Cadiz vs. Barcelona 9/23/21 LaLiga Soccer Pick, Odds, and Prediction

Cadiz is welcoming Barcelona to Estadio Ramon de Carranza in round 6 of the Spanish LaLiga. Cadiz has won only 1 game so far this season, but they have scored a decent 6 goals while conceding 8 goals. Barcelona is looking harmless at the moment, and they haven’t won any of their last 2 games.

Cadiz is one of the newcomers to LaLiga this season, but as of right now, they are outside the relegation zone, in 15^th place with 5 points. Cadiz has started this season on a 4-game streak without a win, but they were able to get all three points against Celta last weekend. Cadiz has had only 22% of ball possession, 3 shots on goal, 1 corner kick, 2 big chances created, and extremely low 45% of the correct passes. I don’t think we have seen such a poor performance from a team in a long time, and I honestly have no idea how Cadiz won this game, but they somehow managed to score 2 goals in the first half, and they have won this game 1-2. Alex and Espino have each scored 2 goals for Cadiz so far this season. Gerrido and Jose Mari are injured. If Cadiz was being dominated against Celta, I’m afraid to even think how this game against Barcelona will look for Cadiz.

As I’ve mentioned, Barcelona looks harmless right now, they are not scoring goals, while their defense is sloppy as usual. After losing to Bayern in the Champions League, Barcelona has had a perfect chance to bounce back against Granada at home, and they failed. Barcelona was dominant in this game with 77% of ball possession, 6 shots on goal, 12 corner kicks, 2 big chances created, and a high 91% of the correct passes. Yes, Barcelona has missed chances they would usually score, and after they conceded in the 2^nd minute, Barcelona was able to tie the score in the 89^th minute. The final result of this match was 1-1. With 8 points and 2 games less, Barcelona is already a huge 8 points behind Real Madrid at the top, in 8^th place. Braithwaite, Depay, and Roberto have each scored 2 goals for Barcelona, while De Jong added 2 assists. Every day there seem to be more and more injuries in Barcelona, and that list is now filled with players who would be in the starting lineup. Barcelona needs to take a long and hard look into themselves and start by changing their head coach because they have lost their identity.

Cadiz has won a game at home against Barcelona before, but I don’t think they will be that lucky in this game. There has been a lot of turbulence in Barcelona this past week, and I think they will win this game in spite of all that. I’m taking Barcelona on the road.