Last week Barcelona started in the Spanish Cup, where they beat the modest Linares (2:1) away, not without problems. In this fight Xavi provided an opportunity to distinguish young people who managed to snatch a strong-willed victory from a motivated representative of the fourth division. However, there is a long tournament distance ahead and it is necessary to prepare a shift. Moreover, a start in the Europa League is due in a month, where the Catalans have not taken part for a long time. In the Spanish championship the “blue garnet” have eight wins and draws each after 20 rounds, which brought 32 points and sixth place in the European competition zone. In the last five matches the Catalans have not lost, having three draws and successes with Elche (3:2) and Mallorca (1:0). The performance of the team in the attacking line looks very modest, which differed only 31 times. The best sniper for today is Depay, who scored eight goals. Today Araujo, Braithwaite, Vahe, Garcia, De Jong, Demir and Roberto, who has a muscle injury, will not be able to enter the field.
Venice did not start the season in the best way, but gradually Paolo Zanetti’s team was able to add. At the moment, the Orange-Black-Greens are 17th in the table with 17 points, being four points ahead of Cagliari in the relegation zone. In the last round Venezia lost 0:3 to Milan at home, thus suffering a second defeat in a row and extending the streak without victories in the championship to seven matches. More 2022 football prediction can be obtained from the link provided.
