
In this week 22 match on the 19th of February, Cádiz and Barcelona will play a match in Barcelona in a clash of these two extremely mismatched La Liga teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 13 degrees, which should make for a nice day for football. In their last match, 1st placed Barcelona, recorded a 1-0 shutout win against Villarreal. Lopez struck first for Barcelona in the 18th minute on a feed from Robert Lewandowski, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else At the end of 90 a dissapointed Villarreal couldn’t manage to score, and Barcelona took the shutout win. Barcelona looks to continue their winning ways, having won 9 of their last 10, while cádiz is fresh off their 2-0 shutout win against Girona. Gonzalo Escalante struck first for Cádiz in the 6th minute on a feed from Theo Bongonda, then Sergi Guardiola added another in the 34th minute on a feed from Theo Bongonda In the end, Girona was frustrated by Cádiz’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Cádiz ended the match with the shutout victory. Cádiz is looking for direction having 4 win and 3 losses in their last 10 matches.
Cádiz and Barcelona last played eachother at the Estadio Nuevo Mirandilla on Sep 10th. Barcelona took the match by a score of 4 to 0 in front of a crowd of almost 20000 fans. Frenkie de Jong struck first for Barcelona in the 55th minute, then Robert Lewandowski added another in the 65th minute In the end, Cádiz couldn’t muster any offence and Barcelona ran away with the shutout win.
Gonzalo Escalante has been the most prolific scorer on Cádiz in his last five matches with 2 goals. Barcelona is lucky enough to have a few offensive weapons, with Raphinha and Lopez each having 2 goals in their last five
Xavier Hernández Creus’s squad will be without Sergio Busquets and Ousmane Dembélé, while Cádiz will be without Zaldúa, Álvaro Negredo, Martin-Bejarano Serrano, Juan Torres Ruiz, Víctor Chust and Gil Mohedano.