Barça’s “three-headed monster” of Luis Suarez, Neymar, and Lionel Messi (Photo : Reuters)
Spanish super teams Atlético Madrid (2-0-0, 6 points) and FC Barcelona (2-0-0, 6 points) will clash in a 2015-2016 La Liga season match on Saturday, September 12 at the former's Estadio Vicente Calderón in Arganzuela, Madrid.
Both teams are undefeated in the young season so far and were coming off impressive victories over tough squads.
Los Colchoneros routed Sevilla FC, 3-0, in their August 30 match at the Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán Stadium in Seville.
Spanish midfielders Koke and Gabi and Colombian forward Jackson Martinez poured in the points for Diego Simeone's side as they blanked the hard-fighting Sevillistas, as reported by BBC Sport.
Barça is fresh from a close 1-0 victory over Málaga CF at the Camp Nou on August 29, when Seleção captain Neymar returned for the Blaugrana, via Bleacher Report.
Belgian defender Thomas Vermaelen scored the lone goal at the 74th-minute mark for the Catalonia giants to save the day for Luis Enrique, who lost substitute forward Pedro in a £21.4 million transfer to Premier League champions Chelsea more than a week ago prior to the game.
Barça's offense was not in its prime form with Neymar still adjusting to the pace after being sidelined for months by a virus while Lionel Messi and Luis Suarez try to press the attack all game long to no avail.
Barcelona's "three-headed monster" is expected to be back in their form in this game against Atlético and it would be interesting to watch how Atleti would try to contain them.
The predicted result is a close 2-1 win for Barça. Los Rojiblancos will find the net, but Messi and Neymar will score their first goals of the season.
Atlético Madrid starting lineup (4-4-2 formation): Sotiriou; Juanfran, Gimenez, Godin, Gamez; O. Torres, Fernandez, Mendes, Koke; Griezmann, F. Torres
FC Barcelona starting lineup (4-3-3 formation): Bravo; Roberto, Mascherano, Vermaelen, Alba; Rakitic, Busquets, Iniesta; Messi, Suarez, Neymar
