Barcelona take on the visitors Real Sociedad in the round 35 match of Spanish LaLiga. The match will be played on Monday, April 13th at Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys (Barcelona).
Barcelona have decided to continue its collaboration with Xavi, although there are no reasons for pride this calendar year. The Blaugrana, represented by Laporta at the end of last month, proudly announced that the legendary former midfielder had decided to stay in his position. However, despite all the talk about a forced focus on youth, the achievements this season can hardly be counted, except for their performance in the Champions League, and even that only because the grand club ended its group stages embarrassingly in 3rd place twice before. Currently, the Cules won their group, confidently passed Napoli, and after a 3-2 victory in Paris, quickly opened the score at home in the quarter-finals... And then it was a nightmare, with Araujo's sending off and four goals from PSG. But things are even worse in other tournaments. The Super Cup ended with a 1-4 defeat – they crushed the enemy Madrid Real in the final. And soon they were knocked out of the Copa del Rey by another old rival, Athletic. The recent El Clasico, already in La Liga, ended in another defeat with plenty of goals conceded. But at least there was a reason to scandalize as the ball went into the net before Lunin's save. Last round's 2-4 loss to Girona was absolutely on point – now Dovbik and company are second in La Liga!
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Under their former player Alguacil, the Txuri-urdinak have had a successful period. They won the Copa del Rey, their first trophy in decades. And last season, their long-standing attempts to break into the top four in La Liga finally paid off. This allowed them to finally play in the Champions League, but after topping the group with Inter, the Spaniards faced PSG in the round of 16 and lost to them. It was even more disappointing to be knocked out of the cup – in the semi-final, both matches against Mallorca ended in draws, and the opponent was luckier in the penalty shootout. The load from the aforementioned tournaments in La Liga, combined with the excellent results of Girona and Athletic, took its toll. As a result, they can only fight for 6th place, and Betis' spring failures have seriously put them in contention for that position. After finally winning last round (2-0 against Las Palmas, who haven't had anything to play for a long time), they are managing to keep the cucumbers behind, but they are only 2 points behind.
A year ago, Xavi and his team were already celebrating the title, and in May 2023, Sociedad managed to win, even at the Camp Nou. But in the new season, Araujo's only goal in the 90+ minute brought victory to the Blaugrana in San Sebastian. Both clubs are good in attack but concede too many goals and are vulnerable defensively. So here we expect over 2.5 goals total.
Prediction for the match: Over 2.5 scored goals.
