Spain - LaLigaStarWelcome to the Turboscores match preview of the upcoming match between Almería and Barcelona, taking place on Sunday, 26 February 2023, at Power Horse Stadium in Almería.
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Almeria, Recent FormAlmería boss Joan Francesc 'Rubi' Ferrer will need to instil positive feelings within his team after they endured a 6-2 away mauling from Girona. Their share of possession in that meeting was 49%, while racking up 16 shots along the way, 4 of which were on target, in contrast to Girona, who had 14 shots on goal with 8 on target.
'Rubi' Ferrer will be shining a spotlight on his team's poor defensive record of late, having conceded 15 goals in their last 6 games, despite picking up a modest amount of points due in no small part to the 10 goals they managed at the other end. They have clocked up an impressive run of form in front of goal at Power Horse Stadium recently, having found the net in 5 of their last 6 home matches. Their defensive record does not make good reading so far this season as they have conceded at least 1 goal in 21 of their 22 league games.
Having drawn 2 of their last 6 games they have at least put some points on the table, but they will not be overly happy with only 1 win.
Barcelona, Recent FormBarcelona enter this game with a comfortable 2-0 home win over Cádiz last time out in the league. They achieved 65% possession in that match and had 16 strikes at goal, with 5 hitting the target, up against Cádiz's tally of 14 efforts at goal, 4 of which were on target.
Manager Xavi Hernández will be pleased with his team's performances recently, having only conceded 1 in their last 6 games, while still managing to score a respectable 10 goals. Their ongoing goal scoring streak now stands at 21 games in a row. With a defensive record of 5 clean sheets in their last 6 matches, they can certainly claim to be hard to beat.
They are showing impressive league form with a run of 7 straight wins in a row and are also unbeaten in their last 13 games.
On an individual basis, Robert Lewandowski will be looking to get on the scoresheet again having scored 15 goals in Barcelona's 22 league games this season.
There was no upset on the cards last time these two sides met; on that occasion, Barcelona produced a comfortable 2-0 victory.
Blaugrana have managed to keep a clean sheet against Almería in each of their previous 2 meetings. Blaugrana will be confident of finding the net in this one against Almería, with an impressive scoring record of at least 1 goal in their previous 13 encounters between the two sides. Rojiblancos have struggled to break down the Barça defence in their past encounters having only managed to find the back of the net 2 times in their last 5 meetings. We've seen plenty of goals from Barça when they've visited Rojiblancos in the league, in their last 3 games they've scored a total of 12 goals, which is an average of 4 per game.
Barça have dominated this fixture in the past, winning the last 7 times in a row when they have played Almería in the league.
There is only really one injury concern for the Almería manager Joan Francesc 'Rubi' Ferrer ahead of this clash, with Álex Pozo (Muscle) missing out, which gives 'Rubi' Ferrer a strong squad to pick his starting eleven from.
With only Ousmane Dembélé (Muscle) and Pedro Pedri (Hamstring) the main fitness concerns ahead of this fixture, Xavi Hernández will be happy to have an otherwise healthy squad to pick from.
Almeria Playing at home | Barcelona Playing away from home | |
|---|---|---|
| 1.7 | Goals scored | 1.9 |
| 1.4 | Goals conceded | 0.5 |
| 26' | Time first goal scored | 44' |
| 44' | Time first goal conceded | 27' |
| 3.2 | Yellow cards | 3 |
| 0.2 | Red cards | 0.3 |
| 5 | Subs used | 4.3 |
| 3-1 | Biggest victory | 4-0 |
| 2-0 | Biggest defeat | 3-1 |
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