FC Barcelona - Cádiz. 2nd position welcomes 18th position. The ball is round - get a thorough preview here!
- FC Barcelona have the most points from losing position (16) in La Liga
- FC Barcelona have scored more than double the goals of Cádiz.
It's quite the trip for Cádiz when visiting FC Barcelona as the cities are 1100 kilometers apart.
These are active days for the home side, as they were in action only four days ago in the Europa League. Thankfully the previous game, versus Eintracht Frankfurt, was also a home game here at Spotify Camp Nou. The away team is better rested.
FC Barcelona form and stats
FC Barcelona have performed here at Spotify Camp Nou this season with 10 wins from 14 La Liga matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 2 games and lost 2. FC Barcelona haven’t lost a league-game in 15 attempts regardless of arena, a great achievement. Their last loss was the fixture versus Real Betis, 135 days ago.
Barcelona's previous fixture was also a home event, the defeat 2-3 against Eintracht Frankfurt (in Europa League). The attacker Dembélé was announced as "man of the match" for FC Barcelona with a rating of 8.1/10. Dembélé hit three key passes and dribled past the opponent 9 of 10 times.
A strong away win before that one, visiting Levante and winning 3-2.It would be a shock if the hosts fail to win this game. Let's see how FC Barcelona have performed as huge favourites like they are today: 15 games found in the database showing eight FC Barcelona wins, three draws and four defeats.
There will be little rest for Barcelona after this match as they are travelling to Real Sociedad for a La Liga game in only three days.
With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (32 in 14 games), FC Barcelona's attacking play is working. FC Barcelona are not conceding a lot of goals here at Spotify Camp Nou in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 13 from 14 matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Cádiz form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Cádiz so far with only 14 points returning home. The records show 3-5-7 (win-draw-lose).
This match can not go any worse than the previous one, the home loss versus Real Betis with 1-2 on the scoreboard. Alejo got a match rating of 7.63 in that game, top player of the team. Alejo scored one goal and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Valencia that ended 0-0.Nobody expects Cádiz to collect anything from a game like this. The team has been David versus Goliath nine times before, with the overall statistics of won two, draw five and lost two. When defeated, two matches have been lost by two or more goals.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Athletic Club in just three days.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Cádiz as they have only managed to score 13 times from 15 away games in the league. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Cádiz's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 23 goals from these trips. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
Here's the end result when the sides played each other previously this campaign; Cádiz - Barcelona 0-0. Last five meetings featuring these squads: FC Barcelona won two, Cádiz triumphed in one and we saw two draws. two games with over 2,5 goals, three matches with under 2,5 goals.Top Goalscorers
  M. Depay 10 goals |  P. Aubameyang 7 goals |  L. de Jong 6 goals |
FC Barcelona missing players
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| FC Barcelona | Cádiz | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 30 | 14 | 5 | Played | P | 3 | 15 | 31 |
| 17 | 10 | 3 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 9 | 2 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | 13 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 7 | 13 |
| 60 | 32 | 10 | Scored | S | 2 | 13 | 26 |
| 31 | 13 | 5 | Conceded | C | 3 | 23 | 43 |
| 97% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 67% | 80% | 81% |
| 77% | 79% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 73% | 71% |
| 57% | 64% | 60% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 47% | 35% |
| 43% | 43% | 20% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 27% | 23% |
| 20% | 21% | 20% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 7% | 10% |
| 60% | 57% | 80% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 47% | 48% |
| 30% | 36% | 20% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 33% | 32% |
| 13% | 7% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 40% | 39% |
| 5.6 | 6.6 | 8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.7 | 3.8 | 4.4 |
| 3.4 | 2.1 | 1.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.7 | 5.1 | 4.9 |
| 2.5 | 1.8 | 1.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.7 | 2.9 | 2.9 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 14.1 | 15.5 | 16.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.3 | 9.3 | 10.2 |
| 5.6 | 6.3 | 7.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 3 | 3.2 |
| 36% | 36% | 28% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 29% | 26% |
| 9.6 | 7.7 | 5.6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 19.7 | 14.1 | 12.8 |
| 3.3 | 2.9 | 2.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6.3 | 5.3 | 4.4 |
- Cádiz have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- FC Barcelona have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- FC Barcelona have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- FC Barcelona have scored more than double the goals of Cádiz.
- FC Barcelona have the most points from losing position (16) in La Liga
- FC Barcelona have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
- FC Barcelona haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- FC Barcelona is in the best form (6-0-0) in La Liga
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Real Madrid | 31 | 22 | 6 | 3 | 63 | 26 | 16 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 34 | 13 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 29 | 13 | 37 | 72 |
| 2 | FC Barcelona | 30 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 60 | 31 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 32 | 13 | 16 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 28 | 18 | 29 | 60 |
| 3 | Sevilla | 31 | 16 | 12 | 3 | 44 | 22 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 32 | 13 | 16 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 22 | 60 |
| 4 | Atletico Madrid | 31 | 17 | 6 | 8 | 57 | 38 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 29 | 14 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 28 | 24 | 19 | 57 |
| 5 | Real Betis | 31 | 17 | 5 | 9 | 56 | 37 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 31 | 19 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 25 | 18 | 19 | 56 |
| 6 | Real Sociedad | 31 | 15 | 9 | 7 | 32 | 30 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 24 | 2 | 54 |
| 7 | Villarreal | 31 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 49 | 30 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 36 | 15 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 15 | 19 | 46 |
| 8 | Athletic Club | 31 | 11 | 12 | 8 | 36 | 30 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 25 | 16 | 16 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 6 | 45 |
| 9 | Valencia | 31 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 43 | 44 | 15 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 22 | 18 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 21 | 26 | -1 | 42 |
| 10 | Osasuna | 31 | 11 | 8 | 12 | 31 | 40 | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 20 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 16 | 20 | -9 | 41 |
| 11 | Espanyol | 31 | 10 | 9 | 12 | 36 | 42 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 23 | 16 | 15 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 26 | -6 | 39 |
| 12 | Celta de Vigo | 31 | 9 | 9 | 13 | 34 | 35 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 21 | 21 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 14 | -1 | 36 |
| 13 | Rayo Vallecano | 30 | 9 | 7 | 14 | 32 | 37 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 22 | 12 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 25 | -5 | 34 |
| 14 | Getafe | 31 | 7 | 11 | 13 | 28 | 35 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 13 | 16 | 0 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 22 | -7 | 32 |
| 15 | Elche | 31 | 8 | 8 | 15 | 32 | 44 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 15 | 27 | -12 | 32 |
| 16 | Granada | 31 | 6 | 11 | 14 | 35 | 52 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 19 | 24 | 16 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 28 | -17 | 29 |
| 17 | Mallorca | 31 | 7 | 8 | 16 | 27 | 50 | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 17 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 33 | -23 | 29 |
| 18 | Cádiz | 31 | 5 | 13 | 13 | 26 | 43 | 16 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 13 | 20 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 23 | -17 | 28 |
| 19 | Levante | 31 | 4 | 10 | 17 | 35 | 61 | 16 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 21 | 25 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 36 | -26 | 22 |
| 20 | Deportivo Alaves | 31 | 5 | 7 | 19 | 24 | 53 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 18 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 35 | -29 | 22 |
