In this week 8 match on Oct 9th, Barcelona hosts Celta de Vigo in a meeting of these two La Liga teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy but warm day with daytime temperatures of 21 degrees, a perfect day for football. Barcelona is fresh off their 0-1 loss against Inter. Hakan Çalhanoğlu struck first for Inter in the %Minute minute of the %HalfNumber half’s stoppage time on a feed from Federico Dimarco, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else In the end, Barcelona was frustrated by Inter’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Inter ended the match with the shutout victory. Barcelona looks to continue their winning ways, having 7 wins in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, Celta de Vigo recorded a 1-0 shutout win against Real Betis. Gabriel Veiga Novas struck first for Celta de Vigo in the 9th minute, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else At the end of 90 a dissapointed Real Betis couldn’t manage to score, and Celta de Vigo took the shutout win. Celta de Vigo is looking for direction having earned 13 points in their last 10 matches.
This will be the first match for these two teams against eachother this season. Last season Barcelona won the head to head battle with 1 win.
Celta de Vigo’s most prolific scorer has been Iago Aspas. He has netted three goals over the last five matches. Barcelona is fortunate enough to have Robert Lewandowski in top form. In the last 5 matches the attacker has scored four goals
Xavier Hernández Creus’s Barcelona squad will be without Bellerín, Sergi Roberto, Frenkie de Jong and Jules Koundé, while Gonçalo Paciência is unavailable to play for Eduardo Germán Coudet’s team.