The beautiful temporary home of the world’s greatest club in the Catalan capital is the site of a monster La Liga clash between Barcelona and Girona as the two Catalans rivals face off in a derby with huge implications in the title race. Barça come into this one in good form and will enter the championship hunt with a win, but Girona are having an amazing season and want to prove that they’re for real. Girona are start the match in second place in the La Liga standings and have consistently punched above their weight so far this season. The away side thrashed Orihuela by a 5-2 margin in the Copa del Rey this week and will be confident ahead of this fixture. Barcelona, on the other hand, are in third place in the league table at the moment and have stepped up to the plate in recent weeks. The Blaugrana edged Atletico Madrid to a crucial 1-0 victory in their previous game and will look to take it up a notch this weekend.
The final result of the game is
Barcelona FC (2) – Girona FC(4)
R. Lewandowski 19′ A. Dovbyk 12′
İ. Gündoğan 90+2 M. Gutiérrez 40′
V. Fernández 80′
C. Stuani 90+5′
Barcelona vs Girona Head-to-Head and Key Numbers
Barcelona have a good recent record against Girona and have won seven out of the last 10 matches played between the two teams, as opposed to Girona’s one victory.
Barcelona are unbeaten in each of their last six matches against Girona in La Liga and have kept clean sheets in four of these matches.
Barcelona are unbeaten in each of their last four games at home against Girona in La Liga and have scored a total of 17 goals in these matches.
Barcelona have found the back of the net in each of their last 13 matches at home in La Liga – their best such run under Xavi so far.
Girona have picked up 19 points from losing positions in La Liga this season – more than any other team in Europe’s top five leagues so far.
BARCELONA
Starting XI: Peña; Kounde, Araujo, Christensen, Cancelo; Pedri, De Jong, Gündogan; Raphinha, Lewandowski, Félix (4-3-3)
Substitutes: Astralaga (GK), Kochen (GK), Cubarsí, Balde, Roberto, Romeu, Fermín, Yamal, Ferran
GIRONA
Starting XI: Gazzaniga; Eric, López, Blind, Gutiérrez; Couto, Tsigankov, Aleix, Martín, Sávio; Dovbyk (4-5-1)
Substitutes: Carlos (GK), Fuidias (GK), Bernardo, Arnau, Kebe, Stuani, Valery, Juanpe, Solís, Portu