Barcelona can pretty much coast from here to the end of the La Liga season. They are eleven points clear at the top heading into the weekend and are just cruising through their matches. It has been imperious stuff from them, and they face up to Alaves on the weekend at the Nou Camp. It will be an interesting rematch between them as Alaves sprung a huge surprise in taking a 2-1 win their last season in the league. Can history repeat itself?
La Liga – Barcelona v Alaves – Camp Nou, Barcelona – Sunday 28th January 2018 – 20:45 UK Time
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The Catalans are storming along at the moment with a six-match winning streak under their belt in the Spanish top flight. They have won their last two home games with a clean sheet and they have only conceded in one of their last six games home and away. It lends plenty of weight to a Barcelona to win to nil wager here. Barcelona have scored at least two goals in each their last seven league outings and Luis Suarez is bang in form at the moment with ten goals in his last seven league games. Impressive stuff and with the Catalans averaging over three goals per game at home this season (where they have a W8 D1 L0 record), it is unlikely that Alaves are going to get to close to them in this fixture. Barca have shipped just four home goals all season.
Alaves Form
Alaves are just above the drop zone in the league and they don’t have much away form running for them this season. They are W2 L7 on their travels in the top flight this season and they have failed to score in their last two games out on the road. They are surviving pretty much off of their home form. Collectively they have managed only the six away goals in their nine road games and they have shipped a goal in each of their last five away games. So there’s little threat on paper going to come from them and only Malaga and Las Palmas have collected fewer away points than they have managed this season in La Liga. 75% of all of their league goals this season have been netted in the second half of matches.
Head to Head News
Barcelona collected a 2-0 win out at Alaves earlier in the season and that is three straight wins over them that the Catalans have collected in all competitions. There was a major shock at the Nou Camp last season though when Barcelona was toppled 2-1 by the underdogs. That really was a blip in their form and it is the only loss that they have suffered against Alaves in their last thirteen games, winning nine of those. So the head to head is fully in favour of the Catalans and they have scored exactly three goals in three of their last four home games against them.
Barcelona v Alaves – Betting Odds and Predictions
The bookmakers aren’t putting much stock in it happening though as Barcelona are 1/12 odds-on to get the win, with Alaves out at 20/1.
Top Betting Tip Barcelona v Alaves
Barcelona don’t look capable of missing a beat at the moment and there is very little hint that there is going to be a repeat of their failure from last season’s game in this one. Barcelona are great value to win to nil and around a 3-0 win for them in the correct score market is pretty appealing.