Football betting preview: Barcelona favourites when Levante visits

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Barcelona and Levante.

Barcelona form and stats

The home supporters can't complain about results here at Camp Nou as Barcelona, who have the most scored goals (85) in La Liga, have scored 48 goals to get 42 points from 17 games. The overall stats are 13-3-1 (wins-draws-losses). Barcelona haven’t lost a game in 21 attempts regardless of arena, a great achievement. Their last loss was the fixture versus Sevilla. The Barcelona fans aren't used to losing here at Camp Nou and will expect new points from this game. Barcelona has played 17 games in a row here without a defeat.

Happy days for Barcelona in their previous game, a La Liga match away at Deportivo Alavés that ended with a 2-0 victory. Ahead of that match, Barcelona won a home game hosting Real Sociedad (2-1).

The match schedule is unforgiving for Barcelona as they have a new game in only four days, a Champions League match thankfully also at home. Liverpool are visiting.

Barcelona are showing their attacking force in their home games this season, scoring more than 2,5 goals per game on average (48 goals in 17 games). 17 goals have been conceded.

Levante form and stats

There's been little loot from Levante's travels as they have only collected 16 points from 17 away games. Levante only has 4 wins to counter their 9 defeats and 4 draws. Levante seem to be suffering from homesickness with two consecutive losses away. Third time lucky?

Levante are travelling after their nice 4-0 home win in the La Liga against Real Betis. A 2-2 draw was the result before that, hosting Espanyol.

With the home team given a winning probability of about 80% by the bookmakers, any point(s) for the visitors would be a surprise. Checking earlier matches with similar odds with Levante as the away team, we found one results. Statistics from these were 0 away wins, 0 draws and 1 defeat. The outsiders lost 1 of these games by at least two goals.

Levante are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 23 away goals from 17 games. In the opposite end, Levante have conceded 30 goals in their away games.

Head 2 Head

This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Levante - Barcelona 0-5. Last ten meetings between the teams: Barcelona won 8, Levante won 2 and 0 draws.

Top Goalscorers

L. Messi 33 goals / 13 assists

L. Suárez 21 goals / 6 assists

Roger Martí 12 goals

Barcelona missing players

Levante missing players