Barcelona have won only one of their last 4 matches. Elche have lost 3 of their last 4 matches. Barca won their last five head-to-head matches. Catalans have won dry in their last five head-to-head meetings. The last personal match ended with the victory of Barcelona (2:0).
Bet Now!The team was left without the Super Cup. If in the first duel the vice-champion beat Real Sociedad (2:1 pen), then in the final they lost to Athletic (2:3).
Ronald Koeman's wards started unsuccessfully in the La Liga championship and even dropped into the second half of the standings, but after 23 rounds they managed to chalk up 14 victories and drew five times, which brought 47 points and fourth position.
Since the beginning of 2021, the team has issued a series of seven victories, which was interrupted last Sunday, when they failed to cope with Cadiz at home (1:1). Although before that they beat Athletic (2:1), Betis ( 3:2) and Alaves (5:1). One cannot fail to note the best performance of the team in the attack line, which hit the opponents' goal 50 times. The main sniper of the team and the entire league is Messi (16 goals).
The start in the Champions League playoffs was a failure for the Spanish football leader. Barca suffered a crushing defeat at home against Paris Saint-Germain (1:4).
Today will not be able to enter the field Araujo, Fati, Roberto and Coutinho, who has a knee injury.
The start in the Spanish Cup was not very successful for the "white-greens", although the team from Alicante passed two stages, beating "Bunol" (2:1) and "La Nucia" (1:0). At the third stage guests were defeated by Rayo Vallecano (0:2).
In the Championship of Primera, the situation with Francisco Escriba's charges is very alarming. In 2021 the "green-striped" drew only once with Villarreal (2:2) and beat Eibar (1:0) in the last round, for which we made a prediction. The team has 21 points. The gap from the last place is only two points.
The team's weakest link is the attacking line, which has scored only 20 goals, which is the second-worst result in the tournament.
Team Gonzalez and Fidel are in the infirmary.
We believe that Ronald Koeman will be able to set Barca up for this duel. We assume that the favorite will win.
Our prediction is a dry win for Barcelona and we bet on this with the 1xBet betting line with odds 1.89.
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