Barcelona vs Atletico Madrid

21 December 2024 · La Liga · 2024/25 · Referee Ricardo De Burgos Bengoetxea

Full time 1 – 2

Half-time: 1–0

  • Pedri 30’
  • Rodrigo de Paul 60’
  • Alexander Sørloth 90+6’

Match summary

Atletico Madrid came from behind to win 2-1 away at Barcelona, with the winner arriving in stoppage time. Barcelona led 1-0 at half-time.

Pedri put Barcelona ahead in the 30th minute, set up by Gavi, Rodrigo de Paul equalised in the 60th minute, and Alexander Sørloth won it in stoppage time, set up by Nahuel Molina.

Barcelona can feel hard done by, creating 3.44 expected goals (xG) from 19 shots to Atletico Madrid's 0.71 from 5.

Match stats

Barcelona Atletico Madrid
19 Shots 5
7 Shots on Target 4
11 Corners 3
0 Yellow Cards 3
0 Red Cards 0
3.37 xG 0.71
3.37 Non-penalty xG 0.71
17 Deep Completions 2

Key events

Barcelona Atletico Madrid
Kick-off
Pedri
Assist: Gavi1-0 (Barcelona)
30’
Half-time1-0
60’
Rodrigo de Paul1-1 (Atletico Madrid)
90+6’
Alexander Sørloth
Assist: Nahuel Molina1-2 (Atletico Madrid)
Full-time1-2

Bookings

Card times are not on file for this game, so they are listed without a minute.

Atletico Madrid
  • Axel Witsel
  • Robin Le Normand

How the chances added up

Running total of expected goals (xG) for each side through the match. xG rates each chance by how often similar shots are scored. A goal is marked where it was scored.

0 1 2 3 4 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 3.44 0.71 30’ Pedri (Barcelona), 1-0 30’ 60’ Rodrigo de Paul (Atletico Madrid), 1-1 60’ 90+6’ Alexander Sørloth (Atletico Madrid), 1-2 90+6’ 0 1 2 3 4 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 3.44 0.71 30’ Pedri (Barcelona), 1-0 Pedri 30’ 60’ Rodrigo de Paul (Atletico Madrid), 1-1 de Paul 60’ 90+6’ Alexander Sørloth (Atletico Madrid), 1-2 Sørloth 90+6’
Barcelona 3.44 xGAtletico Madrid 0.71 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Atletico Madrid attacking Barcelona attacking 
76’ Robert Lewandowski (Barcelona), open play, 0.60 xG, saved 57’ Raphinha (Barcelona), open play, 0.43 xG, hit the woodwork 30’ Pedri (Barcelona), open play, 0.41 xG, goal 48’ Fermín López (Barcelona), open play, 0.37 xG, saved 88’ Pedri (Barcelona), open play, 0.37 xG, saved 90+6’ Alexander Sørloth (Atletico Madrid), open play, 0.38 xG, goal 25’ Gavi (Barcelona), from a corner, 0.27 xG, off target 77’ Pablo Barrios Rivas (Atletico Madrid), open play, 0.28 xG, saved 86’ Raphinha (Barcelona), open play, 0.24 xG, saved 57’ Robert Lewandowski (Barcelona), open play, 0.16 xG, blocked 54’ Robert Lewandowski (Barcelona), direct free kick, 0.10 xG, blocked 84’ Eric Garcia (Barcelona), from a corner, 0.09 xG, saved 4’ Raphinha (Barcelona), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 55’ Pedri (Barcelona), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 80’ Dani Olmo (Barcelona), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 83’ Robert Lewandowski (Barcelona), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 22’ Iñigo Martínez (Barcelona), from a corner, 0.03 xG, saved 43’ Raphinha (Barcelona), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 60’ Rodrigo de Paul (Atletico Madrid), open play, 0.03 xG, goal 6’ Robert Lewandowski (Barcelona), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 81’ Raphinha (Barcelona), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 53’ Clement Lenglet (Atletico Madrid), direct free kick, 0.02 xG, saved 69’ Iñigo Martínez (Barcelona), from a corner, 0.01 xG, off target 85’ Julián Álvarez (Atletico Madrid), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 76’ Robert Lewandowski (Barcelona), open play, 0.60 xG, saved 57’ Raphinha (Barcelona), open play, 0.43 xG, hit the woodwork 30’ Pedri (Barcelona), open play, 0.41 xG, goal 90+6’ Alexander Sørloth (Atletico Madrid), open play, 0.38 xG, goal 48’ Fermín López (Barcelona), open play, 0.37 xG, saved 88’ Pedri (Barcelona), open play, 0.37 xG, saved 25’ Gavi (Barcelona), from a corner, 0.27 xG, off target 77’ Pablo Barrios Rivas (Atletico Madrid), open play, 0.28 xG, saved 86’ Raphinha (Barcelona), open play, 0.24 xG, saved 57’ Robert Lewandowski (Barcelona), open play, 0.16 xG, blocked 54’ Robert Lewandowski (Barcelona), direct free kick, 0.10 xG, blocked 84’ Eric Garcia (Barcelona), from a corner, 0.09 xG, saved 4’ Raphinha (Barcelona), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 55’ Pedri (Barcelona), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 80’ Dani Olmo (Barcelona), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 83’ Robert Lewandowski (Barcelona), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 43’ Raphinha (Barcelona), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 22’ Iñigo Martínez (Barcelona), from a corner, 0.03 xG, saved 60’ Rodrigo de Paul (Atletico Madrid), open play, 0.03 xG, goal 6’ Robert Lewandowski (Barcelona), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 81’ Raphinha (Barcelona), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 53’ Clement Lenglet (Atletico Madrid), direct free kick, 0.02 xG, saved 69’ Iñigo Martínez (Barcelona), from a corner, 0.01 xG, off target 85’ Julián Álvarez (Atletico Madrid), open play, 0.01 xG, off target
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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Iñaki Peña GK900 0.000.000
Jules Koundé DEF900 0.000.041
Iñigo Martínez DEF902 0.050.000
Pau Cubarsí DEF900 0.000.000
Álex Balde DEF900 0.000.071
Pedri MID9013 0.851.114
Marc Casadó MID810 0.000.000
Raphinha MID905 0.810.324
Gavi MID6511 0.270.492
Fermín López MID651 0.370.021
Robert Lewandowski FWD905 0.940.021
Dani Olmo Sub251 0.070.371
Ferrán Torres Sub250 0.000.692
Eric Garcia Sub91 0.090.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Barcelona win 48% Avg odds 2.00
Draw 26% Avg odds 3.71
Atletico Madrid win 26% Avg odds 3.59

Chances implied by the average closing odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

Form going into the game

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Previous and next meeting

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Shots, expected goals and player data from Understat. Results and odds from football-data.co.uk. Referee data before 2025/26 from the Transfermarkt datasets project.