After demolishing Valencia 7-0 in their Copa del Rey fixture on Wednesday, Barcelona seem unstoppable at the moment. Before beating Valencia, the Blaugrana had also dismissed La Liga giants Atletico Madrid, who are also firmly in the title race this season. After slaying Diego Simeone’s men, who were Barca’s closest competitors in the race for the coveted title this season, many fans and pundits now believe that Luis Enrique’s men might as well clinch the title this season.
Levante could hope that the visitors will approach this weekend’s fixture with some fatigue after playing on Wednesday in the Copa del Rey. Although Rubi’s men have a solid history of struggling against Barca, they could still try and get a point out of this fixture or risk drowning in a sea of goals, just like their next door neighbours Valencia did on Wednesday against the Spanish giants.
Barca should also avoid complacency in this fixture if they want to go back to the Nou Camp with three points. After thrashing Valencia, there are some fears that they could set the foot off the pedal. Ideally, that would be the easiest way for the hosts to punish them. However, if Barca manage to avoid complacency in this fixture, then Levante could be in serious trouble. The hosts should be wary of the lethal Suarez, who is arguably the world’s deadliest number 9 at the moment with 35 goals to his name this season in 33 matches.
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Team news
Levante
The Frogs have some major injury concerns, something that could affect their performance against the defending champions. Casadesus, Pedro Lopez, Ruben Garcia and Juanfran are all set to miss this fixture.
Barcelona
The visitors could retain the same squad that humiliated Gary Neville’s men at the Camp Nou. Rafinha is the only player who could miss this fixture.
Quick facts
- Levante have only one won of their last 21 league games against the Spanish giants
- The last time they beat Barcelona was in 1964. They have drawn four and lost 16.
- Barca have scored an average of 3 goals in all their game against Levante
- Levante have won their last two La Liga games this season. This is the first time they have won two consecutive games this season.
- Barca have only lost two of their last 19 games away from the Camp Nou
- Messi has scored six goals in four consecutive games this season
Head to head
- Levante have won only thrice against Barca in their alst 32 meetings
- The hosts have won only once against Barca in La Liga in 21 meetings
- Levante have never kept a clean sheet against Barca in their last 21 La Liga games
- Barca thrashed The Frogs 4-1 at Camp Nou with goals from Bartra, Neymar and a brace from MessI
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