La Liga match preview: SD Eibar believed to be the weaker party when Barcelona pays a visit

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Competition: Spain La Liga
Competition: Sat 22.May
Match begins: 16:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Municipal de Ipurúa (7083 seats)

The visiting Barcelona side should be favourites in this visit to SD Eibar, as the away team holds a 46 point advantage from their 37 league games this season.

Insights:
  • SD Eibar have the fewest scored goals in the first half (11) in La Liga
  • Barcelona have the most scored goals (84) in La Liga

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

Relegation threatens Eibar who should definitely be looking for some points here. Barcelona is no longer fighting for a cause; they can neither go up or down this season.

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SD Eibar form and stats

The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the La Liga this season. SD Eibar, who have the fewest points (13) at home in La Liga, have only managed 2 wins, 7 draws and 9 losses from their games here at Estadio Municipal de Ipurúa.

SD Eibar faced defeat in their previous match, away at Valencia (1-4). The attacker Bryan Gil was "man of the match" for Eibar with a rating of 8.13/10. Gil scored one goal, hit two key passes, dribled passed the opponent 4 of 5 times and had 38 successful passes (of 41 total).

In the match before that, Eibar hosted Real Betis and drew the game 1-1.

Eibar aren't scoring a lot here at Estadio Municipal de Ipurúa in the league, with only 12 goals from 18 games. Eibar's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 20 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

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Barcelona form and stats

The away team, who have the most scored goals (84) in La Liga, have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 12 wins, 2 draws and only 4 losses in the La Liga.

This game can not go any worse than the last one, a La Liga home defeat versus Celta de Vigo with 1-2 on the scoreboard. Attacker Lionel Messi got a player rating of 10.0 in the game. "Man of the match" Messi scored one goal, hit two key passes, dribled passed the opponent 15 of 15 times and had 60 successful passes (of 69 total).

Before that, Barcelona travelled to Levante and returned home with a draw after the game finished 3-3.

Barcelona have scored more than twice on average per away game (in the league), an impressive attacking display. They have 40 goals from 18 away matches. 18 goals have been conceded by Barcelona in these games.

Head 2 Head

These teams' last encounter with each other was the Barcelona - Eibar 1-1 earlier this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Eibar zero wins, two draws and Barcelona eight victories. As for goals, eight matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

BarcelonaL. Messi
L. Messi
30 goals
SD EibarE. García Martínez
E. García Martínez
12 goals
BarcelonaA. Griezmann
A. Griezmann
12 goals

SD Eibar missing players

Barcelona missing players

Total First Half Second Half
SD Eibar Barcelona
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
37 18 5 Played P 6 18 37
6 2 0 Won W 3 12 23
12 7 1 Drew D 2 2 7
19 9 4 Lost L 1 4 7
29 12 3 Scored S 10 40 84
51 20 9 Conceded C 5 18 38
89% 78% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 97%
70% 61% 80% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 83% 84%
35% 28% 40% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 61% 65%
14% 11% 20% Over 3.5 O 3.5 17% 33% 38%
8% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 17% 28% 24%
51% 39% 60% BTTS BTTS 33% 50% 59%
24% 33% 0% Clean Sheets C S 50% 39% 35%
35% 50% 40% Failed to Score F T 17% 11% 8%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.9 2.4 3.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.2 1.9
3 2 0 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
11.1 12.8 12.4 Shots (avg) S ( 17.3 14.3 14.6
3.3 3.9 3.6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 6.7 5.5 5.8
24% 17% 17% Goal Efficiency G E 25% 40% 39%
Key stats in La Liga this season:
  • Barcelona have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Barcelona have scored more than double the goals of SD Eibar.
  • Barcelona have the most scored goals (40) away in La Liga
  • Barcelona have the most scored goals (84) in La Liga
  • Barcelona have the most scored goals in the first half (41) in La Liga
  • Barcelona have the most scored goals in the second half (43) in La Liga
  • Barcelona have the the best goal difference (+22) away in La Liga
  • Barcelona have the the best goal difference (+46) in La Liga
  • Barcelona haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • SD Eibar have the fewest points (13) at home in La Liga
  • SD Eibar have the fewest scored goals (12) at home in La Liga
  • SD Eibar have the fewest scored goals in the first half (11) 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 Atletico Madrid 37 25 8 4 65 24 19 15 3 1 41 11 18 10 5 3 24 13 41 83
2 Real Madrid 37 24 9 4 65 27 18 12 3 3 31 12 19 12 6 1 34 15 38 81
3 Barcelona 37 23 7 7 84 38 19 11 5 3 44 20 18 12 2 4 40 18 46 76
4 Sevilla 37 23 5 9 52 33 18 13 1 4 26 11 19 10 4 5 26 22 19 74
5 Real Sociedad 37 16 11 10 58 38 19 9 6 4 34 21 18 7 5 6 24 17 20 59
6 Real Betis 37 16 10 11 47 48 19 10 5 4 27 21 18 6 5 7 20 27 -1 58
7 Villarreal 37 15 13 9 59 42 19 8 6 5 29 23 18 7 7 4 30 19 17 58
8 Celta de Vigo 37 14 11 12 53 54 18 9 3 6 28 27 19 5 8 6 25 27 -1 53
9 Athletic Club 37 11 13 13 46 40 19 8 6 5 29 19 18 3 7 8 17 21 6 46
10 Granada 37 13 6 18 47 65 18 9 3 6 25 25 19 4 3 12 22 40 -18 45
11 Osasuna 37 11 11 15 37 47 18 7 5 6 21 22 19 4 6 9 16 25 -10 44
12 Cadiz 37 11 10 16 34 56 19 5 5 9 17 30 18 6 5 7 17 26 -22 43
13 Valencia 37 10 12 15 50 53 19 8 7 4 34 23 18 2 5 11 16 30 -3 42
14 Levante 37 9 13 15 44 55 18 5 8 5 25 28 19 4 5 10 19 27 -11 40
15 Deportivo Alaves 37 9 11 17 36 56 19 6 6 7 21 25 18 3 5 10 15 31 -20 38
16 Getafe 37 9 10 18 28 43 19 6 6 7 15 13 18 3 4 11 13 30 -15 37
17 Huesca 37 7 12 18 34 53 18 5 6 7 17 21 19 2 6 11 17 32 -19 33
18 Elche 37 7 12 18 32 55 18 4 8 6 16 23 19 3 4 12 16 32 -23 33
19 Real Valladolid 37 5 16 16 33 55 18 3 7 8 18 28 19 2 9 8 15 27 -22 31
20 SD Eibar 37 6 12 19 29 51 18 2 7 9 12 20 19 4 5 10 17 31 -22 30

SD Eibar:
Barcelona:
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 Atletico Madrid 37 25 8 4 65 24 19 15 3 1 41 11 18 10 5 3 24 13 41 83
2 Real Madrid 37 24 9 4 65 27 18 12 3 3 31 12 19 12 6 1 34 15 38 81
3 Barcelona 37 23 7 7 84 38 19 11 5 3 44 20 18 12 2 4 40 18 46 76
4 Sevilla 37 23 5 9 52 33 18 13 1 4 26 11 19 10 4 5 26 22 19 74
5 Real Sociedad 37 16 11 10 58 38 19 9 6 4 34 21 18 7 5 6 24 17 20 59
6 Real Betis 37 16 10 11 47 48 19 10 5 4 27 21 18 6 5 7 20 27 -1 58
7 Villarreal 37 15 13 9 59 42 19 8 6 5 29 23 18 7 7 4 30 19 17 58
8 Celta de Vigo 37 14 11 12 53 54 18 9 3 6 28 27 19 5 8 6 25 27 -1 53
9 Athletic Club 37 11 13 13 46 40 19 8 6 5 29 19 18 3 7 8 17 21 6 46
10 Granada 37 13 6 18 47 65 18 9 3 6 25 25 19 4 3 12 22 40 -18 45
11 Osasuna 37 11 11 15 37 47 18 7 5 6 21 22 19 4 6 9 16 25 -10 44
12 Cadiz 37 11 10 16 34 56 19 5 5 9 17 30 18 6 5 7 17 26 -22 43
13 Valencia 37 10 12 15 50 53 19 8 7 4 34 23 18 2 5 11 16 30 -3 42
14 Levante 37 9 13 15 44 55 18 5 8 5 25 28 19 4 5 10 19 27 -11 40
15 Deportivo Alaves 37 9 11 17 36 56 19 6 6 7 21 25 18 3 5 10 15 31 -20 38
16 Getafe 37 9 10 18 28 43 19 6 6 7 15 13 18 3 4 11 13 30 -15 37
17 Huesca 37 7 12 18 34 53 18 5 6 7 17 21 19 2 6 11 17 32 -19 33
18 Elche 37 7 12 18 32 55 18 4 8 6 16 23 19 3 4 12 16 32 -23 33
19 Real Valladolid 37 5 16 16 33 55 18 3 7 8 18 28 19 2 9 8 15 27 -22 31
20 SD Eibar 37 6 12 19 29 51 18 2 7 9 12 20 19 4 5 10 17 31 -22 30

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