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Barcelona vs Almeria - Predictions, Stats & Odds

La Liga Statistics, AI predictions, (Expected) Lineups and Insights for Gameweek 18

La Liga - Gameweek 18

Wednesday, 20 Dec 2023 • 19:00

Barcelona

3 : 2

Almeria

Goals

Raphinha
1 : 0
33'
33'Raphinha
1 : 0
41'
1 : 1
Leo Baptistão
1 : 1
Leo Baptistão41'
Sergi Roberto
2 : 1
60'
60'Sergi Roberto
2 : 1
71'
2 : 2
Edgar González
2 : 2
Edgar González71'
Sergi Roberto
3 : 2
83'
83'Sergi Roberto
3 : 2

Lineups

Barcelona

PosPlayer
GK
Iñaki Peña
DEF
Andreas Christensen
DEF
Sergi Roberto
DEF
João Cancelo
DEF
Ronald Araújo
DEF
Alejandro Balde
MID
İlkay Gündoğan
MID
Fermín López
FWD
Robert Lewandowski
FWD
Raphinha
FWD
João Félix

Substitutes

46'João Félixfor Ferran Torres
46'Andreas Christensen
for Jules Koundé
76'Raphinha
for Lamine Yamal

Almeria

PosPlayer
GK
Luís Maximiano
DEF
Sergio Akieme
DEF
Chumi
DEF
César Montes
MID
Álex Pozo
MID
Edgar González
MID
Iddrisu Baba
MID
Sergio Arribas
MID
Dion Lopy
FWD
Leo Baptistão
FWD
Largie Ramazani

Substitutes

64'Álex Pozo
for Houboulang Mendes
77'Largie Ramazanifor Adri Embarba
77'Leo Baptistão
for Lázaro Vinicius
Difference Maker Star: Top 3 players of their team

League Table after the game

#TeamPWDLGFGAGDPtsForm
3Barcelona1811523421+1338
D
W
L
D
W
20Almeria1805131942-235
L
D
L
D
L

Last Games

Barcelona

@Valencia
1 - 1
vsGirona
2 - 4
vsAtlético Madrid
1 - 0
@Rayo Vallecano
1 - 1
vsDeportivo Alavés
2 - 1

Almeria

vsMallorca
0 - 0
@Atlético Madrid
1 - 2
vsReal Betis
0 - 0
@Getafe
1 - 2
vsReal Sociedad
1 - 3

Head-to-Head

16 May 2024
Almeria0 - 2Barcelona
16 May 2024Almeria
0 - 2
Barcelona
20 Dec 2023
Barcelona3 - 2Almeria
20 Dec 2023Barcelona
3 - 2
Almeria

La Liga

Gameweek 18

19 Dec • 19:00
Rayo Vallecano
Valencia
0 - 1
19 Dec • 21:30
Atlético Madrid
Getafe
3 - 3
19 Dec • 21:30
Granada
Sevilla
0 - 3
20 Dec • 19:00
Barcelona
Almeria
3 - 2
20 Dec • 21:30
Athletic Bilbao
Las Palmas
1 - 0
20 Dec • 21:30
Villarreal
Celta Vigo
3 - 2
21 Dec • 19:00
Real Betis
Girona
1 - 1
21 Dec • 19:00
Cadiz
Real Sociedad
0 - 0
21 Dec • 21:30
Mallorca
Osasuna
3 - 2
21 Dec • 21:30
Deportivo Alavés
Real Madrid
0 - 1

What is GAP?

What is Plus Minus Goals (G±)?

Plus Minus Goals (G±) is the average goal difference per game while the player was on the pitch. A value above 0 indicates that the team rather wins, a value below 0 means his team concedes more goals than they score when the player is on the pitch. As an example, if the player's team is winning 3:1 the goal difference is +2, if the player's team is loosing 0:1, the goal difference is -1. It is a pure metric which is barely adjusted for circumstances to purely show the goal difference.

What is GAP?

GAP (Game Advantage Percentage) shows the percentage gap between a player and the average league player. It answers the question: How much does a player improve or worsen a team's performance? It is based on high level game data with a focus on the impact on the goal difference (G±) from the last 50 games of a player. Besides that, GAP goes further and considers game context by involving data from the player and all other players who are at the same time on the pitch, no matter if teammates or opponents. Football GAP - the individual metric for team players.