Atletico Madrid vs Barcelona live: Confirmed teams, full line ups in Champions League, TV and live stream details

Barcelona and Atletico Madrid have named their starting teams for their Champions League quarter-final decider at the Metropolitano on Tuesday.

Goals by Julian Alvarez and Alexander Sorloth gave Atleti a 2-0 victory in the first leg last Wednesday, when Barca had Pau Cubarsi dismissed before the opener.

The winners of the tie will face Arsenal or Sporting in the semi-finals. Those teams meet in London on Wednesday (20:00 BST), with the Gunners 1-0 ahead from the first leg.

101GreatGoals.com has the line-up news from Barca vs Atleti in the Champions League, as well as details on how to watch.

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Atletico Madrid confirmed team news vs Barca

Atleti make one change from the first leg, Clement Lenglet replacing the injured Davic Hancko in defence.

Centre-back Jose Maria Gimenez is sidelined but goalkeeper Jan Oblak and midfielder Johnny Cardoso return on the bench.

Defender Marc Pubill is banned.

Thiago Almada, Alex Baena, Barrios, Lenglet, Robin Le Normand, Marcos Llorente, Matteo Ruggeri and Giuliano Simeone are each a booking away from a suspension in the competition.

Atletico Madrid starting XI: Juan Musso, Matteo Ruggeri, Clement Lenglet, Robin Le Normand, Nahuel Molina, Ademola Lookman, Koke, Marcos Llorente, Giuliano Simeone, Julian Alvarez, Antoine Griezmann

Atletico Madrid substitutes: Jan Oblak, Rodrigo Mendoza, Johnny Cardoso, Alexander Sorloth, Alex Baena, Thiago Almada, Obed Vargas, Nico Gonzalez, Dani Martinez, Salvi Esquivel, Javier Bonar, Julio Diaz

Barcelona full line up vs Atleti

Barcelona make three changes from that defeat, introducing Gavi, Fermin Lopez and Ferran Torres for the suspended Cubarsi and Marcus Rashford and Robert Lewandowski, who move to the bench.

Defender Andreas Christensen (knee) is injured for Barcelona, who also have midfielder Marc Bernal (ankle) and forward Raphinha (hamstring) sidelined.

Left-back Gerard Martin is fit after suffering an ankle injury in the 4-1 home win over Espanyol in La Liga on Saturday.

Marc Casado, Joao Cancelo, Fermin Lopez, Martin and Lamine Yamal must avoid cautions or face bans.

Barcelona starting XI: Joan García, João Cancelo, Gerard Martín, Eric García, Jules Koundé, Pedri, Gavi, Ferran Torres, Fermín López, Lamine Yamal, Dani Olmo

Barcelona substitutes: Wojciech Szczesny, Alejandro Balde, Ronald Araujo, Robert Lewandowski, Marcus Rashford, Marc Casado, Frenkie de Jong, Roony Bardghji, Diego Kochen, Alvaro Cortes, Xavi Espart, Tomas Marques

Where to watch Atleti vs Barca: TV and online streams

Kick-off on Tuesday is at 20:00 BST (15:00 ET / 12:00 PT). Live TV coverage in the UK is on TNT Sports 1.

Streaming is on the HBO Max app. TNT Sports costs £30.99 a month and is available on a vast range of devices including smart TVs and gaming consoles.

Atletico Madrid vs Barcelona stats

• This will be the sixth time these sides have met this season (twice each in La Liga, the Copa del Rey and the Champions League), which is their most meetings in a single campaign since 2013/14 (6). Only in 1985/86 have they faced more than six times in the same season (8)
• The last time Atleti beat Barca three times in the same campaign was in 1995/96
• Since the start of last season, half of Atleti’s home defeats at the have been against Barcelona (3/6), making Barca the only away side to win there more than once in this period (3), with Real Betis, Lille and Bodo/Glimt the only other teams to win there at all since the start of 2024/25 (one each)
• Barcelona’s 2-0 defeat to Atleti at Camp Nou was the 195th time in Champions League history that a team has lost the first leg of a knockout stage tie at home by at least two goals, with only two of the previous 194 progressing to the next round – Manchester United against PSG in 2018/19 and Ajax against Benfica in 1968/69
• Atletico Madrid have won five of their six Champions League home games this season (L1), while no side has scored more home goals this term than them (20)
• No side have conceded more goals in the Champions League since the start of last season than Barcelona (43), shipping goals in each of their last 14 matches. No Spanish side has ever going 15 games without a clean sheet in the competition
• Alvarez has nine goals in the Champions League this season, which is the most by an Atleti player in a single campaign in the competition’s history
• The only player to reach double figures in a single European campaign for the club (excluding qualifiers) is Radamel Falcao (12 in the 2011/12 UEFA Europa League)
• Alvarez has applied more high-intensity pressures than any other player in the Champions League this season (767). Only Olympiacos’s Ayoub El Kaabi (123) has applied more in the opposition box than the Argentina forward (116)
• Lamine Yamal leads all Barcelona players for successful dribbles (37) and total shots (32) in the Champions League this season
• No player has created more chances for the club in the 2025/26 competition than the 18-year-old (20). Only Fermin Lopez (10) has been directly involved in more goals (9 – 5 goals, 4 assists)