Gradually, Barcelona and Atletico Madrid are adjusting. Barcelona has been a very weak team since the previous season. They are weak this season too because they lost some of their experienced players.
However, Atletico Madrid's victory over Valencia was extraordinary. They were able to win even after trailing 2-0 in the first half. And the most interesting thing is that Atletico Madrid scored two goals after 90 minutes. If Atletico Madrid and Barcelona can maintain their form, both teams will be in the top 4 of the points table.
They both are slowy on track again as it seems. And there is a huge game between them on the next week of the La Liga. They are in a big rivalry to get past each other in the standings now. Atletico Madrid are still ahead by one point. But after this game, the balances could change. For now, I see that both of them are strong enough to be able to beat the other one. But the game is in Camp Nou and this is a big advantage for Barcelona. They seem to be more trustworthy to me these days. I think that they can win this game by one goal.
Well, even though they haven't reached their best performance yet, but Barcelona and Atletico Madrid are much better now. It's a bit tough to catch Real Madrid, but at least they still have a chance to take 3rd place or even 2nd place (if Sevilla cant keep their consistency). The match between Barcelona and Atletico Madrid is a match worth looking forward to. As the host, I think Barcelona will do their best to chase the win, so I predict Barcelona will win by 1 goal difference.
In the previous match Atletico could win 2-0 and even more painfully, Suarez, who was sacked in the Koeman era, contributed one goal against Barcelona. Also, even though yesterday Barcelona won I will still doubt it even though tomorrow against Atletico Barcelona play at home, I personally still believe Atletico will win or maybe draw. But if Barcelona win I personally believe they are still difficult to be consistent and they will only fight for 4th place, because I believe Madrid, Sevilla and Betis will be able to maintain their position.