Betting preview: Levante faced with a tough challenge when FC Barcelona visits

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Competition: Spain La Liga
Competition: Sun 10.April
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Ciudad de Valencia (26354 seats)

Straining Levante will be hoping to pull off a surprise win when they play top side FC Barcelona in the next league round. It’s 19th vs 2nd and the home regulars will have not-so-high confidence.

Insights:
  • Levante have the most conceded goals (58) in La Liga

There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a Europa League game only three days ago. That game, against Eintracht Frankfurt, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for FC Barcelona.

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Levante form and stats

Levante, who have the most conceded goals (58) in La Liga, have collected 16 points from their La Liga home games so far after 3-7-5.

A nice win for Levante last time playing, versus Villarreal. That was also a home game and the match ended 2-0 with Morales (2) scoring for the victors. The attacker Morales was declared "man of the match" for Levante with a rating of 7.92/10. Morales scored two goals.

Heartbreak before that as Levante lost 1-3 at Osasuna's place.

Levante has scored 19 league goals at home this season, in 15 matches. On the other hand, Levante have conceded 22 goals. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches. When Levante hosts teams that live on the top of the table (like Mallorca, Granada, Getafe, Elche, Cadiz and Deportivo Alaves), the matches have ended over 2.5 goals 3 of 3 times.

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FC Barcelona form and stats

As the visiting team in La Liga matches, FC Barcelona have produced an overall stat of 6-7-2 so far. Things are running smoothly for FC Barcelona who hasn't tasted defeat in their last 14 matches, regardless of venue and tournament. Their last defeat was against Real Betis.

Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Barcelona goalkeeper Marc-Andre ter Stegen is eager to challenge this, with his 316 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.

It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Eintracht Frankfurt in their previous outing. The Europa League fixture ended 1-1. Midfield player Pedri was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.31/10. Pedri hit two key passes and had 33 successful passes (of 40 total).

Prior to that match, a home win 1-0 against Sevilla in the La Liga.

A new game in only four days for FC Barcelona, the Europa League home match versus Eintracht Frankfurt. Busy days.

FC Barcelona has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 25 goals from 15 games. 16 goals have been conceded by FC Barcelona in these games.

Head 2 Head

The latest archived scoreline featuring both these contenders is the FC Barcelona - Levante 3-0 played earlier this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Levante three wins, one draw and FC Barcelona six victories. As for goals, eight matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

FC BarcelonaM. Depay
M. Depay
10 goals
LevanteJ. Morales Nogales
J. Morales Nogales
9 goals
FC BarcelonaP. Aubameyang
P. Aubameyang
6 goals

Levante missing players

FC Barcelona missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Levante FC Barcelona
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
30 15 3 Played P 5 15 29
4 3 0 Won W 3 6 16
10 7 2 Drew D 2 7 9
16 5 1 Lost L 0 2 4
33 19 7 Scored S 5 25 57
58 22 9 Conceded C 2 16 29
90% 80% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 80% 93% 97%
80% 80% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 40% 73% 76%
50% 40% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 20% 47% 55%
33% 27% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 40% 41%
20% 20% 67% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 13% 17%
50% 40% 100% BTTS BTTS 40% 60% 59%
23% 40% 0% Clean Sheets C S 60% 27% 31%
37% 40% 0% Failed to Score F T 20% 20% 14%
 
4.2 4.5 4.7 Corners for (avg) C F 5.2 4.7 5.7
4.7 4.6 5 Corners against (avg) C A 3.4 4.5 3.3
2.9 2.9 2.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.4 3.3 2.6
6 5 3 Red cards R C 2 4 5
 
10.5 11.7 11.7 Shots (avg) S ( 12.4 12.7 14.1
3.7 3.9 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.2 4.8 5.5
30% 32% 58% Goal Efficiency G E 24% 35% 36%
 
12.5 11.1 15 Shots against (avg) S A 11.4 11.5 9.7
5 4 5.7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2.8 3.5 3.2
Key stats in La Liga this season:
  • Levante have the most conceded goals (58) in La Liga
  • Levante have the most conceded goals in the first half (23) in La Liga
  • Levante have the most conceded goals in the second half (35) 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 30 21 6 3 61 26 15 10 4 1 32 13 15 11 2 2 29 13 35 69
2 FC Barcelona 29 16 9 4 57 29 14 10 2 2 32 13 15 6 7 2 25 16 28 57
3 Atletico Madrid 30 17 6 7 57 37 15 10 3 2 29 14 15 7 3 5 28 23 20 57
4 Sevilla 30 15 12 3 40 20 14 10 4 0 28 11 16 5 8 3 12 9 20 57
5 Real Betis 30 16 5 9 54 36 16 9 2 5 31 19 14 7 3 4 23 17 18 53
6 Real Sociedad 30 14 9 7 30 29 15 9 4 2 12 6 15 5 5 5 18 23 1 51
7 Villarreal 30 12 9 9 48 29 15 9 4 2 35 14 15 3 5 7 13 15 19 45
8 Athletic Club 30 11 11 8 35 29 15 8 3 4 25 16 15 3 8 4 10 13 6 44
9 Valencia 30 10 11 9 42 43 15 5 7 3 22 18 15 5 4 6 20 25 -1 41
10 Osasuna 30 10 8 12 30 40 15 4 6 5 14 20 15 6 2 7 16 20 -10 38
11 Celta de Vigo 30 9 9 12 34 34 16 5 4 7 21 21 14 4 5 5 13 13 0 36
12 Espanyol 30 9 9 12 35 42 15 8 4 3 22 16 15 1 5 9 13 26 -7 36
13 Rayo Vallecano 29 9 6 14 31 36 15 8 3 4 21 11 14 1 3 10 10 25 -5 33
14 Getafe 30 7 11 12 28 33 15 7 4 4 20 13 15 0 7 8 8 20 -5 32
15 Elche 30 8 8 14 31 42 14 5 5 4 16 15 16 3 3 10 15 27 -11 32
16 Granada 30 6 11 13 33 48 15 4 5 6 19 24 15 2 6 7 14 24 -15 29
17 Cadiz 30 5 13 12 25 41 15 2 8 5 12 18 15 3 5 7 13 23 -16 28
18 Mallorca 30 6 8 16 26 50 15 4 6 5 13 17 15 2 2 11 13 33 -24 26
19 Levante 30 4 10 16 33 58 15 3 7 5 19 22 15 1 3 11 14 36 -25 22
20 Deportivo Alaves 30 5 7 18 24 52 15 4 4 7 12 18 15 1 3 11 12 34 -28 22

Levante:
Table
  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 30 21 6 3 61 26 15 10 4 1 32 13 15 11 2 2 29 13 35 69
2 FC Barcelona 29 16 9 4 57 29 14 10 2 2 32 13 15 6 7 2 25 16 28 57
3 Atletico Madrid 30 17 6 7 57 37 15 10 3 2 29 14 15 7 3 5 28 23 20 57
4 Sevilla 30 15 12 3 40 20 14 10 4 0 28 11 16 5 8 3 12 9 20 57
5 Real Betis 30 16 5 9 54 36 16 9 2 5 31 19 14 7 3 4 23 17 18 53
6 Real Sociedad 30 14 9 7 30 29 15 9 4 2 12 6 15 5 5 5 18 23 1 51
7 Villarreal 30 12 9 9 48 29 15 9 4 2 35 14 15 3 5 7 13 15 19 45
8 Athletic Club 30 11 11 8 35 29 15 8 3 4 25 16 15 3 8 4 10 13 6 44
9 Valencia 30 10 11 9 42 43 15 5 7 3 22 18 15 5 4 6 20 25 -1 41
10 Osasuna 30 10 8 12 30 40 15 4 6 5 14 20 15 6 2 7 16 20 -10 38
11 Celta de Vigo 30 9 9 12 34 34 16 5 4 7 21 21 14 4 5 5 13 13 0 36
12 Espanyol 30 9 9 12 35 42 15 8 4 3 22 16 15 1 5 9 13 26 -7 36
13 Rayo Vallecano 29 9 6 14 31 36 15 8 3 4 21 11 14 1 3 10 10 25 -5 33
14 Getafe 30 7 11 12 28 33 15 7 4 4 20 13 15 0 7 8 8 20 -5 32
15 Elche 30 8 8 14 31 42 14 5 5 4 16 15 16 3 3 10 15 27 -11 32
16 Granada 30 6 11 13 33 48 15 4 5 6 19 24 15 2 6 7 14 24 -15 29
17 Cadiz 30 5 13 12 25 41 15 2 8 5 12 18 15 3 5 7 13 23 -16 28
18 Mallorca 30 6 8 16 26 50 15 4 6 5 13 17 15 2 2 11 13 33 -24 26
19 Levante 30 4 10 16 33 58 15 3 7 5 19 22 15 1 3 11 14 36 -25 22
20 Deportivo Alaves 30 5 7 18 24 52 15 4 4 7 12 18 15 1 3 11 12 34 -28 22

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