📏 Form Guide

Barcelona

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Barcelona are hoping to win again after their last result, a 3-0 Champions League success vs Brest.

In that match, Barcelona had 76% possession and 19 attempts at goal with 8 on target. For Barcelona, the goalscorers were Robert Lewandowski (10', 92') and Dani Olmo (66'). Brest got 2 shots at goal with 0 of them on target.

It has not been often in recent games where Barcelona have managed to hold out for a full 90 minutes. The facts show that Barcelona have failed to prevent opponents from scoring in 5 of their previous 6 games, leaking 7 goals in the process.

Going into this contest, Barcelona haven't been defeated in their previous 13 home league matches. So impressive.

UD Las Palmas

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Since tasting defeat last time out to Mallorca in La Liga action, UD Las Palmas and their fans will hope to get a better result this time.

In that game, UD Las Palmas had 62% possession and 13 attempts at goal with 3 of them on target. For UD Las Palmas, goals were scored by Dário Essugo (77') and Fábio Silva (83'). For their opponents, Mallorca had 9 attempts at goal with 3 of them on target. Dani Rodríguez (46'), Robert Navarro (56') and Johan Mojica (91') scored for Mallorca.

Demonstrating their bias toward high-scoring encounters, goals have been celebrated 24 times in the previous six games in which UD Las Palmas have taken to the field, yielding an average of 4 goals each fixture. Opposition teams have managed 8 of those goals. That kind of pattern isn’t assured to be carried forward into this match, though.

👥 Head to head

An inspection of past results between these clubs going back to 14/01/2017 shows that these fixtures have been disappointments for UD Las Palmas. They have not managed to register any victories whatsoever whereas Barcelona have maintained the edge over them, finishing as winners in 83% of those ties.

A combined total of 19 goals were yielded between them in this period, with 16 from Barça and 3 for Las Palmas. That’s an average goals per game figure of 3.17.

The previous league clash featuring these sides was La Liga match day 30 on 30/03/2024 and the score finished Barcelona 1-0 UD Las Palmas.

On that occasion, Barcelona had 69% possession and 14 attempts at goal with 2 on target. Their only player on the scoresheet was Raphinha (59').

On the other side, UD Las Palmas had 8 attempts on goal with 0 on target.

The match was refereed by Mateo Busquets Ferrer.

ℹ️ Team News: Barcelona

Ansu Fati (Muscle injury), Andreas Christensen (Achilles tendon irritation), Marc-André ter Stegen (Patellar tendon rupture) and Marc Bernal (Cruciate ligament tear) are unavailable for Barcelona manager Hansi Flick.

It looks as if Barça look set to opt for a 4-2-3-1 system, handing starts to Inaki Pena, Jules Kounde, Pau Cubarsi, Inigo Martinez, Alejandro Balde, Gavi, Pedri, Fermin Lopez, Pablo Torre, Raphinha and Robert Lewandowski.

📋 Team News: UD Las Palmas

We believe UD Las Palmas could decide to utilise a 4-2-3-1 system, choosing Jasper Cillessen, Viti, Alex Suarez, Scott McKenna, Mika Marmol, Javier Munoz, Jose Campana, Alberto Moleiro, Kirian Rodriguez, Sandro Ramirez and Fabio Silva.

⚡ Prediction

When taking all factors into account, Barcelona should be able to create a decent number of chances and shots on target.

In contrast, UD Las Palmas could well find it tough getting on the scoresheet but we do think it’s quite likely that they will be scoring as well.

Our tip is for a decent 3-1 winning score for Barcelona when all’s said and done.

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Renata Leite, 12:19 30/11/2024