Barcelona – Atletico Madrid, Supercup Prediction

Barcelona again disappointed their fans. This time it was against Espanyol in the local derby. Notice, Barca were 1st and Espanyol last. Of course, Espanyol has a new coach, but that is no excuse for Barca. Messi did not play very well in this match. Valverde has serious problems in motivating his team in away games. There have been many rumors that almost everyone at the club is against him and if we see some more disappointing results in the coming weeks, no wonder Valverde will be sacked.

Atletico Madrid are 5 points behind the leaders after defeating Levante. The mattresses have come in good form in recent games. Their attack play has also improved after scoring exactly 2 goals in their last 4 matches. It is very important for Atletico to maintain a good level, because once they finish the Super Cup, they have exactly 5 La Liga games left before the clash with Liverpool and they have a derby with Real Madrid.

 Expert view : In this match there will probably be a lot more open football than in the first match, in which Messi scored a goal at the end and so Barca won 1-0, but overall both teams were defensive and cautious. Now we think Atletico will try to get the win, because this is a good chance for them to fix at least a little bit of their bad streak against Barca. Of course, it’s hard to see a match where Barcelona don’t score. Prediction – BTTS at 1.77.

5 of Barcelona’s last 6 games have gone though BTTS

9 of the last 13 games between Atletico and Barca have ended in BTTS