FC Barcelona is in need of winning this football match with emphasis and looks like a big favorite at home against Elche in La Liga.
It may be the middle of the week and full focus on the Champions League playoffs, but as there are still limping games in La Liga, they have been given permission to play league rounds on the same day as they will be played playoff games out in Europe. That’s unusual.
But this also means that Wednesday’s meeting between FC Barcelona and Elche has an earlier kick-off time than normal. At 18:00 it will be played in the Catalan capital.
FC Barcelona is of course great favourites at home against an Elche that you will win against every day of the week on paper. It is really enough to look at the table to understand the class difference. FC Barcelona is fourth with 47 points, and Elche has only 21 points in his position as 18th team in the table.
FC Barcelona now has eight straight matches against Elche where they have avoided letting in goals and at home they have been even more superior. In total, FC Barcelona has six straight wins against this team, while FC Barcelona did not lose in 13 rounds of the Spanish top league.
Elche has, as if this weren’t enough, eight straight away games with no win in La Liga and just away games have been a big problem. Maybe it doesn‘t really feel like it’s gone against FC Barcelona that you’ll suddenly start scoring away again. Isn’t that right?
FC Barcelona wins comfortably
If we ask the gaming companies, FC Barcelona are big favourites for this match and it’s a valuation that can’t be contradicted. Unless you’re a little suicidal in your betting strategy. Because it would be foolish not to see FC Barcelona as favourites here.
In the current situation, it actually looks better with the squad for FC Barcelona in addition. Gerard Pique and Samuel Umtiti can form midback pairs, and it gives different stability.
Ansu Fati, Phillippe Coutinho, and Sergi Roberto are injured, but this is the setback that FC Barcelona can handle.
Elche has Ivan Marcone suspended, with key players Fidel and Diego Gonzalez as insecure cards in advance. That doesn’t make this game any easier to handle right away.
FC Barcelona to win to nil at Betfair 1.83 sounds like a good bet, View the live odds below