Barcelona vs Espanyol: prediction for the La Liga fixture

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Barcelona

Spain

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camp-nou

31 December 05:00 UTC

Espanyol

Spain

On December 31, the Blaugrana will host the Budgerigars for the La Liga clash. What to expect from the Barcelona derby? The answer is in our prediction.

Barcelona vs Espanyol Prediction and Betting Tips (31.12.2022)

Command Analysis

Barcelona

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Barcelona were two points ahead of Real Madrid before the World Cup break. Team had plenty of time to celebrate the title of their legend, Lionel Messi, but today is the time for the Catalan derby. Hosts have a 24-game winning streak in head-to-head games. That impressive run start on February 2009, so fans are expecting another victory.

Xavi will try to achieve success in La Liga, because team is disappointed after a failure in the Champions League. Barca have a great defensive line - hosts kept clean sheets in 11 matches of the current season, 10 of them were home games.

Roberto, Kessie and Araujo will miss the upcoming game.

Espanyol

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Visitors had nothing to celebrate this Christmas - Catalan side is just one point away from the relegation zone, so the Budgerigars will try to get at least one point today. Before the derby Espanyol won two Copa del Rey matches and now Diego Martinez hope to finally snatch some points from Barcelona.

Lack of success up front worries the White-Blues, but team will count on defense, which works greatly throughout the current season. Two latest derby matches at Camp Nou finished with just one goal scored, so nominal visitors have hope for a positive result.

Sanchez, Pedrosa, Gori, Gomez and Bare will miss the upcoming game.

Trends

СтавкаCorrect score 4:1

Hosts have won 3 of 4 latest head-to-head matches

17.25

СтавкаCorners: total under 9,5

This bet played in 3 of 5 latest home matches

1.78

СтавкаGoals in both halves - yes

In 3 of 4 latest head-to-head matches goals were scored in both halves

1.48

СтавкаPenalty: no

In 3 of 5 latest matches of the visitors no penalties were given

1.78

Tip and bets

2.26Handicap (-2) on Barcelona

In this game we are expecting a massive victory from the Blaugrana. They have a much better squad and a strong desire to get a win. A drop of points in a game against Espanyol is unacceptable for Barca. Hosts are more suceessful in head-to-head matches, so we offer to place a bet on them.

Our prediction - Asian handicap (-2) on Barcelona

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5.1Barcelona to win by three goals

Barcelona have plenty of great offensive players, some young talents will surely have a chance to prove themselves, so Barca should win by a wide margin.

Our second bet is on Barcelona to win by three goals

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