The Spanish top-flight concludes on the weekend and one of the matches features Barcelona, as they travel to Eibar. There is not a great deal riding on this game for either team and the hosts have already been relegated to the Segunda División for next season.
Barcelona are currently in third place and a victory will ensure they remain in that position.
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Eibar come into the match having suffered a disappointing 4-1 loss at Valencia last weekend. That defeat confirmed their relegation after a brief run of positive results suggested they could pull out of the bottom three.
Prior to the defeat at Valencia, Eibar had defeated Deportivo Alaves and Getafe to give themselves a chance of staying up.
Home form has been poor and Eibar have won only one of their 9 most recent games at the Estadio Municipal de Ipurúa.
In fact, Eibar have picked up only two victories from their last 18 home league games, so there is little wonder they find themselves bottom of the table.
Trends show Eibar have been struggling at home defensively and they kept just a single clean sheet from their last 9 home league matches.
They have also failed to score a goal in 5 of their last 7 home La Liga fixtures and it is fair to say Eibar have been disappointing at both ends of the pitch.
Barcelona suffered a huge setback in their bid to win the Spanish title last weekend as they crashed to a 2-1 home defeat at the hands of Celta Vigo. Barcelona needed to win to keep their slim hopes of winning the league alive and took the lead in the first half through Lionel Messi.
However, Celta Vigo had other ideas and having scored the equaliser just before half-time, they netted the winning goal in the 89th minute.
That result means Barcelona have failed to win any of their last 3 La Liga games, with draws coming at home against Atletico Madrid and away to Levante. In fact, Barcelona have recorded only one win from their 5 most recent league matches.
Nonetheless, away form has been good and Barcelona have lost only one of their last 13 away league fixtures, winning 11 of those games. Trends show Barcelona have scored 1 or more goals in their last 14 away La Liga matches in a row.
Team news and Eibar should have a fully fit squad available for their final fixture in the top division this season.
Barcelona travel without the injured quartet of Marc-André ter Stegen, Sergi Roberto, Philippe Coutinho, and Ansu Fati. Frenkie De Jong returns from suspension.
Ronald Koeman will want to send out a statement with a good win in the final game of the season.
There is no better chance to do that against the bottom club and we expect to see Barcelona win this match comfortably, keeping a clean sheet in the process.