The Alavés returned to First Division for this season and will be the next rival of the FC Barcelona in LaLiga. For the Barcelona will be the ideal party to leave backwards the feelings of the last weeks, ones that arrived after two defeats in his last three meetings, highlighting besides that the another duel was a triumph by 0-1 in front of the Real Sociedad, but with total command of the Basques during big splits the minutes contested that day in Anoeta.
And it is that further of the condition of recien risen of the visitors, the Barça registers a big record in front of the team of Álava and only have left points in four occasions like venue. Until the moment the great Barcelona entity 19 victories, two ties, two defeats, remembering that the last 'prick' was in the course 2021-22 -does not do so much-, when Barça and Alavés empataron 1-1 in the Spotify Camp Nou before the abulenses went down to Second.
The Barça has been very upper to the Alavés
In this meeting, contested on 30 October 2021, the Catalan team had to Sergi Barjuan in the benches after Joan Laporta ceased to Koeman after the defeat in front of the Ray in Vallecas (1-0). Barjuan Directed to the first Barcelona team in front of the Alavés(1-1), in the victory against the Dynamo Kyiv in Champions (0-1) and in the tie in front of Celtic in Balaídos (3-3). Later Xavi would arrive to the bench in the victory in the derbi against the Espanyol (1-0).
Already regarding the last defeat of the Barça in front of the Basque team have to look to backwards until the season 2016-17. The Barça fell by 1-2 in the Camp Nou in the third day of league with Luis Enrique in the bench. The Asturian went out with an eleven in which they found footballers like Rakitić, Busquets, Burn Turan, Alcácer and Neymar. Messi, Suárez, Iniesta or Jordi Alba started from the bench and his entrance in the second part was not sufficient to give him the turn to the marker.
A defeat of principles of century for the culés
Already the another defeats of the culés in front of the Alavés home, and the first of the history, arrived in the season 1999-00. The Barça fell by 0-1 on 6 February of the 2000. The Reiziger, Abelardo, Puyol, Xavi, Rivaldo or Kluivert saw surpassed with a so much of Nan Bank in the minute 15', a duel in which the Dutch Go Gaal was the míster of the Barça.