Barca won 60% of the possible points (79) under previous Dutch manager Ronaldo Koeman, with Lionel Messi in the squad. Meanwhile, since the arrival of the Xavi in the middle season and before the game against local rivals Espanyol, Xavi has managed to win 70% of the possible points. This isn't maybe the most important information and there are not enough games to claim Xavi is a better coach or anything like that but is just a small presentation and most likely announcement of better days coming in Blaugrana.

Espanyol are welcoming their city rivals in poor form, with 4 losses in the previous 5 competitive matches counting the cup game against Mallorca. Espanyol lost their last game at home vs Betis 1-4, showing big problems to stop those offensive players of opponents when they enter the final third. They are not in danger of relegation yet but think they cannot get back easily in good mood, especially in a game against awakened Barca. Their key striker, top scorer de Tomas is still on the sidelines and will miss again. He scored 12 goals of their total 27 scored goals. Barcelona won their last game in style against current Spanish champions Atletico Madrid 4-2 and it's their first back-to-back win in La Liga this season!!! I believe they can make third win now and continue with building the confidence for the upcoming Champions League clash against Napoli. Since Barca cannot dream about lifting the domestic league title this campaign, they can dream about going far in the Champions League. As they are without any kind of pressure and without huge expectations following the well-known chaos that was happening in Barca under the previous president, the players can play freely and establish once again possession-based football under one of the brightest stars, their youth product, current coach Xavi. The improvement is visible under Xavi as we already said in results, but also performances are way better nowadays. New players such as Traore and Aubameyang help Xavi to have more options in attack and are damn motivated to earn starting place in the side.

That's a couple of reasons why we bet here. Indeed, it's a derby game and even if hosts Espanyol will be motivated a lot, Barca will be too. Hungry of wins. Think Barca can score more than 2 goals while, to be honest, I cant imagine Espanyol scoring much at the moment after watching some of their recent games. Therefore, the bet stands up for itself - Barca's simple win. Predicting Blaugrana to win this one 3-1!

在前荷兰主帅罗纳尔多·科曼的带领下，巴萨赢得了 60% 的积分（79 分），而莱昂内尔·梅西也在大名单中。与此同时，自从哈维在赛季中期的到来以及对阵本土对手西班牙人的比赛之前，哈维已经成功赢得了70%的可能积分。这可能不是最重要的信息，也没有足够多的比赛可以声称哈维是一个更好的教练，但这只是一个小演示。

西班牙人以糟糕的状态迎战德比对手，在之前的 5 场比赛中输掉了 4 场，算上对阵马洛卡的杯赛。西班牙人上一场主场1-4输给贝蒂斯，在进入最后三区时阻止对手的进攻球员出现了很大的问题。他们还没有降级的危险，但我认为他们不能轻松地恢复好心情，尤其是在对阵巴萨的比赛中。关键前锋，最佳射手德托马斯仍然在有伤，将再次缺席。他打进了他们总共27个进球中的12个进球。巴塞罗那在最后一场比赛中以 4-2 的比分战胜了卫冕冠军马德里竞技队，这是他们本赛季在西甲联赛中的首场连胜！！！我相信他们现在可以取得第三场胜利，并继续为即将到来的欧联杯对阵那不勒斯建立信心。由于巴萨无法梦想在本赛季举起国内联赛冠军，他们可以梦想在欧联杯中走得更远。他们没有任何压力，也没有巨大的期望，球员们可以自由发挥，在最耀眼的明星之一，他们的青训，再次建立以控球为基础的足球。现任教练哈维。正如我们在结果中已经说过的那样，在哈维下的改进是显而易见的，而且现在的表现也好得多。特劳雷和奥巴梅扬等新球员帮助哈维在进攻中有更多选择，并且有动力赢得首发位置。

这就是我选择这场比赛的几个原因。事实上，这是一场德比战，即使主队西班牙人的动力很大，巴萨也会如此。渴望胜利。我认为巴萨可以打进超过 2 个进球，在观看了他们最近的一些比赛之后，我无法想象西班牙人现在能打进多少球。因此巴萨可以取得胜利。预测巴萨以 3-1 获胜！