BARÇA ONLY LOST ONE DERBI THERE
The history in Cornellà increases the expectation for the alirón of Barça
Published:9/05/2023 - 00:36h
Updated:9/05/2023 - 00:36h
FC Barcelona will visit Espanyol on Sunday at Cornellà-El Prat, a stadium where they have only lost one in 14 visits. Xavi Hernández's men depend on themselves to seal the title
The derbi Catalan of the next Sunday in Cornellà (21:00 hours) can define the title of LaLiga for the FC Barcelona. With five days for contesting, the ones of Xavi Hernández have an advantage of 13 points on the Athletic of Madrid (+14 on the Real), by what a victory will allow them sing the 'alirón', the first from the 2018/19. By his part, the group 'parakeet' is forced to win to go out of the zone of descent, since a new fall would leave him to the edge to lose the category.
In this sense, the record in Cornellà favours with clarity to the Barça. The culés add seven triumphs, six ties and only a fall in his 14 visits to the RCDE Estadium from his inauguration in the summer of 2009, by which the Barcelona confidence to be able to setenciar LaLiga in the derbi is total. This yes, the Espanyol has complicated to his rival of city in his last visits, with three ties and a triumph by side in the last five parties.
The Espanyol already amargó to the Barça in December
The only Barcelona fall in Cornellà produced on 17 January 2018 in a party of Glass of Rey. The ones of Ernesto Valverde fell with an eleven alternative thanks to a so much of Óscar Melendo in the minute 88 (1-0). In the turn of quarter-finals, the Barça attained to trace back with a 2-0. At the end, the Glass remained in Catalonia after the conclusive 5-0 to the Seville in the Metropolitan Stadium of Madrid.
The last two derbis in the field 'parakeet' by League saldaron with ties (2-2) in the 2019/20 and the 2021/22. The last victory culé dates of the season 2018/19 (0-4) in December of 2018. Leo Messi (2), Ousmane Dembélé and Luis Suárez marked by the Barça, whereas the last antecedent of the derbi Catalan by League also saldó with tie (1-1) in the Spotify Camp Nou, with goals of Marcos Alonso and Joselu (penal).
The Barça can be champion without playing
Further to depend on yes same to sentence LaLiga, the Barcelona can be champion, even, without playing. If the Athletic of Madrid and the Real Madrid lose or empatan, the ones of Xavi will be champions before beginning the derbi, but this possibility no luce very feasible considering the rivals of whites (Getafe home the Saturday) and 'colchoneros' (Elche was the Sunday).
