The statistics that bring Barça closer to the title if they win the derby

Once finalised the stop by the World-wide Glass of Qatar 2022, the account regresiva for the resumption of LaLiga Santander has begun. The next 29 December the balloon will go back to 'film' in the local championship when the Girona and the Ray Vallecano see the faces in the start of the day 15, but will be the Saturday 31 when the FC Barcelona return to the action in the derbi Catalan that will confront them to the RCD Espanyol in the Spotify Camp Nou.

The party antoja fundamental for the square directed by Xavi Hernández in order to begin with a good dynamics the return of the competitions of clubs, but besides has an aggregated value. The Catalan group arrives to the duel in front of the 'parakeets' in the highest of the table of classification, surpassing by two points to the Real Madrid. Thus, to achieve the victory in front of the directed by Diego Martínez, the culés would finish the year being leaders of the championship, a situation that would give them advantage in the 'career' by the title.

And it is that in 15 of the last 18 seasons the team that arrived to 1 January like first qualifier finished being champion of LaLiga. In spite of that they still are missing five days to complete the first turn of the competition, the blaugranas expect 'sustain' of the statistics to try raise a trophy that has denied them from the 2019, with Ernesto Valverde like trainer and Lionel Messi in the rows barcelonistas.

In fact, the same Catalan square has starred this register in 9 of the 18 campaigns mentioned previously, since in the courses 2004/05, 2005/06, 2008/09, 2009/10, 2010/11, 2012/13, 2015/16, 2017/18 and 2018/19 heaved the glass after being the wintry champions. Nevertheless, also they lived the contrary situation, since in the season 2019/2020 the Barça arrived like leader to the first day of the following year and lost the championship in hands of the merengues after the stop by the pandemia.

The Barça, with looks it in José Zorrilla

Like this then , the blaugranas have double 'match point' in this day 15. If they achieve the three points in front of the Espanyol the next 31 December, the culés would ensure the first position of the table of face to the next year. Of the same way, if the square directed by Carlo Ancelotti does not attain to triumph in front of the Valladolid in his visit to José Zorrilla the Friday 30, the barcelonistas would achieve the leadership mathematically before confronting to the 'blanquiazules'.