Atletico Madrid vs Barcelona Prediction & Tips: Can Barcelona Bounce…

Published on April 13th, 2026

Barcelona must unearth another memorable comeback if they are to beat Atletico Madrid and keep alive hopes of lifting the Champions League title in May. Barca head to the Spanish capital after losing 2-0 at the Nou Camp , when Atletico capitalised on the first-half dismissal of Blaugrana centre-half Pau Cubarsi with goals from Julian Alvarez and Alexander Sorloth.

Only seven times in Champions League history has a team progressed after losing at home in the first leg, with two of those occasions being on the now-defunct away goals rule. However, if any team can turn the tables, it is Barcelona . They have experience of this sort of thing, famously beating Paris St Germain after trailing 4-0 from the first leg in 2017 as well as overturning two-goal deficits to knock out AC Milan and Chelsea .

Atletico Madrid vs Barcelona Prediction –Quarter-Final Champions League 2025/26

Atletico Madrid

Barcelona

Draw

They also gave Atletico a huge scare in the Copa del Rey semi-finals recently, winning the second leg 3-0 after losing the first 4-0 at the Metropolitano . But much of Barca’s success has been with the Nou Camp behind them. We think Diego Simeone will have his Atletico players and crowd fully fired up on Tuesday, and we expect the Rojiblancos to qualify in normal time @2/5.

2/7

● LIVE ODDS Atletico Madrid To Qualify

Atletico Madrid vs Barcelona Betting Odds – Champions League 2025/26

Result	Odds	Chance
Atletico Madrid	13/5	27.8%
Barcelona	3/4	57.1%
Draw	14/5	26.3%

*Odds are correct at the time of writing, but subject to change.

Atletico Madrid are outsiders to win this match at 13/8. Barcelona can be backed at at 3/4 , favourites while the draw is priced at 14/5.

To Qualify Odds

Atletico Madrid - 2/7

Barcelona - 5/2

Atletico Madrid vs Barcelona Preview

How to Watch Atletico Madrid vs Barcelona

The Champions League quarter-final second leg is scheduled to begin at 8 pm on Tuesday and will be shown live on TNT Sports 1.

Atletico Madrid form guide

Atletico’s progress in the Champions League and Copa del Rey , where they face Real Sociedad in the final on Saturday in Seville , has papered over the cracks of a poor La Liga campaign. Saturday’s 2-1 loss at Sevilla was a third successive league defeat for Atleti and fourth in their last five games in all competitions and left them a massive 22 points behind leaders Barca .

One of those league losses was a 2-1 home reverse to Barca , when it was the Catalan club’s turn to take advantage of a red card on the stroke of half-time, with Nicolas Gonzalez receiving his marching orders for the hosts. There have now been three dismissals in the last four games between these two, and you can get odds of 25/1 for one of Julio Diaz , Matteo Ruggeri , Robin Le Normand , or Rodrigo Mendoza to be sent for an early bath tomorrow.

Meanwhile, combative Atletico captain Koke is 11/8 to see yellow for the third successive meeting against Barca, the same odds as Italy defender Ruggeri , who has been booked seven times this season.

11/8

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Barcelona form guide

Barca return to European action safe in the knowledge they now have one hand on the La Liga trophy.Saturday’s 4-1 derby win over Espanyol , combined with stuttering Real Madrid’s 1-1 draw with Girona , means Hansi Flick’s reigning champions are now nine points clear at the summit with seven games remaining.

They will feel unlucky to have lost the first leg against Atletico and, having otherwise won nine of their last 11 matches, they will believe they can get back into the tie. Ferran Torres ended a 15-match goal drought for Barca and Spain with his brace against Espanyol , and he is 9/2 to open the scoring tomorrow.

Robert Lewandowski , who started the first leg and also scored a late winner at the Metropolitano a fortnight ago, is also 9/2, while key man Lamine Yamal and Marcus Rashford are 11/10 and 7/5 respectively to add to their late goals at the weekend.