Barcelona v Almeria

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Third placed Barcelona will be looking to make the most of home advantage at their Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys when they play host to bottom placed Almeria on Wednesday night as the hosts not only seek to reduce the four-point deficit behind second placed Real Madrid while also looking to keep the likes of chasing teams Atletico Madrid and Athletic Bilbao at arms length as well.

Barcelona have slipped to just two defeats so far this season which have come in the form of losses to Real Madrid and Girona but with 10 wins from their 17 league matches to date in La Liga, Xavi's side will still be confident that they can grab all three points here on Wednesday night.

Despite both of Barcelona's losses being incurred on home soil, the hosts have still registered seven wins within their nine home games played so far in this campaign along with five of these seven victories also resulting in Barcelona keeping clean sheets as well.

The bigger picture shows Barcelona have been handed just three losses in their previous 28 games at their Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys which includes keeping no fewer than 21 clean sheets so the hosts will be confident that they can prevent Almeria from scoring here on Wednesday night.

Almeria remain firmly rooted to the bottom of the La Liga table with just four points to their name after their 16 matches played so far in what has been an extremely disappointing campaign to date which includes being handed 12 defeats within these 16 matches.

To make matters worse, Almeria have yet to still yet register a win throughout this La Liga campaign and three of their four points collected so far have actually been achieved on home soil at their Power Horse Stadium, while results away from home have been simply woeful.

The visitors are winless in their last 12 outings on the road in La Liga and having lost 10 of these 12 away days, Almeria look to have their work cut out here on Wednesday night especially as the away side have now managed to capture just one win from their previous 34 games on the road which is indeed an appalling record.

In addition, Almeria have conceded two goals or more in 25 of these 34 away games in the Spanish top flight and this does not bode well for this upcoming trip to face a solid looking Barcelona outfit in their own backyard.

Barcelona v Almeria Verdict

Barcelona look to hold the upper hand over Almeria ahead of this upcoming clash on Wednesday night and this has been evident in each of the two previous meetings at their Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys as the hosts have registered 2-0 and 4-0 wins respectively.

Therefore, our main bet will be BTTS No @ 1.95

Other side bets worth considering:

Barcelona win & BTTS No @ 2.10

Correct Score: Barcelona 3-0 @ 8.00