Sporting Gijon v Barcelona

Sporting Gijon will have it all to do at home in week 20 of La Liga as they play host to Barcelona. The visiting Barsa are the only club in the league yet to have lost a game this season.

The home side Sporting are coming off of a terrible result at home last week as they fell to Racing de Santander by a score of 0-1 at the Estadio El Molinon. As a result of that loss the side managed by Manuel Preciado are in 10th place of the league table with 24 points and sit 2 points the 9th place Villarreal and 1 point ahead of the 11th place Atletico Madrid. Sporting are now losers of 2 games in a row and have posted just 1 win, 1 draw and 3 losses over their last 5 matches.

Barcelona are not only a superb stretch which has seen them win their last 8 games played in a row, they have also posted 4 consecutive clean sheets and outscored their opponents by 13 to 0 over those 4 games. Pep Guardiola’s side are in first place with 49 points and enjoy a 5 point edge on the 2nd place Real Madrid. In 19 games they have managed 15 wins to go with 4 draws. The Cules are coming off of a 0-3 win away to Valladolid in their most recent league match. Brazilian international left side fullback Dani Alves is listed as doubtful for this game.

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Sporting Gijon v Barcelona
Estadio El Molinon, kick off 1900 hours