Barcelona v Espanyol is scheduled for Saturday, December 31 at 3:00 p.m. at the Camp Nou, live on Digi Sport 2, Orange Sport 1 and First Sport 1.
Barcelona and Espanyol meet on the final day of the year in the city-Catalan derby from completely different positions, with the hosts second in La Liga and the visitors level on points with Sevilla, a top-placed team that could be restored. .
Second-placed Barcelona have 37 points after 14 matches, one behind leaders Real Madrid, with 12 wins, a draw and a loss, going straight to their arch-rivals, 1-3 at the Santiago Bernabeu.
In addition, the Blaugrana team has the second best attack in La Liga with 33 goals scored (Real Madrid scored 35 goals) and the best defense in the league (only five goals conceded), as well as Robert Lewandowski, the Polish forward , brought from Munich Bavaria. , the best scorer of the team and the championship, has 13 successes on his account.
At home, Xavi’s side have won six and drawn seven matches without conceding a goal (the only slip-up was a 0-0 draw with Rayo Vallecano in the first leg).
In Europe, “Barcelona” failed again and did not reach the 1/8 finals of the UEFA Champions League for the second time in a row.
Espanyol are 17th with just 12 points from 14 matches, level on points with 18th, the first relegation, and have recorded two draws and three defeats in their last five La Liga matches.
Instead, Diego MartÃnez’s side beat fifth division side Atletico Paso 1-0 in the second round of the Spanish Cup last week.
Espanyol’s top scorer, who have just one away success this season, is Joselu, who has scored seven goals, making him fifth in La Liga’s top scorers.
The last meeting between the two teams took place in the second leg of the previous La Liga season when Espanyol and Barcelona drew 2-2 at El Prat (Darder 40, Raul de Thomas 6 / Purdy 2, Luuk de Jong 90+). 6), at the end of the match with three players who were eliminated in overtime.
Superbet offers odds of 1.90 on the GG prediction: both teams will score in the match Barcelona – Espanyol.
| Barcelona – Espanyol | GG | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Share it | 1.90 |
* the tariff is valid at the time of publication of the article
Source: Hot News
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