Betting tips for Barcelona VS Eibar 13.01.2019

Barcelona and Eibar face each other this Sunday at Camp Nou, a challenge to be had for the 19th round of La Liga. The home team have won the last five challenges of the Spanish championship and are well placed to revalidate the title. On the other side arrives an Eibar that has avoided defeat the last four games of the championship, but needs to find a more positive moment to start building more safety in relation to the places of descent.

Barcelona are in first place with 40 points, with 12 wins, 4 draws and 2 losses, with 50 goals scored and 20 goals conceded. Barça have been in good shape, beating Espanyol (0-4), Levante (0-5), Celta de Vigo (2-0) and Getafe (1-2), finishing defeat in their last match at hand (2-1) for the first leg of the first knockout round of the King's Cup. However, this defeat for the King's Cup has little or no concern for coach Ernesto Valverde as he has launched an almost 100% different from the usual, giving minutes to less experienced players, and the team has been overwhelming in the league, already having 5 points of advantage over the 2nd Atletico Madrid, striding towards the revalidation of the title of champion.

The team has 9 home games for the championship, won 6 and lost only 1, with a total of 30 goals scored and 12 goals conceded. In only 1 of the 9 home games the team scored less than 2 goals, being this in the tie to a ball before Atletico Madrid. The team will certainly take advantage of this challenge to return to winning ways and continue to advance towards the title, with Valverde expected to return to the usual eleven. Rafinha and Umtiti are out injured.

 Eibar, in turn, ranks 12th with 22 points, 5 wins, 7 draws and 6 losses, with 21 goals scored and 25 goals conceded. Eibar did not have any wear and tear in the middle of the week and he came here in the hangover of four consecutive draws in the league, first in reception for Levante (4-4) and Valencia (1-1), then on the ground of Real Betis (1-1), and finally in the reception to Villarreal (0-0). The last win of the team was torn at the reception to Real Madrid (3-0), still in late November, and the team arrives here looking for the first victory in 2019.

However, out of doors is where the team is more difficult to score, winning only 1 of the 8 games played as visitors in the league, losing 4, scoring 5 goals scored and 12 goals conceded. In addition, for Eibar is clear the difficulty in scoring goals as a visitor, since he has scored only 1 goal in the last 4 trips. The Basque team will certainly opt for a more defensive strategy, as they can not fight on an equal basis against Barcelona, ​​and will try to create opportunities in the counterattack, taking advantage of the fact that Barça act advanced on the ground and thus exploring the space on the back of the Catalan defense. Pedro León and Charles, both injured, are confirmed casualties.


Barcelona have won the last 6 direct clashes with Eibar and this game is not expected a different result other than the Catalan victory. In addition, the Eibar has shown too many difficulties in the condition of visitors, while Barcelona has been very strong in their fields, and believe that the Basques do not prove a very big threat to the Catalans.