Barcelona and Actual Sociedad lock horns at Reale Enviornment later tonight and are heading into the conflict with contrasting fortunes.
The Catalans are, in any case, coming off a surprising 5-2 win over Crvena Zvezda within the UEFA Champions League and are on a high quality run of kind together with seven straight wins.
The Basque aspect, in the meantime, suffered a defeat to Viktoria Plzen within the UEFA Europa League midweek and have misplaced two of their final three video games throughout all competitions.
A frightening goalscoring hole
Hansi Flick’s aspect have been Europe’s most potent attacking group all season and have a staggering 55 targets to their title throughout the 2 competitions wherein they’re at the moment collaborating.
Barcelona can not cease scoring below Flick. (Photograph by Alex Caparros/Getty Photos)
Of that, 40 have come of their 12 La Liga video games up to now and they’re Spain’s highest-scoring aspect by far. The following highest scorers, for comparability, are Actual Madrid with 25 targets to their title.
Imanol Alguacil’s males, in the meantime, are on the polar reverse finish of the spectrum and have scored the least targets of all 20 La Liga groups this season. They’ve discovered the again of the online simply 10 occasions all season, lower than Robert Lewandowski’s tally alone.
The battle is extra level-grounded on the defensive entrance the place Barcelona have conceded 11 targets compared to La Actual’s 10, and it’s clear that their respectable defensive report is the one cause they don’t seem to be decrease on the desk.
Flick’s males are the favourites and can look to maintain their momentum going later tonight as they stare in the direction of the following worldwide break. In any case, they’re just one win away from an ideal window of six wins because the earlier hiatus.