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Barcelona have drawn twice in a row – after dropping points at Mestalla where they missed many chances only to be punished by Santi Mina’s late equalizer they traveled to Leverkusen and played another 1-1 draw in a clash against Bayer that has left them undefeated in the Group Stage. Neymar’s injury disrupted a peace at Camp Nou, but Barcelona are sure to reply strongly as they host Deportivo.
The visitors from Galicia are undefeated in five La Liga games, winning against Celta and Las Palmas in the process, as Victor Sanchez’ side sit comfortably in the 6th place in the standings, much above many expected them to be at the beginning of the season.
Along with Neymar, Douglas, Mathieu and Rafinha are injured for Barcelona, while Deportivo will be missing Borges, Fabricio, Jonas Gutierrez, Luis Alberto, Oriol Riera and suspended Mosquera.
Head to Head:
In total of 97 matches played between Barcelona and Deportivo, Blaugrana have won a decisive 57, staggering 59%. Traditionally have their games been full of goals, Barcelona scoring 2.31 per match compared to 1.08 of Depor. In their last meeting, in the last round of the previous season, Barcelona and Deportivo played a 2-2 draw in a celebration match that was also the last outing of Xavi for the Catalan club.
Match facts:
- Barcelona have won every home league game they have played this season (W7).
- Deportivo was the last side to stop Barcelona from winning at the Camp Nou in La Liga – in the last game last season (2-2).
- Les Cules side have scored in all their 14 games this season, with an average of 2.4 goals per game, and they have scored in their last 28 league games, the longest such run since October 2013 (64).
- The last two Galician sides to play at Camp Nou in La Liga secured points: Celta de Vigo won on MD10 in 2014-15 (0-1) and Deportivo drew on MD38 that season (2-2).
- Deportivo La Coruna have gone five games in a row without a defeat (W2 D2), their best such run in a single season since 2012-13 (7).
- The Riazor side have lost just one game away from home in La Liga this season (W3 D3), their best such record at this point since 2005-06.
- Deportivo are, alongside Atletico de Madrid, the only La Liga side yet to have been shown a red card this season.
- Luis Suarez and Neymar (eight apiece) have scored 16 Barca’s last 17 goals at Camp Nou in La Liga.
Team news:
Barcelona: Injured – Douglas, Mathieu, Neymar, Rafinha; Doubtful – Sergi Roberto.
Deportivo: Injured – Borges, Fabricio, Jonas Gutierrez, Luis Alberto, Oriol Riera; Suspended – Mosquera; Doubtful – Fede Cartabia.
Date: 12 Dec 2015
Time: 16:00 CET (15:00 BST)
Venue: Camp Nou, Barcelona, Spain
Referee: Sanchez Martinez
Last season result: 2-2 (Messi x2, Perez, Salomao)
TV info: Movistar (Spain), beIN (USA), Sportklub (Balkans), Sky (Italy), bet365 (International)
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