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Madrid: Atletico Madrid will host Barcelona on Sunday in a decisive match of La Liga to define the top places at the table.<\/p>\nMadrid: Atletico Madrid will host Barcelona on Sunday in a decisive match of La Liga to define the top places at the table.<\/p>\n
Both teams will seek to diminish the difference in points to pursue La Liga leader Real Madrid, which recently lost the postponed match against Valencia, reports Efe.<\/p>\n
Atletico defeated Bayer Leverkusen 4-2 on Tuesday in the UEFA Champions League match, with an impressive performance thanks to French forward Kevin Gameiro.<\/p>\n
Atletico is in fourth place in the table with 45 points, while Barcelona is in second position with 51 points, one point behind Real Madrid, which still has a postponed game to play.<\/p>\n
After the 1-2 defeat against Valencia on Wednesday, Real Madrid will be hosted on Sunday by Villarreal, which holds sixth position with 39 points, and will be trying to snatch three points.<\/p>\n
Sevilla, which is in third position with 49 points, will visit 15th placed Real Betis on Saturday, with Betis struggling to avoid relegation.<\/p>\n
The 24th round of La Liga will start on Friday, when 12th-placed Las Palmas will host Real Sociedad, in fifth position with 41 points.<\/p>\n
Alaves will host Valencia on Saturday, as the Oranges have confidence after beating La Liga leader on Wednesday.<\/p>\n
Malaga, which holds 13th position with 26 points, will visit seventh-placed Eibar on Saturday, while 17th-placed Leganes will host Deportivo, which is in 16th position.<\/p>\n
Athletic Bilbao, which is in eighth place with 35 points, will host Granada on Sunday, with El Grana under pressure to dodge relegation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Madrid: Atletico Madrid will host Barcelona on Sunday in a decisive match of La Liga to define the top places at the table.<\/p>\n
Both teams will seek to diminish the difference in points to pursue La Liga leader Real Madrid, which recently lost the postponed match against Valencia, reports Efe.<\/p>\n
Atletico defeated Bayer Leverkusen 4-2 on Tuesday in the UEFA Champions League match, with an impressive performance thanks to French forward Kevin Gameiro.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":25917,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[4243,1958,12975,466,3604],"class_list":["post-33619","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-world-football-news","tag-atletico-madrid","tag-barcelona","tag-football-news","tag-indian-sports-news","tag-la-liga"],"yoast_head":"\n