FC Barcelona are set to take on Eibar in the Spanish La Liga game on Tuesday, 19th September 2017 at Camp Nou. Its a massive game for Barcelona who can put pressure on chasing pack with a win as Real Madrid play their game on Wednesday night. The match between Eibar and Barcelona is set to kickoff at around 21:00 uk time and we will have live links closer to the kickoff.
Match Highlights:
FC Barcelona 6-1 Eibar Highlights
[ Spanish La Liga 2017-18 Match ]
20′ 1 – 0 Lionel Messi scores the opening goal from the penalty spot to give Barcelona the lead and continue his absolute incredible start to the new season.
38′ 2 – 0 Paulinho scores his second goal for Barcelona in as many games.
53′ 3 – 0 Denis Suarez made it 3-0 just after the break and at that point result was settled as Barcelona dominated.
57′ 3 – 1 Sergi Enrich
59′ 4 – 1 Lionel Messi
62′ 5 – 1 Lionel Messi
Barcelona currently sit two points behind league leaders Real Madrid who do have a game in hand. Since Real Madrid are playing at home against Malaga on Saturday, Barcelona might find themselves 5 points behind Madrid by the time they take the field on Sunday night. Eibar currently sit 9th in La Liga table with 26 points and 5 home wins so far this season. Not much pressure on the players and that might help them cope with Barcelona’s possesion based football.
Eibar FC 0-3 FC Barcelona Highlights
[ Premier League 2017 Match ]
32′ 0 – 1 Denis Suarez scores with a cracking low shot from just outside the box to make it 1-0 for Barcelona in just 32nd minute of the game.
50′ 0 – 2 Lionel Messi made it 2-0 scoring his 28th goal in 26 matches this season.
68′ 0 – 3 Luis Suarez
Last time these two meet was back in March 2016 last year when Lionel Messi brace, Munir El Haddadi and Suarez strikes secure a comfortable 4-0 win for Barcelona. A similar result is needed if Catalunya side were to keep themselves in title race.
Eibar 0-4 FC Barcelona – Match Highlights
[ Spanish La Liga, Sunday, 06 March 2016 ]
- Munir El Haddadi tapped home from two yards after Suarez square ball:
- Lionel Messi scores Barcelona’s second just before the break.
- Lionel Messi scores his second and Barca’s third of the day from penalty:
- Suarez broke his mini drought after scoring Barca’s fourth:
Team News & Lineups: Eibar will be without suspended Lillo Castellano which means Mauro dos Santos should lineup in the defense alongside Pontic, Ramis and Junca. Enrich to start upfront on his own while Baston, Edrian to take attacking roles behind him.
Barcelona will be without Neymar who is suspended for yellow card accumulation which means Munir El Haddadi might start upfront or Arda Turan to take Neymar’s position. Iniesta, Rakitic and Busquest should keep their place in starting lineup. This is how I expect both teams to lineup on Sunday.
Head To Head & Predictions: These two has only meet three times in history and their last meeting was a 3-1 win for Barcelona at Camp Nou back in November 2015. Looking at the form of both teams I can’t see any team beating Barcelona from Spain let alone whole Europe. With Ronaldo scored 4 goals yesterday, Messi and Suarez will be eager to their already impressive goal tally.
We were there and the atmosphere was fantastic. Shame they didn’t win the title that night and a bit disappointed that they didn’t do a lap of the stadium and maybe throw their shirts into the crowd. Everyone in the stadium just left.
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