Plenary of victories and 11 goals of Messi in the duels against the Almería

The FC Barcelona will see the faces this Sunday (21.00 h, C ) with the Almería in the Camp Nou. The two groups have confronted 11 times in the history. The first time was the season 2007/2008, when the Andalusians went up for the first time to First Division. The balance up to now is very favourable to the Barcelona, since they have added nine victories and two ties. If we centre us in the precedents in the Camp Nou, the Barça has won the five parties contested.

The first time that the Barça confronted to the Almería was the season 2007/2008 in the last year of Frank Rijkaard in the bench of the Barça. In the party contested in the Camp Nou, the Barcelona imposed by 2-0 with goals of Henry and Messi, that only did six minutes that had gone in to the field in replacement of Ronaldinho. In the party contested in the Stadium of the Mediterranean Games the result was of tie to 2 and Bojan and Eto'or went the goleadores Barcelona.

The following season, already with Pep Guardiola in the bench, the Barça defeated by 5-0 to the Almería in a party in which all the goals marked in only 36 minutes. The goleadores were Eto'or, that marked a hat-trick, Henry and Alves. In the party of the second turn the Barça imposed by 0-2 with a doublet of Bojan. The season 2009/2010 the Barcelona went back to surpass the Andalusians by 1-0 in the Camp Nou with a marked goal by Pedro, but could not happen of the tie to 2 in the Stadium of the Mediterranean Games in spite of the two goals of Leo Messi.

The following year Catalans and Andalusians saw the faces in four occasions, two in the League and in the eliminatory of semifinals of the Glass of Rey. The Barcelona did not give any option to the Almería in any of the four duels. In the League the Barça arrolló by 0-8 to the Andalusian team, with a hat-trick of Messi, a doublet of Bojan, a goal of Iniesta, another of Pedro and one of Acasiete in own door. 

In the party of the second turn contested in the Camp Nou the final result was of 3-1 with a doublet of Messi and a goal of Thiago. That season the Almería finish going down to Second Division. In the semifinals of the Glass the Barcelona imposed by 5-0 in the gone, with two goals of the crack Argentinian and one of Pedro, Villa and Keita, already the turn went back to surpass the Andalusians, this time by 0-3, with goals of Adriano, Thiago and Afellay.

The season happened the Almería attained again the promotion to First Division, and in the party contested in the first turn the Barcelona imposed by 0-2 with goals of Messi and Adriano.

This season the Almería adds 26 points and is empatado with the Málaga, the Elche and the Getafe in the classification. The team that trains the youngster Francisco Rodríguez adds three points more than the Valladolid, the team that has just below in the classification and that marks the zone of descent to Second Division.

Far of his stadium, the Almería only has won three parties: it defeated by 0-1 to the Betis in Benito Villamarín before finishing the 2013, imposed by 0-1 in the Reyno of Navarra of Pamplona and surpassed by 1 -2 the Valency in Mestalla. It has empatado a party and has lost nine. His maximum goleador is the ex Barcelona Rodri, that adds seven goals.