It is better to see goals from the beginning of the match and it cannot be denied that in the first games, Atl managed to do something very impressive - not only did they win 0-2, but they also kept Barcelona from scoring even 1 goal which is practically impossible this season. Over the weekend, Barcelona beat Espanyol 4-1 with almost all key players (Yamal, etc.), while Atl suffered a 2-1 loss against Sevilla (all attack was extinguished, Lookman, Griezmann, Alvarez, etc.). Both teams will have many absences in this game, as Atl will be without starting defender Hancko who got injured in the previous match and his replacement Pubill got a yellow card and will have to miss this game because of the accumulated total. Barcelona lost their starting defender Cubarsi due to a red card in the first game and in the weekend game against Espanyol, another main defender Martin got injured. Of course, they have other defenders but many of them will have to play out of their natural positions, for example Araujo will have to play in the midfield. I think they will take a risk with Kounde, who recently returned from an injury and has uncertain form, in the position of Araujo. Or Cancelo, who is not very good in defense, will play in that position. Atl has 2 goals advantage, so Barcelona will have to attack from the beginning of the game. Atl will have a rested attack and will have many opportunities for counterattacks against Barcelona's defenders. The problems of both teams in defense will make it easier for the opponents to score goals, so it is difficult to predict the result, but there should be a high number of goals!
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