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Levante vs Barcelona Prediction & Betting tips
That the Spanish Cup, the Copa del Rey, for many decades in the mode, first leg / return match ‘is played, met with many clubs, especially those who are also still present in the European business, on discomfort. Quite often it happens that the top teams like Barcelona, Real Madrid or Atletico Madrid in the first leg send a relatively weaker team on the court, then at the latest in the second leg, if necessary, to fix the progress. Perhaps the best example provided just the FC Barcelona, the end of October in the third round of the third division CD Leonesa set up a B-Elf, which did not fizzle with fame and ultimately “only” with 1: 0 won. In the second leg, a sovereign 4: 1 victory followed in front of a home crowd.
The intention to make clear that the previous rounds of the cup are not the highest priority of the best clubs in Spain is to justify their prediction on tendentially fewer goals in the first knockout round first leg on Thursday night between Levante and Barcelona. Although the Catalans won a week before Christmas with 5: 0 in La Liga at Levante, but we expect a conflicting gameplay for the cup match. The supposed outsider will have pulled his lessons from the heavy swatter and make adjustments accordingly, especially in their own defensive. For this reason and the mentioned fact that Barca coach Valverde will probably not send the very best formation on the pitch, appear in the duel Levante vs.. Barcelona the high odds for a tip to a maximum of three goals but quite lucrative.
Levante:
Levante Unión Deportiva are playing a solid season so far. Already in the past game year had the then climber with in the end 46 points nothing to do with the descent. Nevertheless, it was only enough for the 15th place in the table. In the current game year, the blue-red would like to top this performance and possibly even aim for a position in the upper half of the table. Right now it does not look too bad, because after 18 matchdays, there are 23 decent points for Levante. As a tenth, the club from Valencia even just three points behind the Europa League ranks. Even more important, however, is the comfortable cushion on the first relegation zone, which allows coach Paco Lopez’s team to focus not only on La Liga but also on the Copa del Rey.
In the fourth round, the first division club against CD Lugo was surprisingly difficult. After a 1-1 away, was determined by a 2-0 home win ultimately advancing. Against Barcelona it needs in the round of the last sixteen now definitely an increase in all matters. The reason why between Levante and Barcelona the odds are more indicative of a goal-rich game, is obvious. Levante has the second best storm of the highest Spanish league, but also provides the weakest defense. Only two of the youngest six La Liga matches involving UDL lost less than 3.5 goals. Against the coming opponent from the Catalan metropolis, for example, it hailed a 0: 5 clap in front of a home crowd. Exactly that result could, however, mean that the underdog will be less naïve this time and instead pay more attention to their own stability. Levante will also strive to get a result that will give them at least an exciting return leg at Camp Nou. Armando Sadiku, Cheick Doukoure and captain Pedro Lopez will not be available due to injury. Otherwise, Coach Paco Lopez has no failures to complain about.
Barcelona :
The supporters of FC Barcelona should be doing pretty well these days. The Catalans have won the last five games in La Liga. Four times, the German keeper Marc Andre Ter Stegen kept the white vest during this winning streak. In addition, the crisis of its big rival Real Madrid has a positive effect on sentiment. In the table, the “Blaugrana” has now placed five points between himself and the toughest pursuer Atletico Madrid. The Royal is missing even ten points on the front runners. The good form of the past few weeks, the Valverde-elf now wants to conserve and bring in the Copa del Rey also on the turf, although Barcelona did not really shine at the weekend in a 2-1 victory with fame. In any case, the power demonstrations in the form of high successes with many hits recently rare. Only in two of the last six La Liga matches with Barca participation, the Over 3.5 was cracked.
Attention should also be paid to the fact that Coach Valverde is likely to give up one or the other key player. For example, it seems quite possible that Lionel Messi will get a break, which inevitably deprives the best offensive of the highest Spanish football league in quality. Although players such as Alena, Arthur, Malcolm or Oriol Busquets will want to take their chance, but whether the youngsters in this constellation are able to retract a similar runaway victory as the regular team in Levante on 16 December (5-0) allowed be doubted. Already in the quarter-round first leg of the Copa del Rey against CD Leonesa had the “Messi-lose” B-Eleven unexpectedly big problems and won only with 1: 0. Because it is well known that there will be a return match in the coming week in front of their own fans, also the compulsion to put up the best team and strive forward to move into the next round, not nearly as big as in a knockout game. Consequently, Levante vs.. Barcelona’s forecast is more towards a diplomatically led and scoreless encounter. Rafinha, Sergi Samper, Samuel Umtiti and Thomas Vermaelen are injured. Sergi Roberto is ailing and should be spared as well as Sergi Busquets, Gerard Pique, Ivan Rakitic or Lionel Messi. Instead, youngsters like Oriol Busquets, Miranda or Chumi hope to get into the cup. Also Valencia loan Jeison Murillo could come up for the first time in the new jersey.
Levante vs Barcelona head to head matches
16.12.18 LL Levante Barcelona 0 : 5
13.05.18 LL Levante Barcelona 5 : 4
07.01.18 LL Barcelona Levante 3 : 0
07.02.16 LL Levante Barcelona 0 : 2
20.09.15 LL Barcelona Levante 4 : 1