Overview
Barcelona regained their winning touch after beating Brest 3-0 in the Champions League in midweek. The victory helped coach Hansi Flick's team regain confidence after two consecutive matches of losing points.
In round 15 of La Liga, Barcelona will host Las Palmas, a team currently ranked 17th in the rankings and only 2 points above the relegation zone. This is expected to be another easy match for Flick's team.
Blaugrana currently have the strongest attack in La Liga with 42 goals after 14 matches, far ahead of the second-placed Real Madrid (28 goals). Meanwhile, Las Palmas have one of the worst defenses in the league with 25 goals conceded, just above the bottom two teams (Espanyol and Valladolid). This huge difference will predict a big win for Barca.
Barca have scored an average of over three goals per home game this season and conceded just three times in total, so this could be a game where Barcelona will press Las Palmas to gain an early advantage.
In addition, Barcelona also has the advantage of playing at home at Montjuic. This season, they have played 8 matches here with a perfect record and scored 30 goals. Obviously, it would be a big surprise if Blaugrana could not take all 3 points against Las Palmas.
In their previous 12 league meetings, Barcelona are unbeaten (9 wins, 3 draws) against Las Palmas. However, the matches between the two teams last season were very tense and Barca could only win by a minimal margin.
Human resources situation
Barcelona are still without Ronald Araujo, Marc-Andre ter Stegen, Andreas Christensen and Ansu Fati. Meanwhile, young midfielder Casado is currently suspended, while Gavi and Ferran Torres are yet to regain their best form.
On the other side of the front line, Las Palmas do not have any injury problems recorded ahead of this match.
Expected lineup:
Barcelona: Pena, Kounde, Cubarsi, I. Martinez, Balde, De Jong, Pedri, Yamal, Olmo, Raphinha, Lewandowski.
Las Palmas: Cillessen, Rozada, Suarez, McKenna, Munoz, Essugo, Campana, Sandro, K. Rodriguez, Fuster, F. Silva.
The match between Barcelona and Las Palmas takes place at 20:00 on November 30 (Vietnam time).
