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Edney, will lead teenagers John Fennell and Mitchel Malyk into their first Games in mens singles. Tristan Walker and Justin Snith will represent Canada in doubles, while Gough, will be joined by Kimberley McRae in womens singles.Atletico Madrid will look to take advantage of Barcelonas poor form when they attempt to overturn a 2-1 deficit in the Champions League quarter-finals. Luis Enriques side lead 2-1 on aggregate going into Wednesdays match at the Vicente Calderon, but have shown they are not invincible after defeats against Real Sociedad and Real Madrid in the last fortnight.Barcelonas consecutive league defeats have boosted Atleticos chances of winning the Spanish title, and also may have boosted confidence in their camp ahead of Wednesdays European tie. Diego Simeones side will be without the suspended Fernando Torres - who picked up a red card in the first leg after scoring just 10 minutes earlier.Luis Suarez pulled Barcelona level before scoring again to give them the advantage, but Torres is confident his side could have beaten the Spanish giants with 11 men on the field.Speaking to El Larguero, he said: I am sure that with 11 we would have won at the Nou Camp.I am convinced that the second yellow is not a card, I just felt a mixture of hopelessness and frustration. Diego Simeone is hoping to beat Barcelona on Wednesday night Team newsBarcelona will miss defender Thomas Vermaelen and midfielder Rafinha, who are both nursing injures. The former picked up a calf problem in training this week, while the latter strained a muscle in the defeat by Real Sociedad at the weekend.Torres is the main loss for Atletico, who list Thiago as their only other definite absentee. Jose Gimenez and Stefan Savic returned to training this week, and will face late fitness tests ahead of the match.Opta statsBarcelona are in excellent form against Atletico Madrid, having beaten them in their last seven matches in all competitions.Interestingly, all three encounters between Atletico and Barca this season have all followed the same template: Atletico score first and Barcelona win 2-1.Luis Enriques side have progressed to the Champions League semi-finals in seven of the last eight campaigns, the only exception coming in 2013/14 when they weere knocked out in the quarter-finals by…Atletico Madrid.dddddddddddd Barcelonas Luis Suarez celebrates after scoring in the first leg Atletico have kept a clean sheet in 12 of their last 14 Champions League matches at the Calderón.Barcelona are the only club still unbeaten in the Champions League this season. They have won 18 of their 22 games in the competition since last season (D2 L2), scoring in all 22 games.Charlie Nicholas predictionThe problem for Atletico, a bit like Man City, is knowing how to approach the game. Theyre not a natural attacking side and Diego Simeone will be thinking a 1-0 victory is their best chance of going through.Theyll sit in and be patient and look to hit Barca on the counter-attack. Fernando Torres is obviously suspended but their main threat is Antoine Griezmann, who is a fantastic little footballer and has the pace to hurt them.However, I see one of the three amigos really turning up. Luis Suarez will be chomping at the bit, pardon the expression, after being banned at the weekend, but I fancy Neymar, who Atletico just love kicking lumps out of, to do the business.Charlie predicts: 1-1 and Neymar to score first (30/1 with Sky Bet) Luis Enriques side have lost back-to-back La Liga matches BettingBarcelona are Sky Bets 6/5 favourites for the victory on Wednesday night, with Atletico up against odds of 9/4 to win and 11/4 to qualify for the semi-finals.Luis Enriques men currently head Sky Bets Champions League outright at 11/8 with Atletico up against odds of 18/1 to lift the trophy.Lionel Messi and Luis Suarez share favouritism in the first goalscorer betting at 4/1 closely followed by Neymar at 11/2, while Antoine Griezmann is rated the hosts main threat at 5/1.Follow Atletico Madrid v Barcelona with our live blog on skysports.com and the Sky Sports apps. ' ' '