Clashing for the third time in the space of two weeks, Atletico Madrid and Barcelona reunite in the second leg of their Champions League quarter-final at the Wanda Metropolitano on Tuesday evening.
Diego Simeone's men travelled to Camp Nou as the underdogs last Wednesday, having suffered three straight defeats before the first leg, including a 2-1 home reverse to none other than La Blaugrana.
However, Atletico upset the odds to record a 2-0 victory over the La Liga leaders, who lost Pau Cubarsi to a first-half red card and subsequently succumbed to strikes from Julian Alvarez and Alexander Sorloth on home soil.
Hansi Flick's men did produce an emphatic response on Saturday, moving a step closer to the La Liga title with a 4-1 battering of Espanyol, while Atletico were beaten 2-1 by Sevilla, albeit with a second-string team.
Ahead of Tuesday's tantalising second leg, Sports Mole looks at the head-to-head record and previous meetings between Atletico Madrid and Barcelona.
Head-to-head record
Previous meetings: 251
Atletico wins: 79
Draws: 57
Barcelona wins: 115
Barcelona lead the overall head-to-head record between the two sides, having recorded 115 wins to Atletico's 79, while there have also been 57 draws in this particular fixture.
The Catalan outfit have also comfortably outscored their opponents, finding the back of the net on 473 occasions in their 251 matches against Atletico, while the capital outfit have managed 364.
Lionel Messi is the leading goalscorer in this fixture, finding the back of the net on 32 occasions against Atletico, which is 16 ahead of Cesar Rodriguez in second position.
Unsurprisingly, Barcelona also lead the head-to-head record in La Liga, winning 83 of their 178 matches to Atletico's 53, while there have also been 42 draws in Spain's top flight.
Thirteen of the last 17 meetings between these two sides have come in La Liga, and Barcelona had been on a five-game winning run against Atletico at that level, including 1-0 and 3-0 successes during the 2023-24 campaign.
However, Atletico shocked their rivals in December 2024 with a 2-1 victory at Estadi Olimpic Lluis Companys, with Alexander Sorloth netting a last-gasp winner.
Barcelona did manage to gain revenge in the reverse match at Wanda Metropolitano, coming from two goals behind late on to record a 4-2 victory against their title rivals, and Blaugrana made it back-to-back wins in this fixture with a 3-1 triumph in December 2025.
The pair have also met in the semi-finals of the Copa del Rey in 2025-26, with Atletico running out 4-3 winners on aggregate, but Barcelona won their last league match 2-1 in April 2026, with Robert Lewandowski netting a late winner to send Hansi Flick's side seven points clear at the top of La Liga.
In the Champions League, the pair have met five times, with Atletico recording three wins and suffering one defeat, and their two previous quarter-final ties in the competition have ended in Atletico advancing to the semi-finals.
Atletico also lead Barcelona 2-0 after the first leg of their quarter-final in the 2025-26 Champions League.
Last 20 meetings (all competitions)
Apr 8, 2026: Barcelona 0-2 Atletico (Champions League Quarter-Finals)
Apr 4, 2026: Atletico 1-2 Barcelona (La Liga)
Mar 3, 2025: Barcelona 3-0 Atletico (Copa del Rey Semi-Finals)
Feb 12, 2026: Atletico 4-0 Barcelona (Copa del Rey Semi-Finals)
Dec 02, 2025: Barcelona 3-1 Atletico (La Liga)
Apr 02, 2025: Atletico 0-1 Barcelona (Copa del Rey Semi-Finals)
Mar 16, 2025: Atletico 2-4 Barcelona (La Liga)
Feb 25, 2025: Barcelona 4-4 Atletico (Copa del Rey Semi-Finals)
Dec 21, 2024: Barcelona 1-2 Atletico (La Liga)
Apr 17, 2024: Atletico 0-3 Barcelona (La Liga)
Dec 03, 2023: Barcelona 1-0 Atletico (La Liga)
Apr 23, 2023: Barcelona 1-0 Atletico (La Liga)
Jan 08, 2023: Atletico 0-1 Barcelona (La Liga)
Feb 06, 2022: Barcelona 4-2 Atletico (La Liga)
Oct 02, 2021: Atletico 2-0 Barcelona (La Liga)
May 08, 2021: Barcelona 0-0 Atletico (La Liga)
Nov 21, 2020: Atletico 1-0 Barcelona (La Liga)
Jun 30, 2020: Barcelona 2-2 Atletico (La Liga)
Jan 09, 2020: Barcelona 2-3 Atletico (Spanish Super Cup Semi-Finals)
Dec 01, 2019: Atletico 0-1 Barcelona (La Liga)
Apr 06, 2019: Barcelona 2-0 Atletico (La Liga)
Last 10 La Liga meetings
Apr 4, 2026: Atletico 1-2 Barcelona (La Liga)
Dec 02, 2025: Barcelona 3-1 Atletico (La Liga)
Mar 16, 2025: Atletico 2-4 Barcelona (La Liga)
Dec 21, 2024: Barcelona 1-2 Atletico (La Liga)
Apr 17, 2024: Atletico 0-3 Barcelona (La Liga)
Dec 03, 2023: Barcelona 1-0 Atletico (La Liga)
Apr 23, 2023: Barcelona 1-0 Atletico (La Liga)
Jan 08, 2023: Atletico 0-1 Barcelona (La Liga)
Feb 06, 2022: Barcelona 4-2 Atletico (La Liga)
Oct 02, 2021: Atletico 2-0 Barcelona (La Liga)