Sparkles will be flying when Barcelona and Espanyol lock horns at Estadi Olimpic Lluis Companys in the Catalan derby. Barca have been flying high under new boss Hansi Flick and you should know that they are on a five-game winning run in all competitions. Given their excellent display in “El Clasico”, where they hammered Real Madrid 4-0, there is a big value in betting on Lamine Yamal and Co. Both Dani Olmo and Frenkie de Jong are pushing for a start, while the likes of Ferran Torres, Marc Bernal, Andreas Christensen, and Ronald Araujo remain in the recovery room.
Los Periquitos, on the other hand, head into the Derbi Barceloni following back-to-back defeats to Athletic Club (1-4) and Sevilla (0-2) and given their poor away record (0-1-4) in the new La Liga campaign, anything but a routine home win would be a big surprise. There are no fresh injury worries in the away team ahead of the local derby.
Score Prediction: Barcelona 4-1 Espanyol