Ace Football previews the LaLiga round 5 match between Levante and Barcelona and offers team news, stats and a free betting tip with the latest odds.
Levante enjoy home advantage, when visitors Barcelona swing by this coming Sunday for a clash in the LaLiga. The former will be looking to make that home advantage count.
Looking at the LaLiga standings, the current difference between the sides is seven points and ten places.
Form: Levante vs Barcelona
Levante Form
Levante go into their upcoming match unbeaten in their previous three matches, which started off with a 0-0 draw against Osasuna. They went on to beat Real Betis 5-2, before sharing the spoils with Malaga in a 0-0 draw. Levante have been nothing short of fabulous at their home ground in the six most recent LaLiga matches here. They quite simply claimed a maximum 18 points, scoring 17 while conceding six goals. Naturally, this is the best points total in the LaLiga across the last six games.
Barcelona Form
Barcelona are in awesome shape going into this next encounter, as they won their last three matches on the bounce. Rayo Vallecano got left behind in a 5-2 win, before Valencia got hammered in a 0-5 victory. Feyenoord was the most recent victim in a 5-1 win for Barcelona. Barcelona recorded a very decent outcome of four wins from six away matches in the LaLiga, in which they banged in 15 goals, whilst conceding five. They recorded no draws but in stead suffered defeat twice.
Betting stats and facts for Levante and Barcelona
Here are some stats and facts that might be useful for betting on the upcoming match between Levante and Barcelona. The facts are based on the data from the last couple of matches that these teams played across all competitions.
- In 10 of the last 11 Levante matches the sum of goals was under 3.5
- Levante have won the last 4 home matches in a row in the LaLiga while scoring more than 1.5 goals
- Levante have won 6 of the last 8 home matches while scoring more than 1.5 goals
- In 7 of the last 9 Levante home matches the sum of goals was under 3.5
- In 5 of the last 6 Levante matches in the LaLiga, the sum of goals was under 3.5
- Barcelona have won the last 3 away matches in a row and the sum of goals was over 4.5
- Barcelona have won the last 6 matches in a row while scoring more than 1.5 goals
- Barcelona have won the last 3 away matches in a row while scoring more than 3.5 goals
- Barcelona have won 8 of the last 10 matches in the LaLiga while scoring more than 1.5 goals
- In the last 3 Barcelona away matches the sum of goals was over 4.5
Players in form: Levante vs Barcelona
With two goals in six matches Roger Brugue has been a regular feature on the scoresheet in recent matches, making him a tempting betting prospect, when going up against Barcelona and their defence. The visitors hope Raphinha adds another to his current tally of eight goals in his latest matches.
Betting markets: Levante vs Barcelona
Full-time result
Levante claimed nine wins in their previous 10 matches at Estadio Ciudad de Valencia across all tournaments. They lost one as well, while visitors Barcelona won six of their last 10 away matches. They drew one and lost three. Levante are on a fine streak of 8 matches without defeat at home. Barcelona won their last 4 matches on the trot. Barcelona have not lost to Levante in 7 consecutive meetings.
Both teams to score
Levante scored first in seven of their last ten home games. Barcelona scored the opening goal in seven of the last ten games. Barcelona managed four wins without conceding a goal in their previous 10 matches. Levante have scored in 5 consecutive home meetings with Barcelona.
Total goals
Over 2.5 goals came out six times in the previous ten matches across all tournaments for Levante, who scored an average of 1.2 goals along the way. In the last ten games for Barcelona, seven of them had more than 2.5 goals, and they scored an average of 3.2 times goals per game themselves.
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