📊 Form Guide

Barcelona

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Barcelona, following on from their previous result, will be hoping for more of the same after a 0-3 La Liga success vs Atlético Madrid.

In that match, Barcelona had 59% possession and 9 shots at goal with 5 of them on target. For Barcelona, the scorers were João Félix (38'), Robert Lewandowski (47') and Fermín (65'). For their opponents, Atletico Madrid had 12 attempts on goal with 3 on target.

Their latest results show that huge efforts have been put in by the Barcelona defence. Barcelona have kept it tight, with the number of goals that have flown into the back of their net over the course of their previous 6 games standing at 2.

Coming into this clash, Barcelona are undefeated in their previous 4 home league matches.

UD Las Palmas

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Following on from being beaten in their last game against UD Almería in La Liga competition, UD Las Palmas and their fans will hope to get a better result this time.

In that match, UD Las Palmas managed 66% possession and 21 attempts at goal with 6 of them on target. For their opponents, Almeria got 3 attempts on goal with 2 of them on target. Leo Baptistão (14') scored for UD Almería.

The stats don’t lie, and UD Las Palmas have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 matches, seeing opposing sides hit 12 goals overall. At the back, UD Las Palmas have seen their frailties exposed. That sort of pattern won’t necessarily follow through into this game, however.

Heading into this fixture, UD Las Palmas are without a win away from home in their last 3 league matches.

↔️ Head to head

An inspection of their past head to head results stretching back to 20/02/2016 shows that these fixtures have been pretty painful for UD Las Palmas. They have not managed to come away with any victories at all while Barcelona have been the better of the two, finishing as winners in 83 per cent of those games where they have faced each other.

21 goals were yielded between them throughout the course of those matches, with 17 of them from Barça and 4 netted by Las Palmas. That is an average goals per game value of 3.5.

The previous league meeting featuring these sides was La Liga match day 19 on 04/01/2024 which finished with the scoreline of UD Las Palmas 1-2 Barcelona.

That day, UD Las Palmas had 45% possession and 12 attempts on goal with 3 of them on target. Their only player on the scoresheet was Munir El Haddadi (12').

On the other side, Barcelona had 15 shots at goal with 5 of them on target. Ferrán Torres (55') and İlkay Gündoğan (93') scored.

The match was refereed by Pablo González Fuertes.

📋 Team News: Barcelona

Frenkie de Jong (Ankle injury), Pedri (Hamstring injury), Alejandro Balde (Tendon rupture) and Gavi (Cruciate ligament tear) will not be able to play for Barcelona gaffer Xavi Hernández.

In our view, Barça look set to line up in a 4-3-3 formation, utilising M. ter Stegen, Jules Kounde, Pau Cubarsi, Inigo Martinez, Joao Cancelo, Fermin Lopez, Ilkay Gundogan, Sergi Roberto, Lamine Yamal, Robert Lewandowski and Raphinha.

🗞️ Team News: UD Las Palmas

Thanks to a fully injury-free group available to select from, the UD Las Palmas manager Francisco García Pimienta has no fitness concerns to speak of coming into this match.

We’re of the thinking that UD Las Palmas might play in a 4-5-1 lineup using Alvaro Valles, Alex Suarez, Saul Coco, Mika Marmol, Sergi Cardona, Marvin Park, Javier Munoz, Enzo Loiodice, Kirian Rodriguez, Munir El Haddadi and Sandro Ramirez.

🔮 Prediction

We believe that UD Las Palmas are likely to score a goal against this Barcelona outfit, but that probably shouldn’t be as many as they will have scored against them.

We reckon that it will be a very close game with a 2-1 victory for Barcelona when the full-time whistle blows. Hopefully this is a good one.

Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Andre Moura, 19:02 30/03/2024