📊 Form Guide

Barcelona

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Barcelona will be hoping to bounce back here after a 0-2 Champions League defeat in their last game at the hands of Atlético Madrid.

In that game, Barcelona managed 58% possession and 18 attempts at goal with 7 of them on target. At the other end, Atletico Madrid got 5 shots on goal with 3 of them on target. Julián Alvarez (45') and Alexander Sørloth (70') scored for Atlético Madrid.

Fixtures involving Barcelona have proved to be entertaining affairs recently with high scoring being a real hallmark. Over their past half dozen clashes alone, the sum total of 23 goals have gone in for both sides combined (at an average of 3.83 goals per game) with 17 of these being chalked up by Barcelona. We shall soon see whether or not that trend will end up being sustained in this game.

Pre-game facts show that Barcelona:

• haven't been beaten in the league by Espanyol in their last 29 matches. A very long run.
• have not been beaten in their last 15 league matches at home. A fantastic home record.

Espanyol

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In the game prior to this, Espanyol drew 0-0 in the La Liga tie with Real Betis.

In that game, Espanyol managed 30% possession and 8 shots on goal with 1 of them on target. On the other side, Real Betis got 19 attempts at goal with 6 on target.

Espanyol have regularly broken through opposing defences in their most recent fixtures, scoring 7 goals in their previous 6 matches. This doesn’t mask the fact that Espanyol can also improve defensively after being scored against in 5 of those same games.

Leading up to this clash, Espanyol:

• have not emerged victorious against Barcelona when they've played them away from home in the last 14 matches in the league. What a horrible run of results.
• are without a win away from home in their last 7 league games.

🤜🤛 Head to head

Looking over their past head to head results going back to 13/02/2022 shows that these encounters have not been fruitful for Espanyol. They have not been able to get themselves any victories at all whereas Barcelona have been too good for them, winning in 67% of those games played.

A sum of 20 goals were scored between them during those clashes, with 14 from Barça and 6 coming from Periquitos. That’s an average goals per game of 3.33.

The last league encounter featuring these clubs was La Liga match day 18 on 03/01/2026 when it finished Espanyol 0-2 Barcelona.

On that occasion, Espanyol managed 31% possession and 14 shots on goal with 7 on target.

Barcelona had 15 shots at goal with 6 of them on target. Olmo (86') and Robert Lewandowski (90') scored.

The referee was Víctor García Verdura.

ℹ️ Team News: Barcelona

In all likelihood, Barça may well use the 4-2-3-1 formation for this one featuring Joan Garcia, Jules Kounde, Ronald Araujo, Pau Cubarsi, Alejandro Balde, Eric Garcia, Gavi, Lamine Yamal, Fermin Lopez, Marcus Rashford and Ferran Torres.

🗞️ Team News: Espanyol

We believe Periquitos will likely begin the game with a 4-2-3-1 lineup using Marko Dmitrovic, Omar El Hilali, Fernando Calero, Leandro Cabrera, Carlos Romero, Pol Lozano, U. Gonzalez de, Cyril Ngonge, Edu Exposito, Tyrhys Dolan and Roberto Fernandez.

🧠 Prediction

We’re of the opinion that Barcelona will probably have the majority of the possession and should be able to turn a few of their chances into goals.

At the same time, Espanyol may well struggle to get a goal of their own but we do think that it’s more than likely that they will be scoring here.

Our selection here is for a controlled 3-1 winning score for Barcelona when the full-time whistle blows.

Peter Guest, 16:04 11/04/2026