Barcelona take on the visitors Deportivo Alaves at the Camp Nou in the 1st tour of La Liga. The match will be played in the eponymous city Barcelona on Saturday, August 18th.
In their last match of the previous season in La Liga Barcelona beat Real Sociedad with a 1-0 score and placed 1st in the table with 93 points to their credit. The Blaugrana have had three International Champions Cup fixtures this summer, won one of them and lost two. The team has had seventeen home games in 2018, won fifteen of them and drew two. In their last three matches Barcelona beat Boca Juniors with a 3-0 score, Sevilla with a 2-1 score and lost to Milan with a 0-1 score.
2 x £10 Free Bet | Review | |||
100$-500$ for No Lose Free Bets | Review | |||
100% up to £200 | Review | |||
Not available | Review |
Deportivo Alaves lost to Sevilla with a 0-1 score in the last match of the previous season in La Liga and placed 14th in the table with 47 points to their credit. The Babazorros have had eight friendly matches this summer, won two of them, drew four and lost two. The team has had thirteen away fixtures in 2018, won five of them, drew one and lost seven. In their last three matches Deportivo Alaves lost to Huesca with a 1-2 score, beat Real Sociedad with a 2-1 score and Real Oviedo with a 1-0 score.
The teams have had multiple matches between them and in the last two Barcelona have won both times (2-0 on the away field, 2-1 on the home field). It is likely that the Blaugrana will start the new season off with a confident victory in front of their home crowd.
Prediction for the match: Barcelona to win with -2.0 handicap.