Spanish La Liga: Barcelona returns to its home Camp Nou - IDMAN.BIZ ANALYSIS

After the break due to national team matches in Spain, the country's championship matches are being restored.

According to Idman.Biz, the 13th round matches of La Liga will be held this weekend. "Real" (Madrid), which entered the round as the leader with 31 points, is followed by "Barcelona", which is in the second place with 28 points, and the main intrigue is whether the Catalans will be able to catch up with Xabi Alonso's team.

The central match of the tour will be the match "Barcelona" - "Athletic" (Bilbao). The meeting will be held at the renovated "Camp Nou" stadium. The Catalans are returning to their legendary arena after a long break. At this stage of the restoration work, the planned capacity of the stadium is approximately 45,000 spectators. The club plans to use the return of its home ground as an additional pressure factor for its rivals.

After the bitter defeat against "Real" in "El-Klasiko", Hansi Flick's team recovered and defeated "Elche" with a score of 3:1, reminding once again that it is the most productive attack line of La Liga - 32 goals after 12 rounds.

The main intrigue in the Catalan club is related to the squad. According to Spanish media, Lamin Yamal and Rafinha are ready to return to the field again. Markrus Rashford's participation is in question due to his recent concern. In addition, "Barcelona" is still facing serious losses in midfield: Pedri, Gavi, Mark-Andre ter Stegen and several key members of the squad are injured. For this reason, Flick is forced to rotate the squad more and rely on young people.

Before the match, Flick emphasized that the return to "Camp Nou" should be a psychological boost for the team: the head coach noted the importance of making maximum use of the fans' energy with the words "We must turn our home stadium into a fortress." The aim is not to allow "Real" (Madrid) to create a gap in the championship race.

"Athletic" (Bilbao) comes to Catalonia with 17 points, in seventh place. The victory of Erneste Valverde's team against "Real Oviedo" before the break for the national teams slightly stabilized the results.

It should be noted that "Athletic" is well known to Azerbaijani fans. The team recently defeated "Qarabag" with a score of 3:1 in the Champions League. Therefore, it is not difficult to guess who the local fans' sympathy will be on in this duel.

All matches of the 13th round of La Liga

November 21

"Valencia" - "Levante" 1:0

November 22

"Deportivo Alaves" - "Celta"

"Barcelona" - "Athletic" (Bilbao)

"Osasuna" - "Real Sociedad"

"Villarreal" - "Mallorca"

November 23

"Elche" - "Real Madrid"

"Real Oviedo" - "Rayo Vallecano"

"Getafe" - "Atletico"