The match between Barcelona vs Atletico Madrid in the last week or Jornada 38 La Liga Spain will take place on Saturday, May 17 2014. Barceloa must win if they want to be champions and superior head to head . In contrast , Atletico Madrid only needed a draw to force Barcelona finished runners - up . Competition Spanish La Liga this season resulted in a match peak is very decisive . Atletico Madrid who collected 89 points does not necessarily end the drought suffered by the La Liga title since 1996 . If they fail in this game , not the effect may not propagate to the Champions League final when Real Madrid vs Atletico Madrid next May 25 .

Advantage remains on the guest . They have an unbeaten record of Barcelona in five meetings this season . Four matches ended in a draw . Finally, a single goal Koke miserable Barcelona in the second leg of the Champions League quarter-final . Barcelona is a super front lines made ​​powerless by the robustness of Atletico Madrid midfielder .

In addition , Diego Simeone's team is also in excellent condition. All the players they can be displayed in the Camp Nou . Only , Atletico Madrid needs to improve luck . In the last two games , they could only score one goal . Front line was having problems .

Barcelona in a worse situation . Neymar is still waiting for the green light . Despite Gerard Pique could make a Jordi Alba is not necessarily the case . They also still not reinforced two captain , Carles Puyol and Victor Valdes . In terms of appearance , Barcelona was hit by the ' poverty of creativity ' .

The most anticipated fight is a duel Lionel Messi vs Diego Costa . Both are chasing at the top of the Spanish league top scorers under Cristiano Ronaldo . Scored the winner will certainly raise morale for the two players who will be key to their respective countries in the 2014 World Cup .

Head to Head Barcelona vs Atletico Madrid :

August 22, 2013 Atletico Madrid vs Barcelona 1-1
August 29, 2013 Barcelona vs Atletico Madrid 0-0
January 12, 2014 Atletico Madrid vs Barcelona 0-0
3 April 2014 Barcelona vs Atletico Madrid 1-1
10 April 2014 Barcelona vs Atletico Madrid 0-1

Estimated Lineup Barcelona vs Atletico Madrid :

Barcelona ( 4-3-3 ) : 13 - Pinto ; 22 - Daniel Alves , 15 - Bartra , 14 - Mascherano , 18 - Alba , 6 - Xavi , 16 - Busquets , 8 - Iniesta , 9 - Alexis , 10 - Messi , 7 - Pedro .

Atletico Madrid ( 4-2-3-1 ) : 13 - Courtois ; 20 - Juanfran , 23 - Miranda , Diego Godin - 2 , 3 - Filipe Luis , 14 - Gabi , Tiago - 5 , 6 - Koke , 8 - Raúl García , 10 - Turan , 19 - Diego Costa