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Ahead of a big week for football in this region which sees two Catalan clubs participate in the UEFA Champions League for the first time ever, Girona and Barcelona fittingly clash in a derby on Sunday. Girona warmed up perfectly for the big occasion by securing successive league victories to nil, and if they can repeat the act here, it would be the first time since March 2018 that they posted three such wins in a row.
With a big trip to PSG in the Champions League next up, Michel’s men will be hoping the international break didn’t stunt their momentum. They’ll be confident regardless having won both league H2Hs last season by identical 4-2 scorelines, though they were the only two H2Hs Girona have ever won (D2, L4)!
Barcelona will be looking to set the record straight having spent the last two weeks sitting pretty at the La Liga summit. After three successive 2-1 wins to start the season, Hansi Flick’s men demolished Valladolid 7-0 before the break, and they too will want to keep their foot on the gas before facing French opposition in midweek in the form of Monaco.
Fans taking the short trip to Estadi Montilivi will hope that Barcelona can extend their sequence of away league wins to five over the weekend - something they last managed back in February 2023. Scoring exactly twice in their last six away league games - including on two occasions under Flick this season - suggests that entertainment will grace this derby no matter the outcome.
Players to watch: Girona’s Abel Ruiz has a place in Barcelona’s history as the first player born in the 2000s to make an appearance for their senior team. If he’s to haunt his former employers then he may leave it late as his last four club goals have come after the break. Robert Lewandowski prefers to set his stall out early, netting before half-time in two of his last three matches, something which he’s also done in his last two H2Hs.
Hot stat: All of Barcelona's last 12 league matches have seen a goal scored before half-time, including three in this fixture back in May!
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