Match guide Barça-Atlético de Madrid this Wednesday: schedule, where to watch it and lineups

BarcelonaThe Spotify Camp Nou will be the stage this Wednesday for the fifth duel of the season between Barça and Atlético de Madrid, who begin the first assault in the race for the Champions League semi-finals, in which the blaugrana team relies on its fortress to gain an advantage in the tie.

Hansi Flick's team wants to capitalize on the Camp Nou factor to face the return leg with certain guarantees, which will be played on March 14 at the Riyadh Air Metropolitano. The precedents this season against Atlético favor Barcelona. They won (1-2) three days ago in Madrid to leave the league title on track, they were on the verge of the Copa del Rey final a month ago (3-0) and in December they secured a solid victory (3-1) in the first leg. The only blemish against Simeone's team was the 4-0 in the first leg of the KO competition semi-finals.

However, the last two times both clubs have met in the Champions League, the balance tipped in favor of the Mattress Makers. This was also the case in the quarter-finals of the 2013-2014 and 2015-2016 seasons. The first leg of both ties was also played in Barcelona.

Barça will be without Raphinha. It is expected that Marcus Rashford, scorer at the Metropolitano, will once again occupy the Brazilian's flank. Dani Olmo, who started as a false 9 at the Metropolitano, and Robert Lewandowski are competing for a place in the forward line. In midfield, injuries to Marc Bernal and Frenkie de Jong will force Flick to deploy Eric Garcia as a midfielder.

The match will be played on Wednesday at 9:00 PM at Spotify Camp Nou.

The rest will be new. There will be no change in goal, with Jan Oblak still out, missing five matches including this Wednesday's due to a muscular strain in his side, but there will be changes in attack, with Julián Álvarez returning to the starting lineup.

Barça has four players on yellow cards (Lamine Yamal, Fermín López, Gerard Martín, and Marc Casadó) and Atlètic has seven (Marc Pubill, Robin Le Normand, Clement Lenglet, Giuliano Simeone, Marcos Llorente, Matteo Ruggeri, and Thiago Almada), in addition to Diego Simeone, their coach.

Match time and venue

The match will be played on Wednesday at 9.00 p.m. at Spotify Camp Nou.

Where to watch the match (television)

The match can be watched on television through the Movistar Plus channel. It can also be followed live on ARA minute by minute.

Probable lineups

FC Barcelona (4-3-3): Joan Garcia; Kounde, Cubarsí, Gerard Martín, Cancelo; Eric Garcia, Pedri; Lamine Yamal, Fermín, Rashford, i Lewandowski.

Atlètic de Madrid (4-3-3): Musso; Molina, Pubill, Hancko, Ruggeri; Giuliano, Llorente, Koke, Lookman o Baena; Griezmann i Julián Alvarez.

Àrbitre:  István Kovács (Romania).