Getafe is the opponent of Barcelona this Sunday, February 11. In Camp Nou, in Catalonia, the match is part of the schedule of the twenty-third round of the Spanish Championship in its 2017/2018 edition. The start was scheduled for 13:15 (Brasília time).

Barcelona’s recent performance

Barca had little time to prepare for the game. He needed to enter the field on Thursday, February 8, in a decisive match for the semifinals of the King’s Cup of Spain. Defending the title of the competition, he faced Valencia at the rival’s home. After defeating the first confrontation by 1 to 0, confirmed his classification when scoring 2 to 0 in game in which the Brazilian Philippe Coutinho made his first goal with the club’s shirt. Now, get the bicampeonato facing Sevilla.
In the Spanish Championship, the situation of the team of Catalonia is even better. With 58 points (18 wins and four draws), Barcelona are on the lead and broke the previous week a record. For the first time in history there were 22 consecutive matches of the tournament without losing.
This has allowed coach Ernesto Valverde to promote the relay of the squad on the eve of the resumption of the Barcelona campaign in the Champions League of Europe. He will face Chelsea on the 20th. Until then, he will have two games for LaLiga. In addition to the clash with Getafe this Sunday, he will visit Eibar next Saturday.

The current form of Getafe

Getafe is very close to reaching their goal in LaLiga. He has 29 points (seven wins, eight draws and seven losses). It occupies the eleventh place. It has 12 points of advantage in comparison with La Coruña, eighteenth place and first in the relegation region.
This has given peace to coach Pepe Bordalas, leaving the team as a sniper in the remaining rounds and can even dream of a new wave in continental tournaments. After all, the qualifying round for the Europa League is closed by Sevilla, sixth place, with four points more.
Sevilla, however, will have a much fuller schedule in the final stretch of the tournament. In addition to the matches of the Spanish League will play the eighth-finals of the Champions League against Manchester United.
The longer free time helped the recovery of athletes in bruising. Only defender Markel Bergara (17 matches in the 2017/2018 Spanish Championship, four goals) follows the care of the medical department. He suffered an injury in a 1-1 draw against Sevilla on 28 January, which left him out of the game against Leganes, new equality, but this time 0-0, on 4 February. It should be submitted to the new assessment that will determine if it will be able to play on Sunday.

History of the matches between Barcelona and Getafe
Barcelona defend an undefeated series of 12 games against Getafe. There were ten wins and two draws. In the first round of the Spanish 2017/2018 Championship, Barça scored 2-1.

Although he has some physical disadvantage by the fact to have acted in the middle of the week, the technical superiority of the Barcelona is so great that it does not open the margin for guesses of risk in this confrontation. The home team is widely favored and best choice for guess. It has a price of 1.12 in Bet365. Draw shows possibility of return of 9.00. Getafe, of course, is considered the biggest underdog in the round. If it expires, it will allow the multiplication of the invested capital by 19.00. Quotes were in effect at 7:13 AM on 9/2/2018.