Almeria vs Barcelona Prediction: The visitors are now focused on domestic league games

In Sunday's 23rd round of the Spanish La Liga pool, Almeria will face Barcelona at home. Once again, the Catalans can increase their lead over their Madrid rival. This is particularly relevant after the departure of the Barça side from the Europa League, as the visitors are now focused exclusively on domestic league games.

Almeria has a three-match losing streak. After beating Espanyol, the future home team lost to Rayo Vallecano, Betis, and Girona. Notably, in all three games of this period, Almeria conceded at least two goals per game. Recent failures have dropped Almeria into the relegation zone. Before the start of Sunday's pool, the hosts are only 19th, with an asset of 22 points. However, it is worth specifying that some competitors, such as Valencia, have already played their matches on tour. The victory over Barcelona will allow the hosts to get out of the bottom three. Almeria's home statistics are eighth in the division, +6=1-4, 19:15 goal difference.

Barcelona is out of the Europa League. Probably not to say that the Catalans were disrespectful to the second most important European trophy, but even for the first match against the United Kingdom at Camp Nou, a certain aloofness was felt in the actions of the Catalans. The future guests can give their all to La Liga and the Spanish Cup. By the way, if Barça wins these two tournaments, the team will make a golden hat trick, which is also good. Even despite the failure in Europe, the season will indeed be called a success. Real Madrid didn't win yesterday in the derby against Atletico, so if they win on Sunday, Barcelona will be 10 points away from Real Madrid. Barcelona has a long winning streak in the championship, with the best away statistics in the division, +10=0-1, 21:6 goal difference.

On the one hand, Almeria has been conceding many goals lately. On the other hand, Barcelona doesn't need to be beaten. It's more important for the Catalans to win, with a 10-point handicap from their pursuer. At the same time, Barcelona isn't as productive on the road as they are at home, and the Catalans also had a tough away game in Manchester in midweek, which certainly took a lot of energy. We believe that Barcelona will win on Sunday, but we do not expect a lot of goals.

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