On February 26th at 17:30 UTC, Almeria and Barcelona will face off in La Liga. Almeria currently sits in 19th place, while Barcelona is at the top of the league. Largie Ramazani has been a bright spot for Almeria this season, scoring 3 goals. On the other side, Robert Lewandowski has been a scoring machine for Barcelona, netting 15 goals so far. It’s sure to be an exciting matchup between two teams at opposite ends of the table.
This season, Almeria put on a strong performance at home, with 6 wins, 1 draw, and 4 losses. Their biggest score at home was a 3-1 victory, and their biggest loss was 0-2. Away from home, they had a less successful season, with a score of 0-6 and a biggest loss of 6-2. On the other hand, Barcelona had an impressive away record this season with 10 wins, 0 draws, and only 1 loss.
The key statistics of the players of both teams this season:
- Assists: Lucas Robertone (Almeria) — 5 assists, Ousmane Dembélé (Barcelona) — 5 assists.
- Goalkeepers saves: Fernando Martínez (Almeria) — 87, Marc-André ter Stegen (Barcelona) — 44
- Tackles: Lucas Robertone (Almeria) — 26, Frenkie de Jong (Barcelona) — 27.
- Most encounters won: Lucas Robertone (Almeria) — 102, Sergio Busquets (Barcelona) — 108.
- Yellow cards: Kaiky (Almeria) — 5, Sergio Busquets (Barcelona) — 6.
- Red cards: Álex Centelles (Almeria) — 1, Ferran Torres (Barcelona) — 1.
Top 5 scorers this season:
- Robert Lewandowski (15, Barcelona)
- Joselu (11, Espanyol)
- Karim Benzema (11, Real Madrid)
- Vedat Muriqi (10, Mallorca)
- Iago Aspas (9, Celta Vigo)
Team statistics:
This season, Almeria has had a difficult time in La Liga, having gone without scoring a goal in one match. On the other hand, Barcelona has had a much more successful campaign, not conceding in 17 matches and having the biggest winning score gap of 4-0 at home and 0-4 away. Unfortunately, Barcelona also had their biggest loss at home with a score of 0-0, while their biggest loss away was 3-1.
The five previous matches played by the teams:
- Almeria — LLLWD
- Barcelona — WWWWW
The past five games have been quite different for Almeria and Barcelona. Almeria have had a rough run, losing their last three games in a row. Meanwhile, Barcelona have been on a winning streak, having won their last five games consecutively. Both teams will be looking to continue their respective runs when they face each other in their next game.
This season Almeria has played without scoring a goal 1 times.
Barcelona did not conceded in 17 match of the season.
According to home statistics this season, Almeria scores more goals and concedes more in the following intervals:
| Intervals | Goal Scored, % | Goals conceded, % |
| 0-15 | 10.71% | 7.69% |
| 16-30 | 21.43% | 20.51% |
| 31-45 | 21.43% | 10.26% |
| 46-60 | 21.43% | 15.38% |
| 61-75 | 14.29% | 23.08% |
| 76-90 | 7.14% | 15.38% |
| 91-105 | 3.57% | 7.69% |
Barcelona has the following time frames of scoring and conceding goals:
| Intervals | Goal Scored, % | Goals conceded, % |
| 0-15 | 6.52% | 50.00% |
| 16-30 | 17.39% | 0% |
| 31-45 | 19.57% | 16.67% |
| 46-60 | 15.22% | 0% |
| 61-75 | 19.57% | 16.67% |
| 76-90 | 15.22% | 0% |
| 91-105 | 6.52% | 16.67% |
Head-to-head stats:
| Teams | Games | Win | Draws | Losses | |||
| H | A | H | A | H | A | ||
| Almeria | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Barcelona | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Probabilities before the match:
| Almeria | Barcelona | |
| 22.6% | Winning the game | 77.6% |
| 50% | Attack potential | 50% |
| 7% | Potential in defense | 93% |
| 0% | Strength against each other | 100% |
| 13% | Goal Potential | 88% |
Summary: the probability of Barcelona winning – 45%, draw – 45%, loss – 10%. Thus Almeria, most likely, loss (loss or draw)
Goal Forecast:Almeria, is likely to score 3 goals, Barcelona is likely to score no more than 4.
The bookmaker odds for this match:
| Home win | Draw | Away win |
| Bwin 1.46 |
SBO 4.96 |
NordicBet 1.48 |
Save the date
The match between the teams Almeria and Barcelona will take place on February 26 at 17:30 (UTC) at the stadium Power Horse Stadium – Estadio de los Juegos Mediterráneos.
