Barcelona receives Real Madrid this Sunday, at 17h (Brasília time), for the Spanish Championship. Leader of La Liga, the Catalonia team can open 12 points of advantage over the meringues in case of victory and take a giant step in search of the title, while Carlo Ancelotti’s team seeks to reduce the difference in the standings.
For the match, Xavi will not be able to count on Pedri and Dembélé, both injured. Like the rival, the Madrid team also has two absences due to injury: David Alaba and Álvaro Rodríguez.
Guesses:
Less than 2.5 goals: the fight for leadership is still open. With Barcelona’s comfortable situation, the team doesn’t need to expose itself so much, at least in the opening minutes. It should be noted that five of Barça’s last six games had a maximum of two goals. Also, classic is often truncated and balanced. Therefore, there are high chances of the recent history repeating itself and having less than three balls in the nets.
More than 8.5 corners: accounting for Barcelona’s last five matches at the Camp Nou, we find an incredible 54 corners, an average of 10.8. On the other hand, away from the Bernabeu, Real Madrid’s games reach 50 corners, an average of 10. In this sense, analyzing their performance, the offensive capacity of each one and the vast majority of attacks being concentrated at the wings, we’ll bet that the duel will have at least nine corners.
Barcelona v Real Madrid retrospective: the teams have faced each other 95 times in history, with only 19 wins for Leverkusen, 58 for Bayern Munich and 18 draws.
