atletico Madrid).
Foul by Alejandro Balde (Barcelona).
Giuliano Simeone (Atletico Madrid) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Goal! Barcelona 1, Atletico Madrid 0. Pedri (Barcelona) right footed shot from the centre of the box.
Foul by Gavi (Barcelona).
Pablo Barrios (Atletico Madrid) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Offside, Atletico Madrid. Julián Alvarez is caught offside.
Corner, Atletico Madrid. Conceded by Iñigo Martínez.
Attempt missed. Gavi (Barcelona) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Raphinha with a cross following a corner.
Corner, Barcelona. Conceded by José María Giménez.
Foul by Robert Lewandowski (Barcelona).
Attempt saved. Iñigo Martínez (Barcelona) left footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the top right corner. Assisted by Raphinha with a cross.
Corner, Barcelona. Conceded by Giuliano Simeone.
Corner, Atletico Madrid. Conceded by Iñigo Martínez.
Corner, Barcelona. Conceded by Giuliano Simeone.
Marc Casadó (Barcelona) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Julián Alvarez (Atletico Madrid).
Corner, Barcelona. Conceded by José María Giménez.
Gavi (Barcelona) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Antoine Griezmann (Atletico Madrid).
Attempt missed. Robert Lewandowski (Barcelona) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Fermín López with a cross.
Attempt blocked. Raphinha (Barcelona) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Gavi.
First Half begins.
No surprises from Diego Simeone
On the other side its the Atletico lineup many expected with a clear 4-4-2 set out for tonight's game.
No Araujo, but plenty of Barcelona surprises
There is no Araujo tonight, but Hansi Flick has still sprung a few surprises. Gavi is in the starting lineup, while Dani Olmo and Ferran Torres have been left on the bench.
Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
Barcelona surprise?
Based on that post by Barcelona's X , will we see Araujo start in tonight's game?
Barcelona vs Atletico Madrid - Possible lineups
Barcelona predicted XI: Pena; Kounde, Cubarsi, Martinez, Balde; Casado, Pedri; Olmo, F Lopez, Raphinha; Lewandowski
Atletico Madrid predicted XI: Oblak; Llorente, Gimenez, Lenglet, Galan; Simeone, De Paul, Barrios, Gallagher; Alvarez, Griezmann
Where to watch Barcelona vs Atletico Madrid?
For fans in the United Kingdom, Barcelona vs Atletico Madrid can be seen on Premier Sports and Amazon Prime Video. Fans in Ireland can tune in via Sky Ireland's Sports Extra pack.
US-based fans will be able to see Barcelona vs Atletico Madrid on ESPN+ and ESPN Deportes.
What time does Barcelona vs Atletico Madrid start?
Barcelona vs Atletico Madrid is a 21:00 CET kick-off, which is local time in Spain. That means fans in the UK and Ireland will find the game starting at 20:00 GMT.
Fans in the USA can tune in to watch Barcelona vs Atletico Madrid at 15:00 ET / 12:00 PT.
Match ends, Barcelona 1, Atletico Madrid 2.