Barca have drawn all of their three recent matches in league and Copa del Rey. The Catalan giant will not have the services of Pedro, Iniesta, Keita, Villa, Fontas, and Afellay. Though, Alexis Sanchez were withdrawn early in the match against Valencia, so he might have been rested for today’s game.
Real Sociedad, meanwhile, have some improvement on their away record. Indeed, they have lost just once while winning twice in their last five away matches, including the shock 1-0 victory over the mighty Valencia. The visitors will be without forward I. Agirretxe and midfielder Illarramendi while D. Zurutuza is a doubt.
Although struggling on the road lately, Barca, however, still doing good at Camp Nou. Having netting their opponents a total of 22 goals in their last five home games, that is an average of 4.4 goals per game. Barca are seven points adrift of Real Madrid and have scored four goals less than their title rivals, thus, I think the defending champions will give Sociedad no air to breath. When facing a good attacking team, Sociedad looked vulnerable to protect their goal, we have seen that in their 4-0 defeat to Atletico Madrid. Anyway, Barca beat this team 5-0 last season, so I expect something near that, either 4-1 or 4-0.
stake: 10/10
picks: Barca -2.75 AH
odds: 2
bookmaker: ladbrokes
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