Barcelona vs Deportivo La Coruna

9/12- Barcelona will play hosts to Deportivo La Caruna as they aim to pick up 3 points from this home encounter. Currently placed second, four points behind leaders Real Madrid, Barca would be looking to get as close as a point to them. Moreover if Barca are not able to convert this game into the full three points they could potentially be dropped out of the top 3. The form of the home team is not a worry at all as they have won all their home matches this season and have conceded just three goals which again is the lowest for the current season.

 

Deportivo La Coruna are probably experiencing one of their worst season in Laliga and have been a part of the relegation zone for some time now and another loss would mean that their chances of getting off the relegation zone will also suffer a huge setback. The good news for Deportivo is that Barca will not play Henry and Ronaldinho as they are not fully fit. On the other hand Barca has found timely replacements as Eto and Deco both of whom have recovered from their injuries.

 

While Barca negotiated a tough away dram against Espanyol last week, Deportivo continued their slumping form against Osasuna last week. Messi has been in prolific form for Barca and he might just be the man to look out for while Deportivo might be hoping that their striking force led by Riki can start delivering the desired results. Deportivo would also be quite happy to earn a point out of this tie as this would at least give them some hope of jumping out of the relegation zone and hence Deportivo might just go for an attacking field. Barca on the other hand cannot be satisfied with anything else but victory.

 

Prediction: Barcelona win 2-1