Barcelona Women have been scoring for fun. The Blaugrana 19 goals in their last four matches in all competitions.
Will our algorithm predict another big win for Barcelona when they face off with SK Brann in the Women’s Champions League quarterfinals?
Brann will welcome Barcelona to the Brann Stadion in Bergen on Wednesday night for the first leg of the quarterfinals. Brann have a very difficult task ahead of them against the reigning Women’s Champions League winners.
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Barcelona topped Group A with 16 points from 18 points on offer. The Blaugrana finished ahead of Benfica, Eintracht Frankfurt, and Rosengard.
Their only blemish was a 4-4 draw away to Benfica in the group stage. In three of Barcelona’s six matches in Group A, they scored 5.0 goals or more against their opponents. In total, Barcelona scored 27 times in the group stage.
Brann finished second in Group B behind France’s Lyon. The Norwegians took 13 points from their six games, finishing just one point off Lyon.
Brann’s group was arguably weaker than Barca’s group, as it featured Lyon, St. Polten, and Slavia Prague.
The Norwegians scored just nine times in the group stage and conceded seven goals to opponents.
How big is the task for Brann in the first leg against Barcelona? The Blaugrana have not lost a match in their last 34 games in all competitions.
However, Brann have not lost in their last 10 matches played at home. Could this be Barcelona’s first loss in 35 games?
Coincidentally, it is a Norwegian forward that leads Barcelona in scoring. Caroline Graham Hansen has tallied 20 goals in Liga F and Champions League play.
The goal scoring stats leader also has 19 assists. She has remarkably contributed to 39 goals.
The Blaugrana have two other players in double digits for goals this season. Salma Paralluelo and Aitana Bonmati have 18 and 10 goals respectively. Bonmati is the reigning FIFA Women’s Player of the Year and Ballon d’Or Feminin winner.
Brann will go into the match on Wednesday night fresh off a Toppserien loss to LSK. It was Brann’s first match of the domestic season.
The Norwegians fell behind 2-0 after 26 minutes only to pull the match level 2-2 thanks to goals from Cecilie Redisch Kvamme and Rakel Engesvik. However, Lillestrom scored twice more in the final 30-plus minutes to win.
Wednesday’s match will be the first meeting between Brann and Barcelona in the Champions League. Our algorithm score prediction picks a massive 6-0 win for Barcelona. The Blaugrana’s scoring will continue away in the Champions League.