FC Barcelona vs UD Almeria, La Liga 2023-24 REGULAR SEASON
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Overview
Match Preview
FC Barcelona vs UD Almeria — La Liga at Olimpic Lluis Companys.
- FC Barcelona 38 games · 94 pts (2025/26)
- UD Almeria 0 games · 0 pts (2025/26)
Match Details
- Referee Guillermo Cuadra Fernandez (Spain)
- Assistant 1 Guadalupe Porras Ayuso (Spain)
- Assistant 2 Alejandro Estevez Iglesias (Spain)
17 games this season 🟨 0.5/game ⚽ 4.0 goals/game 🟥 1 totalStandings
# Team P Pts 1 FC Barcelona 38 94 2 Real Madrid CF 38 86 3 Villarreal CF 38 72 4 Club Atletico de Madrid 38 69 5 Real Betis Balompie 38 60 6 RC Celta de Vigo 38 54 7 Getafe CF 38 51 8 Rayo Vallecano de Madrid 38 50 9 Valencia CF 38 49 10 Real Sociedad de Futbol 38 46 11 RCD Espanyol de Barcelona 38 46 12 Athletic Club 38 45 13 Sevilla FC 38 43 14 Deportivo Alaves 38 43 15 Elche CF 38 43 16 Levante UD 38 42 17 CA Osasuna 38 42 18 RCD Mallorca 38 42 19 Girona FC 38 41 20 Real Oviedo 38 29 Head-to-Head
Recent Form
Date Opponent H/A Score Result 20 Dec UD Almeria H 3–2 W 16 Dec Valencia CF A 1–1 D 13 Dec Royal Antwerp FC A 2–3 L 10 Dec Girona FC H 2–4 L 03 Dec Club Atletico de Madrid H 1–0 W 28 Nov FC Porto H 2–1 W Date Opponent H/A Score Result 20 Dec FC Barcelona A 2–3 L 17 Dec RCD Mallorca H 0–0 D 10 Dec Club Atletico de Madrid A 1–2 L 03 Dec Real Betis Balompie H 0–0 D 25 Nov Getafe CF A 1–2 L 11 Nov Real Sociedad de Futbol H 1–3 L Key Stats
25% Both Teams to Score
H2H (4 games)25% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history38% Clean Sheets
FC Barcelona this seasonGoal Timing (This Season)
FC Barcelona0-152/–16-303/–31-453/246-60–/161-754/376+5/2■ Scored ■ Conceded -
Events
Match Events
- 0' The match kicks off with home fans waiting with anticipation for FC Barcelona to score. At the same time, UD Almeria does not seem to pull back! Let’s get it on!
- 5' It’s a booking for UD Almeria player. Alejandro Pozo gets a Yellow card.
- 10' It’s high time Xavi Hernandez made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
- 15' The referee shows FC Barcelona player a Yellow card on 15.
- 20' The referee is likely to let players tackle, as he already missed some meaty challenges during opening seconds. He is still to establish what should not be done by the players and what is acceptable on the pitch. It’s going to be a tough game for Fermin Lopez suffering a number of foals already.
- 21' It’s a booking for FC Barcelona player. Andreas Christensen gets a Yellow card.
- 26' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Sergio Akieme made 225 appearances and scored 9 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
- 31' Largie Ramazani has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 36 appearances with only 1 goals this season.
- 33' GOAL! Raphinha scores on 33.
- 38' UD Almeria seems to be on a short break. The game is mainly concentrated in the center. It’s high time they got back to action. Otherwise, it looks like a goalless game.
- 42' Goal! Leo Baptistao scores his 35 goal in 282 matches.
- 46' Ferran Torres is replacing Joao Felix for the FC Barcelona side.
- 51' looks like a favorite considering 0 games won in last 0 matches with its main striker scoring goals.
- 56' Joao Cancelo needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 2 Red cards this season.
- 57' Iddrisu Baba is having his name booked by the referee on 57.
- 60' Sergi Roberto puts FC Barcelona on the lead.
- 64' It is a substitution in UD Almeria team. Alejandro Pozo is replaced by Houboulang Mendes on 64 minute.
- 67' It is a substitution in FC Barcelona team. Fermin Lopez is replaced by Oriol Romeu on 67 minute.
- 71' What a strike from Edgar Gonzalez! The score is 2-2.
- 76' Lamine Yamal is replacing Raphinha for the FC Barcelona side.
- 77' Another change for UD Almeria made on 77 minute. Largie Ramazani leaves to be changed by Adri Embarba.
- 82' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering FC Barcelona that had 509 games and scored 761 goals.
- 83' Sergi Roberto with the second goal in the match!
- 84' Iddrisu Baba was booked on 84.
- 89' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 0 times this season with winning -% of all matches.
- 90' A meaty challenge results in booking for Ronald Araujo on 90.
- With this win, FC Barcelona is likely to improve its situation in the overall team standings.
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Lineups
FC Barcelona Lineups
4-3-3Starting XI
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- 22
- 9
- 20
- 2
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11
Raphinha ↓ Lamine Yamal 76'
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14
Joao Felix ↓ Ferran Torres 46'
- 4
- 3
- 13
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32
Fermin Lopez ↓ Oriol Romeu 67'
Bench
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18
Oriol Romeu ↑ 67'
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23
Jules Kounde ↑ 46'
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7
Ferran Torres ↑ 46'
- 30
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27
Lamine Yamal ↑ 76'
- 26
- 35
- 31
- 33
- 38
- 39
- 40
Coach Xavi HernandezUD Almeria Lineups
5-3-2Starting XI
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12
Leo Baptistao ↓ Lazaro 77'
- 3
- 25
- 17
- 15
- 4
- 22
- 6
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7
Largie Ramazani ↓ Adri Embarba 77'
- 19
- 21
Bench
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24
Houboulang Mendes ↑ 64'
- 20
- 1
- 13
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10
Adri Embarba ↑ 77'
- 8
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14
Lazaro ↑ 77'
- 2
- 32
- 34
- 28
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H2H
H2H Top Scorers
Player Goals Fermin Lopez 2 Sergi Roberto 2 Leo Baptistao 1 Edgar Gonzalez 1 Frenkie de Jong 1 Ousmane Dembele 1 El Bilal Toure 1 Raphinha 1 Head to Head
FC Barcelona Form
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Predictions
Prediction accuracy4 / 41.72 FC Barcelona xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo1.26 UD Almeria xGI would bet for: Both teams to score 59% + Over 2.5 goals 56%Match Result
✓ CorrectActual: FC Barcelona winBoth Teams to Score
✓ CorrectAvg goals/match: 2.98Actual: Yes — both scoredOver / Under Goals
✓ O/U 2.5Line Over Under ± 0.5 93% 7% ± 1.5 80% 20% ± 2.5 56% 44% ± 3.5 35% 65% ± 4.5 19% 81% Double Chance
FC Barcelona or Draw 75%Draw or UD Almeria 49%FC Barcelona or UD Almeria 75%Half-Time Result
✓ CorrectActual: Draw at HTCorrect Score
✓ In top 121 – 1 11.9%2 – 1 9.1%1 – 0 7.9%2 – 0 7.4%0 – 0 6.8%1 – 2 6.7%2 – 2 5.7%0 – 1 5.6%3 – 1 5.2%3 – 0 4.2%0 – 2 4%3 – 2 ActualAsian Handicap — FC Barcelona
Handicap FC Barcelona covers Push UD Almeria covers -2.5 11% — 89% -2 11% 14% 74% -1.5 26% — 74% -1 26% 21% 53% -0.5 47% — 53% +0.5 73% — 27% +1 73% 15% 12% +1.5 88% — 12% +2 88% 8% 4% +2.5 96% — 4% Clean Sheet
FC Barcelona keeps clean sheet 29% ✓UD Almeria keeps clean sheet 19% ✓Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.