Analysis:

Barcelona suffered their first defeat of the season when they were beaten by Atletico Madrid 2-1 in their last match. However, they still have one of the best home records in the league with 9 wins and just a draw and yet to suffer a defeat at home.

Barcelona have managed 4 wins in their last five home games coming into today's game. They only slipped up to a 1-1 draw with Villarreal. The other games were wins against Getafe 2-1, Sevilla 4-0, Espanyol 1-0 and Real Madrid 1-0.

Back in 31st Oct when they drew away with Osasuna they came back strongly and beat Mallorca 4-2 at home. It was followed by a poor away result when they could only drew with Athletico Bilbao 1-1, but then came back to beat Real Madrid 1-0 at the Nou Camp.

Their opponents Racing lies in 13th spot coming into this match. Though they have stopped the bad patch, but they are coming into this match on the back of a 3-0 defeat against Malaga. They have done okay on their travels, winning two out of the last three. They beat Sporting Gikon 1-0 and Sevilla 2-1 and drew with Getafe 0-0.

Take Barcelona to win here and give the 2 balls handicap away.

Cheers and good luck,
Cruiser

The Statistics :

The Pick :

Barcelona 3-0

FIXED ODDS BETTING :

Take Barcelona to win here.

HANDICAP BETTING :

Take Barcelona and give the 2 balls away.