Almeria will take a trip to Catalonia, Barcelona, to play against FC Barcelona on matchday 18 of 38 in the 2023–2024 Spanish La Liga.
Date: 19/12/2023
Time: 19:00
Venue: Spotify Camp Nou
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Barcelona are winless in their last three matches across all competitions after their disappointing 1-1 draw at Valencia, but they will be keen to bounce back to winning ways on Wednesday when they host struggling Almeria, who are without a win in 17 league games this term.
For the Barcelona vs Almeria prediction, we predict Barcelona 2-0 Almeria, and this is why. Barca may have struggled in recent weeks, but they are likely to bounce back to winning ways because the visitors are winless in 17 league games.
We predict a first-half win for Barcelona against Almeria, and this is why. Barcelona scored in the first half of each of their last two home matches, and we can easily imagine them getting on the score sheet and keeping Almeria at bay for the first 45 minutes.
Barcelona may have lost once in their last five league matches, but they have struggled to maintain consistency. They played out a 1-1 draw against Valencia away, a week after they lost 4-2 at home to Girona. Barca, despite their recent poor form, remain in the title race but are currently occupying the 3rd position with 35 points after 17 games.
Almeria are winless in their last five La Liga matches and winless in their last 17 league matches. They are at the bottom of the table with 5 points.
Predicted Starting Lineups
Barcelona: Sotorres, Kounde, Araujo, Christensen, Cancelo, De Jong, Gundogan, Pedri, Raphinha, Lewandowski, Felix
Almeria: Maximiano, Akieme, Gonzalez, Montes, Chumi, Pozo, Robertone, Lopy, Arribas, Embarba, Baptistao