The big games in La Liga will come thick and fast now, and Atletico Madrid at the Metropolitano has always been a fixture marked in red on the calendar.
Aside from El Clasico, the two clashes against Diego Simeone’s side almost always provide superb entertainment and football of the highest quality.
Having Joao Felix in the side adds a little more spice too.
Raphinha is likely to have recovered from his injury by the weekend so the conundrum that Xavi will face is whether to start the Portuguese at the expense of Lamine Yamal or not.