Atletico vs. Barcelona: Head-to-head record and past meetings

Atletico Madrid and Barcelona clashed for the third time in the space of two weeks at the Wanda Metropolitano on Tuesday night for the second leg of their Champions League quarter-final.

Despite Hansi Flick's side claiming a 2-1 victory on the night, Atletico Madrid's 2-0 victory in the first leg was enough to secure the aggregate victory, meaning Diego Simeone's side advanced into the semi-finals of the competition for the first time since 2017.

Here, Sports Mole looks at the head-to-head record and previous meetings between Atletico Madrid and Barcelona.

Head-to-head record

Previous meetings: 252

Atletico wins: 79

Draws: 57

Barcelona wins: 116

Barcelona lead the overall head-to-head record between the two sides, having recorded 116 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 475 occasions in their 252 matches against Atletico, while the capital outfit have managed 365.

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 18 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 six times, with Atletico recording three wins and suffering two defeats, and their three previous quarter-final ties in the competition have ended in Atletico advancing to the semi-finals.

Most recently, in the 2025-26 quarter-finals, Atletico Madrid sealed a 2-0 first leg victory away from home before narrowly losing 2-1 in the reverse fixture, meaning Simeone's side still managed to advance as 3-2 winners on aggregate.