On Sunday 15th of La Liga this time, top leaders, Barcelona will visit the stadium RCDE to face Espanyol who are still seventh in the standings. While second place is still in the hands of Sevilla, who pocketed 27 points. One point difference from Barcelona.

In the last 22 matches both teams in all competitions, Barcelona have only lost once. Even in this match, Barcelona is more favored than the host. Because the hosts are facing a pretty bad performance this season. Unlike the visitors, Barcelona are superior this season.

In the last three games Espanyol, always lost in La Liga. They broke eight goals and only managed to break twice the opponent's goal. But they will try hard to beat the Barcelona defense in this fight.

Borja Iglesias is one of the mainstay players who often contributes to the team. So far Borja has scored seven goals and one assist in eight appearances with Espanyol in La Liga.

But to damage the Barcelona defense is not easy. Espanyol needed extra power even though Barcelona missed some of their main players like Arthur, Luiz Suarez, Sergio Roberto, and Rafinha. But it is believed that the squad is strengthened by Argentine star Lionel Messi that will remain strong.

Lionel Messi will remain a player that Espanyol should be wary of. In 31 appearances in all competitions against Espanyol, Messi has presented 21 goals for Barcelona. And in his last eight appearances, Messi always contributed goals or assists for Barcelona in La Liga.

Head to head and prediction of Espanyol vs Barcelona

In the last five meetings of the two teams in all competitions, Barcelona dominated the victory over Espanyol. With three wins, one defeat and one draw. Even in 2017 last season, Barcelona had scored 5 goals without reply when playing at home.

Espanyol's last five matches, it seems they went through the match quite badly. 2 wins and three times but at home. Win 1-0 when meeting Bilbao, and won 1-0 when they met Cadiz. Losing when facing Sevilla 2-1, losing when meeting Girano 1-3 and losing when meeting Getafe 3-0 without reply.

Meanwhile, in the last five matches Barcelona looked very good. Barcelona won 3 times a draw and one defeat, in their last five matches. Wins when meeting PSV 1-2 in the Champions League, Villarreal 2-0, Leonesa 4-1 in the Copa Del Rey event. Lost when meeting Real Betis 3-4, and drew 1-1 at the Atletico's independence.

In the statistics and final performance of the two teams, it seems that beating Barcelona is a dream that is quite difficult to meet by Espanyol. Barcelona appear quite brilliant in this season, while Espanyol are in a pretty bad reputation. My prediction is Espanyol 1-2 Barcelona. What about the results of your analysis for this match?