Girona FC vs FC Barcelona Preview 28/01/2023

Girona FC vs FC Barcelona – 28/01/2023

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Barcelona will goal to take care of their lead on the summit of the La Liga desk after they face Catalan rivals Girona at Estadi Montilivi on Saturday afternoon.

Having performed 17 video games, Barcelona sit three factors away from second-placed Actual Madrid and 6 factors above third-placed Actual Sociedad.

In the meantime, Girona discover themselves in eleventh place – 4 factors away from the relegation zone and a whopping 23 factors worse off than Barca.

Girona have solely managed to win 5 of their 18 La Liga video games this season, recording six attracts and 7 losses alongside the way in which.

Solely six groups within the division have picked up fewer victories than Girona this time period, whereas solely two sides have registered extra attracts.

Girona suffered a 1-0 defeat to Villarreal final outing. Nonetheless, they’ve solely misplaced one among their previous eight league matches – choosing up three wins and 4 attracts in that point.

Having conceded at the very least one objective in every of their earlier 21 video games throughout all competitions, Girona will wrestle to cope with Barcelona this weekend.

On the flip facet, Barca have misplaced simply one among their 17 La Liga video games this season – securing 14 wins and two attracts within the course of.

Not solely do Xavi’s facet boast one of the best defensive report within the division (6), however additionally they have the second-best offensive report (36).

Remarkably, Barcelona have saved a whopping 13 clear sheets within the league this time period and have scored at a charge of two.1 targets per recreation in 2022-23.

Having prevented defeat in every of their final 12 video games throughout all competitions – successful their earlier 4 – Xavi’s males will probably be assured of seeing off Girona.

Head-to-head: Girona and Barcelona performed out 4 La Liga encounters between 2017 and 2019, with Barca successful on three events throughout that interval.

The mixture rating of these 4 conferences stands at 13-3 in favour of Barcelona, with Barca thrashing Girona 6-1 at Camp Nou in 2018.

Workforce information: Santiago Bueno is suspended for Girona following his crimson card final outing, whereas Ibrahima Kebe, David Lopez and Reinier are injured.

Barcelona will probably be with out the suspended duo of Robert Lewandowski and Ferran Torres on Saturday after they picked up crimson playing cards earlier this month.

Given Barca’s phenomenal home type this season, Xavi’s males ought to get the higher of an inconsistent Girona outfit this weekend.

Forebet predicts that Barcelona will rating over 1.5 targets on their technique to beating Girona, though the guests are unlikely so as to add to their assortment of fresh sheets.