Espanyol Barcelona betting prediction

The away team is currently in the 1^st position of the league, with 38 points won, after 12 wins, 2 draws and 2 losses. In the penultimate match, they tied in a home match against Deportivo La Coruña, by (2‑2). In the last match, they won in a home match against Real Betis, by (4‑0). This is a team that usually makes good use of the home advantage, since they have won 13 points in away matches and 25 points at their stadium, with 28 goals scored and 7 goals conceded at home, against 12 goals scored and 8 conceded in away matches. Their last away match was for the FIFA Club World Cup and ended in a win by (0‑3) against River Plate. In the last 7 away league matches Barcelona has a record of 4 wins, 1 draw and 2 losses, so they have won 13 points out of 21 possible. In their away league matches the most frequent result at half‑time was the 0‑0 (4 out of 7 matches). Their offense has scored consistently, as they have scored at least one goal in each of the last 10 matches for this competition. In 16 matches for this competition, they have conceded the first goal 5 times but have turned the score around in 3.

Barcelona come motivated to this match, not only by the conquer of the World Matches, but also due to the victory in the match against Real Bétis. In this match of Catalunha it's foreseen that the team led by Luis Enrique will choose a medium-high block to get the ball possession in areas closer to the opponent's goal. Furthermore, all the Espanhol faults will be taken for Barcelona to apply their best weapon, the counterattack. The uruguayan Luis Suárez scored, by now, 26 goals. The big news to the visiting team is the return of Arda Turan and Aleix Vidal to the competition, after a long punishment period. 

Confirmed Lineup: Claudio Bravo, Dani Alves, Jordi Alba, Gerard Piqué, Sergio Busquets, Ivan Rakitić, Iniesta, Luis Suárez, Lionel Messi, Neymar.
Coach: J. Mascherano, X. Hernández.