FC Barcelona expected to challenge Girona at their own home

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Competition: Spain La Liga
Competition: Sat 28.January
Match begins: 15:15 (UTC)
Venue: Estadi Municipal de Montilivi (14286 seats)

Both participants are capable in this league, FC Barcelona having a 23 point lead on Girona in the tables. Bring it on!

Insights:
  • Girona have the most points from losing position (12) in La Liga
  • FC Barcelona have the fewest conceded goals (6) in La Liga

The visiting FC Barcelona played their last game only three days ago, a Copa Del Rey match.

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Girona form and stats

Girona have collected 15 points from their La Liga home games so far after 4-3-2.

In their previous game, the manager Muñoz led his Girona to a defeat away at Villarreal. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Estadi Municipal de Montilivi. Until that defeat this team had gone seven consecutive league rounds without a loss. Girona's goalkeeper Gazzaniga was extremely busy against Villarreal, saving the team from a uglier defeat with a stunning eight saves. The goalie Gazzaniga was named most valuable player of the team in that game, scoring 8.63 out of ten. Gazzaniga saved a penalty.

Ahead of that match, Girona won a home game hosting Sevilla (2-1).

Sports bettors, take note: A review of the 15 most recent league games shows that 14 of them had at least one goal from each side.

The Girona fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 16 goals in 9 league matches. Girona have conceded 14 from these games.

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FC Barcelona form and stats

Rock solid. That's the only way to describe the travels of FC Barcelona so far, with 7-0-1 (wins-draws-losses) so far. Those are La Liga statistics. FC Barcelona have won three away matches in a row now and will not be intimidated by being the visitors in this fixture.

Barcelona have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper Marc-Andre ter Stegen. It's been 197 minutes since they last conceded in La Liga.

The club members enjoyed FC Barcelona's previous game versus Real Sociedad, a Copa Del Rey win (1-0) played at home. The attacker Dembélé got a match rating of 8.54 in that game. Dembélé scored one goal, hit three key passes, dribled past the opponent 5 of 9 times and had 44 successful passes (of 52 total).

Before that, FC Barcelona secured a home win against Getafe with the score 1-0.

Stats flash: 12 of the latest 15 league fixtures featuring this team have ended with only one (or no) side scoring (Both Teams to Score NO in sports betting words).

The schedule is very tough for Barcelona now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A La Liga game at Real Betis is waiting in only four days.

With an average of more than two away goals per league game away, FC Barcelona are regular goalscorers on their travels. It's not easy to score on FC Barcelona as they have only conceded 5 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

Head to head totals (for the previous seven meetings): Girona won one game, one match ended with a tie and FC Barcelona managed five wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: five / two. The matches between these teams have had a tendency to be a bit wild, having seen 4 sending-offs from the last seven duels.

Top Goalscorers

FC BarcelonaR. Lewandowski
R. Lewandowski
13 goals
GironaC. Stuani Curbelo
C. Stuani Curbelo
5 goals
FC BarcelonaO. Dembélé
O. Dembélé
5 goals

Girona missing players

FC Barcelona missing players

Girona FC Barcelona
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
18 9 1 Played P 3 8 17
5 4 0 Won W 3 7 14
6 3 0 Drew D 0 0 2
7 2 1 Lost L 0 1 1
26 16 3 Scored S 4 17 36
28 14 5 Conceded C 1 5 6
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 94%
83% 89% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 33% 62% 65%
61% 67% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 62% 53%
28% 33% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 38% 29%
11% 11% 100% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 12% 6%
83% 89% 100% BTTS BTTS 33% 38% 24%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 67% 62% 76%
17% 11% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 6%
 
3.6 3.9 2 Corners for (avg) C F 7 5.5 6.5
4.1 3.7 2 Corners against (avg) C A 3.7 4 2.7
2.5 2.3 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 4.3 3.2 2.8
1 0 0 Red cards R C 2 3 5
 
13.6 15.8 15 Shots (avg) S ( 11.7 14.2 16.3
5.1 6.3 7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.3 4.8 6
29% 28% 43% Goal Efficiency G E 40% 45% 35%
 
12 10.4 12 Shots against (avg) S A 11 11.8 8.9
4.9 4.4 7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2.7 3.6 2.7
Key stats in La Liga this season:
  • FC Barcelona have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • FC Barcelona have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • FC Barcelona have scored in all their away matches so far.
  • FC Barcelona have the fewest conceded goals (5) away in La Liga
  • FC Barcelona have the fewest conceded goals (6) in La Liga
  • FC Barcelona have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (4) in La Liga
  • FC Barcelona have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (2) in La Liga
  • FC Barcelona have the most clean sheets (13) in La Liga
  • FC Barcelona have the the best goal difference (+30) in La Liga
  • FC Barcelona have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
  • FC Barcelona haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Girona have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
  • Girona have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Girona have the most points from losing position (12) in La Liga
  • Girona haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 FC Barcelona 17 14 2 1 36 6 9 7 2 0 19 1 8 7 0 1 17 5 30 44
2 Real Madrid 17 13 2 2 38 16 7 5 2 0 16 7 10 8 0 2 22 9 22 41
3 Real Sociedad 18 12 2 4 28 18 9 5 2 2 12 10 9 7 0 2 16 8 10 38
4 Atletico Madrid 18 9 4 5 27 16 9 4 2 3 14 9 9 5 2 2 13 7 11 31
5 Villarreal 18 9 4 5 21 13 8 6 1 1 14 6 10 3 3 4 7 7 8 31
6 Real Betis 17 8 4 5 19 14 8 5 2 1 12 5 9 3 2 4 7 9 5 28
7 Osasuna 18 8 4 6 18 17 9 6 0 3 12 8 9 2 4 3 6 9 1 28
8 Athletic Club 18 7 5 6 25 19 10 5 2 3 12 6 8 2 3 3 13 13 6 26
9 Rayo Vallecano 18 7 5 6 24 22 9 4 2 3 13 11 9 3 3 3 11 11 2 26
10 Mallorca 18 7 4 7 15 16 9 4 2 3 7 6 9 3 2 4 8 10 -1 25
11 Girona 18 5 6 7 26 28 9 4 3 2 16 14 9 1 3 5 10 14 -2 21
12 Valencia 17 5 5 7 25 20 10 4 2 4 17 10 7 1 3 3 8 10 5 20
13 Espanyol 18 4 8 6 22 26 9 2 3 4 11 15 9 2 5 2 11 11 -4 20
14 Almeria 18 5 4 9 20 28 9 5 1 3 14 11 9 0 3 6 6 17 -8 19
15 Sevilla 18 4 6 8 18 26 9 2 3 4 7 12 9 2 3 4 11 14 -8 18
16 Getafe 18 4 5 9 16 25 9 2 3 4 9 12 9 2 2 5 7 13 -9 17
17 Celta de Vigo 18 4 5 9 17 29 9 2 4 3 12 13 9 2 1 6 5 16 -12 17
18 Real Valladolid 18 5 2 11 13 28 9 4 1 4 8 9 9 1 1 7 5 19 -15 17
19 Cadiz 18 3 7 8 12 29 9 1 5 3 7 15 9 2 2 5 5 14 -17 16
20 Elche 18 0 6 12 12 36 9 0 3 6 5 15 9 0 3 6 7 21 -24 6

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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.