After an unnecessary draw at the Camp Nou on Thursday against Manchester United in the UEFA Europa League, where the team bounced back with difficulty and managed to concede two goals in the process, fans and Xavi are hopeful that their former defensive resilience will quickly return to their famous stadium. The Catalans have conceded just one goal at home in the league this season but their lead could be reduced to five points by the time they face Cadiz, so they will want to extend their 17-match unbeaten streak, which will give them extra momentum and incentive to become La Liga champions. However, the team has enough margin of safety to pay more attention to the return game in Manchester. However, today’s guests are inconvenient for the Catalans, because Barca won only one of the last five meetings against Cadiz in La Liga, while last year they suffered their only home defeat precisely from the yellow submarine. After the 21st round, the Blue Garnet have 18 victories and two draws, which corresponds to 56 points and the first position. Busquets, Pedri, Dembele and Araujo, who have too many yellow cards, will not be able to enter the football field today.
Cadiz regularly pleases fans, especially after they managed to defeat Girona (2:0) in the last round, which allowed them to leave the relegation zone. For the sake of truth, it is worth noting that a two-point lead so far does not guarantee anything to the yellow submarine, which plays terribly on the road, while today’s defeat will be the third in a row. In addition, Sergio has a negative statistics of matches against the Catalan club, in which the Spaniard lost nine times and in seven of them his teams did not score. For 21 rounds the “yellow-blue” recorded five victories and seven peaceful outcomes, which corresponds to 22 points and 16th position in the standings. The attack looks terrible, which differed only 17 times, which is the second worst indicator in the Primeira. Gil, Zaldua, Negredo, Jose Mari, Garrido, Espino, Chust and Kala, who has a foot injury, will remain on the bench today.
