Can Almería surprise FC Barcelona in their own stadium?

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Competition: Spain La Liga
Competition: Sat 05.November
Match begins: 20:00 (UTC)
Venue: Spotify Camp Nou (98787 seats)

The table reveals that 18 points divide the pair of competitors in this La Liga game. FC Barcelona carry both the points- and home ground advantage.

Insights:
  • FC Barcelona have the fewest conceded goals (4) in La Liga
  • Almería have the fewest points (1) away in La Liga

The hosts FC Barcelona saw competitive action as recent as four days ago, playing in the Champions League. That game was an away game at Viktoria Plzen, so at least Barcelona are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!

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FC Barcelona form and stats

This stadium, Spotify Camp Nou, has been a fortress for FC Barcelona in the La Liga so far this season with the win-draw-loss statistic 5-1-0. FC Barcelona has won so many consecutive home games (five in a row) that they struggle to remember the last time points were lost here at Spotify Camp Nou. We remember; it was Rayo Vallecano.

Barcelona are confident in defense, having played 270 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.

FC Barcelona are returning here after visiting Viktoria Plzen in a Champions League game and winning with a 4-2 scoreline. The forward Torres was named "man of the match" for FC Barcelona with a rating of 8.83/10. Torres scored two goals, hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times and had 33 successful passes (of 37 total).

In the preceding match a 1-0 victory visiting Valencia.

Everyone expects Barcelona to win this match. We have checked our database for matches where they have been as big a favourite and found 8 games: 6 home wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat. FC Barcelona have won with at least two goals margin 5 times in similar situations.

It should be considered that a look at the 10 most recent league matches reveals that 9 of them qualified as a both teams to score: NO result (only one or none of the teams scored a goal).

FC Barcelona are traveling soon after this match as the La Liga match at Osasuna awaits in three days.

FC Barcelona can score goals in their home matches. After 6 league matches they have found the net 15 times.

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Almería form and stats

There's been little loot from Almería's travels as they have only collected 1 point from 6 away games in the La Liga. Almería only have 0 wins to counter their 5 defeats and 1 draw. It's all red in the travel logs of Almería, having lost five matches in a row as the visiting team.

The club members enjoyed Almería's previous match versus Celta de Vigo (placed 16th), a 3-1 win played at home. Midfielder la Hoz was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 8.02. Hoz scored one goal, dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times and had 51 successful passes (of 58 total).

A 1-2 defeat away at Villarreal before that.

Goal alert! This team have played 6 consecutive league matches all featuring three or more goals (over 2.5 goals).

A new game in only four days for Almería, the La Liga home match versus Getafe. Busy days.

There's been a serious shortage of goals from Almería's away games in the league this season with only {3 goals} from 6 matches.

Head 2 Head

The 8 most recent games involving these opponents have all ended as FC Barcelona wins. Are we destined for another one?

Top Goalscorers

FC BarcelonaR. Lewandowski
R. Lewandowski
13 goals
FC BarcelonaA. Fati
A. Fati
3 goals
BarcelonaO. Dembélé
O. Dembélé
3 goals

FC Barcelona missing players

Almería missing players

FC Barcelona Almería
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
12 6 3 Played P 2 6 12
10 5 2 Won W 0 0 4
1 1 1 Drew D 0 1 1
1 0 0 Lost L 2 5 7
29 15 7 Scored S 1 3 15
4 0 0 Conceded C 7 12 20
92% 83% 67% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
67% 67% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 67% 75%
67% 67% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 50% 67%
42% 33% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 33% 42%
8% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 8%
17% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 50% 50% 67%
83% 100% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
8% 17% 33% Failed to Score F T 50% 50% 33%
 
6.4 7.2 10 Corners for (avg) C F 2.5 4 4.4
2.6 1.5 1.3 Corners against (avg) C A 10 7.2 7.1
2.4 1.7 1.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 3.5 3.2
1 1 1 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
16.7 17.8 20.7 Shots (avg) S ( 10.5 10 11
5.9 6.7 6.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 3.5 4.1
41% 38% 37% Goal Efficiency G E 12% 14% 31%
 
8.4 6.8 5.7 Shots against (avg) S A 18.5 12.7 14.2
2.8 1.8 1.7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 7 4.2 5.4
Key stats in La Liga this season:
  • Almería have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Almería have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
  • Almería have the fewest points (1) away in La Liga
  • Almería have yet to win a game away.
  • Almería haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • FC Barcelona have not yet conceded a single goal in all their home games.
  • FC Barcelona have not yet lost a game at home.
  • FC Barcelona have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • FC Barcelona have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Almería have scored away.
  • FC Barcelona have the fewest conceded goals (0) at home in La Liga
  • FC Barcelona have the fewest conceded goals (4) in La Liga
  • FC Barcelona have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (1) in La Liga
  • FC Barcelona have the most clean sheets (10) in La Liga
  • FC Barcelona have the most clean sheets (6) at home in La Liga
  • FC Barcelona have the most points (16) at home in La Liga
  • FC Barcelona have the most scored goals (15) at home in La Liga
  • FC Barcelona have the most scored goals in the first half (15) in La Liga
  • FC Barcelona have the the best goal difference (+15) at home in La Liga
  • FC Barcelona have the the best goal difference (+25) in La Liga
  • FC Barcelona have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
  • FC Barcelona is in the best form (5-0-1) 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 12 10 2 0 29 10 6 4 2 0 14 6 6 6 0 0 15 4 19 32
2 FC Barcelona 12 10 1 1 29 4 6 5 1 0 15 0 6 5 0 1 14 4 25 31
3 Atletico Madrid 12 7 2 3 20 12 5 2 1 2 8 7 7 5 1 1 12 5 8 23
4 Real Betis 12 7 2 3 16 8 6 5 0 1 11 4 6 2 2 2 5 4 8 23
5 Real Sociedad 12 7 1 4 16 15 6 3 1 2 6 8 6 4 0 2 10 7 1 22
6 Athletic Club 12 6 3 3 20 12 7 4 1 2 9 4 5 2 2 1 11 8 8 21
7 Osasuna 12 6 2 4 13 11 7 5 0 2 10 6 5 1 2 2 3 5 2 20
8 Villarreal 12 5 3 4 14 8 4 3 1 0 9 2 8 2 2 4 5 6 6 18
9 Rayo Vallecano 12 5 3 4 17 14 5 3 1 1 9 5 7 2 2 3 8 9 3 18
10 Valencia 12 4 3 5 18 14 7 3 1 3 12 7 5 1 2 2 6 7 4 15
11 Real Valladolid 12 4 2 6 11 17 6 3 1 2 6 5 6 1 1 4 5 12 -6 14
12 Mallorca 12 3 4 5 10 13 6 1 2 3 4 6 6 2 2 2 6 7 -3 13
13 Almería 12 4 1 7 15 20 6 4 0 2 12 8 6 0 1 5 3 12 -5 13
14 Getafe 12 3 4 5 12 19 6 1 2 3 6 10 6 2 2 2 6 9 -7 13
15 Espanyol 12 2 5 5 15 20 6 1 2 3 8 12 6 1 3 2 7 8 -5 11
16 Celta de Vigo 12 3 2 7 13 24 6 2 2 2 9 9 6 1 0 5 4 15 -11 11
17 Girona 12 2 4 6 16 20 6 2 2 2 10 10 6 0 2 4 6 10 -4 10
18 Sevilla 12 2 4 6 11 19 6 0 3 3 3 9 6 2 1 3 8 10 -8 10
19 Cadiz 12 2 4 6 8 24 7 1 3 3 5 13 5 1 1 3 3 11 -16 10
20 Elche 12 0 4 8 8 27 6 0 2 4 3 11 6 0 2 4 5 16 -19 4

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La Liga is the top professional level of the Spanish football league system. Is is often referred to as the Primera División and is considered one of the absolute top leagues of Europe and the world. 20 teams play 380 fixtures from August to May to create a final league table.