There is every possibility that Barcelona will overtake Girona in the league standing if they win their match with Atlético Madrid today. It's so surprising to see how fast Barcelona have closed their gap with Girona. Although it is very unlikely that Girona will lose their European football spot again, because the season has gone more than half way and there is no possiblity that Girona will lose the rest of their games league match this season. They are lucky enough that they gathered enough points at the early part of season.
This match is certain to be very interesting because Atletico and Barcelona have their own important targets. Barcelona has the opportunity to move up to second place because Girona just lost to Getafe in their last match, while Atletico Madrid will try to take over the fourth position which is now occupied by Bilbao after successfully gaining three points from Alaves. Atletico Madrid is slightly favored in this match because it will act as host, Barcelona also has the opportunity to get three points at Atletico's headquarters because H2H in the last five matches between the two teams ended with Barcelona winning 4 times and Atletico winning once.
Xavi has to focus more on strengthening the defense line because Griezmann and Depay are starting to score goals diligently, Barcelona also have to play more carefully because Inter have just been knocked out by Atletico because their defense is very strong. Atletico and Barcelona must beat each other in this match because Bilbao is starting to spread threats in the top four positions. Atletico must take advantage of the advantage of playing at their home base to fight for their position back in the last position in the Champions League zone.