{"id":47706,"date":"2026-04-08T09:35:01","date_gmt":"2026-04-08T04:05:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/?p=47706"},"modified":"2026-04-08T09:35:01","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T04:05:01","slug":"barcelona-vs-atletico-madrid-team-news-predicted-lineups-and-ucl-score-prediction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/football\/barcelona-vs-atletico-madrid-team-news-predicted-lineups-and-ucl-score-prediction\/","title":{"rendered":"Barcelona vs Atl\u00e9tico Madrid: Team news, predicted lineups and UCL score prediction"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Barcelona host Atl\u00e9tico Madrid<\/strong> in the first leg of the 2025-26 UEFA Champions League quarter-finals on Wednesday, <strong>April 8, 2026<\/strong>, at Camp Nou (<strong>kick-off 21:00 CET \/ 12:30 AM IST Thursday<\/strong>). This marks the latest chapter in a season-long rivalry, coming days after Bar\u00e7a\u2019s dramatic 2-1 La Liga victory over the Colchoneros thanks to a late Robert Lewandowski winner. Hansi Flick\u2019s side, in strong form, seek a positive result to take to Madrid next week, while Diego Simeone\u2019s Atl\u00e9tico \u00a0arrive with a fitness edge after resting key players at the weekend.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Team News<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Barcelona are without Raphinha (hamstring), Andreas Christensen (ACL), Frenkie de Jong (thigh), and Marc Bernal. Several players, including Lamine Yamal, Ferm\u00edn L\u00f3pez, Marc Casad\u00f3, and Gerard Mart\u00edn, are one booking away from missing the second leg.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Atl\u00e9tico miss Jos\u00e9 Gim\u00e9nez, Johnny Cardoso, Pablo Barrios, and Jan Oblak (muscle injury), with Juan Musso expected in goal. Players like Matteo Ruggeri, Marcos Llorente, and others are also at risk of suspension.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Predicted Lineups<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Barcelona (4-2-3-1)<\/strong>: Joan Garc\u00eda; Jules Kound\u00e9, Pau Cubars\u00ed, Gerard Mart\u00edn, Jo\u00e3o Cancelo; Eric Garc\u00eda, Pedri; Lamine Yamal, Dani Olmo, Marcus Rashford; Robert Lewandowski.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Atl\u00e9tico Madrid (4-4-2)<\/strong>: Juan Musso; Nahuel Molina \/ Marc Pubill, Robin Le Normand \/ David Hancko, David Hancko, Matteo Ruggeri; Giuliano Simeone, Marcos Llorente \/ Koke, Koke, Ademola Lookman; Antoine Griezmann, Juli\u00e1n \u00c1lvarez.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Score Prediction: Barcelona 3-1 Atl\u00e9tico Madrid<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Flick\u2019s attacking unit, powered by Yamal\u2019s brilliance, Olmo\u2019s creativity, Rashford\u2019s threat, and Lewandowski\u2019s finishing, should exploit space against Atl\u00e9tico\u2019s compact setup at a rocking Camp Nou, where Bar\u00e7a remain unbeaten at home this season. Atl\u00e9tico\u2019s counter-attacking prowess with Griezmann and \u00c1lvarez makes them dangerous, but the hosts\u2019 quality and home dominance point to a strong first-leg advantage.<\/p>\n<p>This 180-minute tie remains wide open, yet a convincing home win would give Bar\u00e7a momentum toward the semi-finals. Expect intensity, tactical discipline, and moments of magic.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Barcelona host Atl\u00e9tico Madrid in the first leg of the 2025-26 UEFA Champions League quarter-finals on Wednesday, April 8, 2026,\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":502,"featured_media":47701,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[473,661,4057,178],"class_list":["post-47706","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-football","tag-atletcio-madrid","tag-barcelona","tag-top-stories","tag-uefa"],"reading_time":"2 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47706","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/502"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=47706"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47706\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":47710,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47706\/revisions\/47710"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/47701"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47706"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47706"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47706"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}