Barcelona vs Slavia Prague Prediction & Betting Tips - Champions League

Prediction published on 03/11/2019, 10:48  by Daniel Ngulu in Champions League Predictions

In Group F of the UEFA Champions League, Spanish giants Barcelona will be playing host to Czech Republic’s Slavia Praha on Match Day 4. Going to the game, Barcelona are top of the table with seven points and Slavia Praha bottom with one point. A Barcelona win here will almost surely guarantee them advancement to the next stage of the competition. For Slavia Praha a win will take them right into contention for a place in the next round but all the same, a loss would be detrimental. Barcelona head to this game straight from a shock loss to Levante in La Liga and will be seeking a return to winning ways. The loss halted a seven-match winning run and they will be hunting for a seventh straight home win. Barcelona have score two or more goals in their six home matches this season, but they have just one clean sheet. They opened their Champions League campaign with a draw in Dortmund but have won their last two matches. They beat Slavia Praha 2-1 away on Match Day 3 and will be hoping to complete a double. This will be helped by the fact that Barcelona have no home loss in 33 Champions League matches. When they last lost at home, it was against Bayern Munich in 2013. They have four straight home wins in the Champions League ahead of this game and each of these has yielded over 2.5 goals.

Slavia Praha on the other hand, have two losses in their last five matches but the head to this match on the back of a 4-0 win over Banik Ostrava in the Czech local league. While they are giants at home, in Europe things have not been very rosy; they are still winless in the group and also have the worst goal difference. In their last five Champions League matches away from home, they have three losses and one win. Some credit to them though, they are unbeaten in the last two Champions League matches away from home. They have conceded in their three Champions League group stage matches this season and have failed to score in one of the three.