Viktoria Plzen take on the visitors Barcelona in the round 6 match of UEFA Champions League group stage. The match will be played on Tuesday, November 1st at Doosan Arena (Plzen).
It is unlikely that anyone expected Victoria Pilsen be able to offer some sort of battle to rivals in the group, and after all, there were such rivals - Bayern, Inter, and, well, Barcelona. Victoria does not have points scored after 5 rounds, but they have the status of the most conceding team in the current league championship draw, and after 5 rounds the Czech have allowed 20 goals. This fight has no tournament value, since Viktoria will not be able to leave the fourth place, and Barcelona are 100% the third. It is extremely hard to believe that Viktoria will be able to beautifully slam the door, and at least offer some kind of struggle for the Catalans in this game, because in the previous 5 meetings, absolutely nothing worked for Victoria, and more or less than the Czech team can boast in this draw, is a 2:4 defeat from Bayern.
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Barcelona again failed in Champions League, this is no longer a novelty, because last season they also could not leave the group. The Catalans don't need anything in this game, and they won't be able to change the third position in the group for anything. But despite this, I still expect the visitors to compose a combat line-up, and the fighting spirit for the match. Since Barcelona are not in those conditions now, in order to somehow imposingly approach the matches, and merge those who are not interested in the fights. They must somehow maintain their image, well, even a failed league championship tournament - to end on a beautiful note. Here, in fact, we are leaning towards the bet option here - a handicap for the visitors. The visitors are certainly capable of winning here, and at least a little brighten up the bitter defeat 0:3 from Bayern last week.
Barcelona's performance in this tournament raises big questions, but so far the Catalans have not yet rolled up to the point that they would experience problems in matches with the Czech champion. Barcelona beat Viktoria 5:1 in reverse fixture, so the Catalans are able to score a couple of goals on the road. Our bet: -1.5 handicap on Barcelona.
Prediction for the match: Barcelona to win with -1.5 handicap.
