Barcelona vs Girona Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 10th December 2023

Barcelona enter their upcoming game against Girona as favourites, although both teams have shown decent form recently. We could be in for a tight match on Sunday, with little to separate them at the moment.

Barcelona rank threeth with 34 points to their name from 15 matches, while visitors Girona rank twoth in the table on 38 points.

Barcelona can actually leapfrog Girona in the table if they manage to win this coming Sunday. Judging by the prices from the bookmakers, this seems like the most likely scenario, but the visitors naturally want a say in that, and we should be looking at a cracking match-up.

Barcelona go into their next La Liga match, scoring a humble average of 1.5 per game in their last ten matches. They scored a mundane 15 times, while conceding ten. That amounts to an average of one per game, where they kept their opponents from scoring four times.

Girona show off splendid stats in their last ten matches, where they hit the target 2.3 times on average per game. They scored 23 goals and conceded 14, an average of 1.4 a game. They held on for a clean sheet in two of these.

Barcelona and Girona had to settle for a point each in their most recent match, which finished with a 0-0 scoreline. The best betting odds on a draw at full-time with the bookies are at 4/1.

Barcelona vs Girona Prediction

Barcelona Form

Barcelona should be high on confidence, as their last three matches saw them gain seven points. They started off drawing 1-1 with Rayo Vallecano, before beating first FC Porto by 2-1, then Atletico Madrid in a 1-0 win. Barcelona showed little mercy in their past six matches at a neutral venue, of which they won five, drew none and lost once. They hit the target nine times, while letting in five themselves.

Girona Form

In their last three matches, Girona drew 1-1 with Athletic Bilbao, beat Valencia by 2-1 and beat Orihuela by 2-5. Girona are in imperial form on their travels, doing the clean sweep of six wins in six La Liga matches. It marks them out as the best away side in this competition across the last six games. They outscored their opponents by 15 goals to seven along the way.

Barcelona are aiming for a win on Sunday, but they could settle for containing their opponent Girona instead of chasing a high-scoring win.

Barcelona fought their way to three wins and nine points from their last four games against teams inside the top six. They were on target four times in these matches, but also let in two goals. Girona scored eight goals and conceded six in their last six games against teams from the top half of the La Liga table. This earned them three wins and 11 points. Barcelona show off a record of ten wins, four draws and one defeat in the La Liga this season. Girona are looking at 12 wins, two draws and one defeat in the La Liga.

Barcelona vs Girona Squads

Barcelona Squad

The 43-year-old coach of the home team, Xavi Hernandez, will select the lineup against Girona from the squad below. The information in the brackets refers to goals scored and matches played in the La Liga this season:

Inaki Pena (0/2), Marc-Andre ter Stegen (0/13), Alex Balde (0/13), Andreas Christensen (0/12), Inigo Martinez (0/8), Joao Cancelo (2/12), Jules Kounde (1/12), Marcos Alonso (0/4), Ronald Araujo (1/9), Sergi Roberto (1/4), Fermin Lopez (1/10), Ferran Torres (3/14), Frenkie de Jong (1/8), Gavi (1/12), Ilkay Gundogan (1/15), Oriol Romeu (0/13), Pedri (1/6), Joao Felix (2/12), Lamine Yamal (1/15), Raphinha (2/11), Robert Lewandowski (7/13).

Girona Squad

Here is the full squad of the away team. The 48 year-old Girona manager Michel will select his starting XI from these players:

Juan Carlos (0/0), Paulo Gazzaniga (0/15), Toni Fuidias (0/0), Arnau Martinez (0/10), Bernardo (0/0), Daley Blind (0/15), Eric Garcia (1/12), Eric Monjonell (0/0), Juanpe (0/5), Miguel Gutierrez (0/14), Valery Fernandez (0/11), Yan Couto (1/14), Aleix Garcia (3/15), Borja Garcia (0/0), Cristian Portu (1/14), David Lopez (2/12), Ibrahima Kebe (0/2), Ivan Martin (3/14), Jhon Solis (0/2), Pablo Torre (0/10), Toni Villa (0/0), Viktor Tsigankov (3/13), Yangel Herrera (4/15), Artem Dovbyk (7/14), Cristhian Stuani (5/15), Jastin Garcia (0/0), Savio (4/15).

Barcelona vs Girona Team News

At the time of writing, Barcelona have four players on their injured and absent list as they prepare to meet Girona on Sunday.

Barcelona-players Inigo Martinez, Marcos Alonso, Gavi and Marc-Andre ter Stegen won't be playing in the upcoming match against Girona at a neutral venue due to nursing various injuries.

Girona have four on the list of injured and absent players before their next match against Barcelona on Sunday.

Yangel Herrera, Borja Garcia, Borja Garcia and Toni Villa all face a spell on the sidelines for Girona due to various injuries.

Barcelona vs Girona Lineups

Barcelona vs Girona H2H

It finished all square when Barcelona last faced Girona. With both denying to back down, the scoreboard said 0-0 in the end. The best betting odds on a draw at full-time with the bookies are at 4/1. Barcelona go into their upcoming match against Girona with a 67% winning record in recent meetings. This gives them a 4-2-0 record in the latest encounters with their next opponent. A record worth keeping in mind before you make a choice for your next accumulator, depending on your betting strategy.

Barcelona vs Girona Results

In the last six matches between Barcelona and Girona, both teams to score came up two times.

Barcelona vs Girona Betting Tips

Robert Lewandowski found the back of the net two times in the previous six La Liga games for Barcelona, who won't mind him striking again this coming Sunday. Punters will also be looking for Artem Dovbyk to keep his current streak of four goals in his last six La Liga games going for Girona.

Barcelona collected nine wins, drew zero and lost one in the 10 most games across all tournaments at a neutral venue. Girona won eight of their previous 10 away, drew two and lost zero times. Does the value lie with over or under 2.5 goals, when it comes to home matches for Barcelona? Over 2.5 happened six times in their last 10 at a neutral venue. It came out seven times in 10 league matches away for Girona.

Over 2.5 goals happened three times in the past six encounters between Barcelona and Girona, with Barcelona scoring 2.33 goals on average per game. Girona averaged 0.5 goals, while both teams scored two times. Over 2.5 goals came out five times in the previous ten matches across all tournaments for Barcelona, who scored an average of 1.3 goals along the way. Betting on over 2.5 goals in the last ten Girona-matches would have returned some winnings in seven of them. Girona managed to score an average of 2.3 times goals per game.