Barcelona can secure the silver medal

Girona are the biggest surprise of the season, and if they beat Barcelona on Saturday, they could even win silver.

If someone had told us last August that the Girona-Barcelona game in May would be one of the most important showdowns in the fight for second place, most of us would have laughed. But that is the case, as the Catalan giants have caused one of the biggest sensations of the entire European club season, as they sit on the La Liga podium. It’s almost certain that Girona will be able to show their worth in the Champions League next season, the only question is what colour medal they will be awarded.

Girona are 2 points behind Barcelona, so if they can beat the defending champions on Saturday, they will almost certainly guarantee a podium finish.

Team news

Juanpe is the only one out of Girona’s squad who is a certainty, the midfielder will be sidelined until the middle of the month and will be out of the squad. Tsigankov, Arteto and Stuani have all been question marks this week, so the three players will only be decided before the game.
However, the top scorer Artem Dovbyk, who netted for Barca in the autumn when Girona won 4-3, will be in the starting line-up.

Barca will be missing the trio of Gavi, Balde, De Jong, meaning the same squad can prepare for the game as last week.

Free tip for Girona vs Barcelona

Assuming that two of the top scoring teams in the league are playing each other and their last game against each other resulted in six goals, it is a good bet to bet on the goals. Unfortunately, the bookmakers have priced these markets very heavily, with standard over odds of only 1.45. In such cases, it is better to stay away, as this market is clearly overpriced.

Although Girona stuffed Barca in the autumn, things are different now. We think that Barca are in a much better position than they were then, so we would bet that they can avoid defeat in this game, or even better. The 1×2 odds are high, so we can try for a Barca win without a draw at odds around 1.80.

Our other tip goes for a square peg, namely that we see 10 corner kicks. An evenly matched field game could be on the cards, and Girona will certainly not give up on home and will attack. The teams combined for 11 corner kicks in the autumn game, they could do the same this time.