AD Ceuta vs Barcelona Prediction & Betting Tips - Copa del Rey

Prediction published on 18/01/2023, 21:30  by Daniel Ngulu in Football Predictions

Clube Atletico de Ceuta will have the biggest game of their season when they face Barcelona in the round of 16 of the Copa del Rey on Friday. Ceuta, a third tier side will hope to serve the biggest shock in this round. They have already eliminated a La Liga side, Elche, who are bottom of the standings in the top flight and with that they set up a meeting with the team top of the standings. Ceuta themselves are struggling in their league, currently bottom of the standings and will hope to ease the pressure here. In their last five matches, Ceuta have two wins but they are coming into this winless in t5he last two. Their most recent was a 2-2 draw with Real Madrid II, which was their fourth time in five matches conceding at least two goals. They have one clean sheet only in the last five matches and they’ve conceded a first half goal in four of their last five matches. Ceuta have led in the opening half in just one of their last five matches, while they have three wins only in 10 and have lost seven of their last 11 matches at home.

Barcelona are coming from an important win over Real Madrid in the Super Cup final in Saudi Arabia. They will definitely be charged up for this game, seeking to move closer to another piece of silverware. They come here unbeaten in nine after their 3-1 win over Real Madrid, which was their seventh victory in those nine games. Barcelona have scored at least two goals in three of the last four matches but they have just one clean sheet in five matches. Both teams have scored in four of Barcelona’s last five matches and they have one loss in their last 12 matches, which came against a very formidable opponent – Bayern Munich. In their last 12 games, they have nine wins. In each of their last five matches, Barcelona have gone to the half time break in the lead. Here, while we expect a lot of changes in the Barca squad, their brief will be to avoid making things as hard as it were against Intercity in the last round, where they had to go to extra time to win 4-3.