The worst is over. Well, at least at this point of the still young 2015-16 Spain La Liga season anyway for the reigning and defending champions of Spanish football’s top tier flight with FC Barcelona having recently managed to overcome what initially looked like a tough hurdle to conquer for the Catalan football powerhouse in Athletic Club Bilbao with the way that the Bilbao outfit virtually became one of Barca’s biggest rivals during their two-legged encounter in their battle for the Supercopa de España title. And just in case you missed that meeting, you should know that the Lions put up a masterful performance, beating the Barca side convincingly 4-0 in the opening tiff to put the rest of the footballing world on notice before holding on just enough at Nou Camp in the return match to capture this year’s coveted Spanish trophy.
Since Barcelona were scheduled to kick off their brand new campaign in the La Liga against the same Spanish side that got them in all sorts of trouble as of late, not many pundits were liking Barca’s chances against what looked like a more talented Bilbao squad. Thankfully though, the Catalans were able to get things started on the right foot after coming up with a 1-0 victory over their Spanish Super Cup tormentors in the season opener. And after finally taming the Lions, the mighty Barca can now move forward and start putting together a solid campaign to retain the league championship that they won in their last title run. They have Malaga paying them a visit at Nou Camp this August 30 as Barcelona return home looking to get their first victory of the Primera Liga campaign. After suffering two straight disappointing outings against Athletic Bilbao, the defending Spanish champions now appear to be ready to make an impact with Lionel Messi and Luis Suarez holding the fort, at least until Neymar manages to return from his injury. And unfortunately for the visiting Malaga club, coming up with a win over a refocused Catalan squad on their own turf would be one insurmountable challenge to take on.
Malaga, listed by SBOBET.comSBOBET.com with the best football odds of *27.00 to beat Barcelona, head to Catalonian country looking to come up with arguably their biggest victory of the 2015-16 Spanish La Liga campaign to date. For a side that kicked things off with a scoreless draw with Sevilla, getting what would be an improbable victory over the reigning kings of the league will definitely do wonders to their championship chase, especially after finishing their last bid for the title in the middle of the pecking order. It is also interesting to point out that the last time Malaga went up against Barcelona, the White and Sky Blue managed to come up with a 1-0 victory at the tail-end of their 2014-15 campaign last season, and if Malaga can have a repeat performance of that stirring victory, they can put themselves in a favourable position for the trophy in the early stages of this year’s La Liga battles.
The only problem is, their most recent success over Barcelona was the only time that the Los Boquerones came out on the winning end of their match-up in their last 21 meetings, stretching as far back as 2004. That’s right, it has mostly been a lesson in football dominance every time that the Catalan giants play Malaga with Barcelona winning 17 of them. The last time that the White and Sky Blue came out on top of Barca prior to their victory last season was back in 2003 in a 5-1 beat down over a Barcelona contingent that hasn’t had the pleasure of having Lionel Messi yet, with the Argentine footballer still trying to earn a spot for the A-team in Catalonia.
With Malaga playing second fiddle to the Catalan powerhouse for years, you can just imagine how sweet it was for the Los Boquerones to finally get the better of this Spanish side. And in their first meeting of the 2015-16 Spain La Liga campaign, I can guarantee that these guys would be looking to do all the things that worked for them the last time they were victorious over Barca. Unfortunately, the Catalans will be coming in as a refocused football club that just exorcised their Supercopa demons after earning a 1-0 victory over Athletic Bilbao to begin their title defence on a promising note. And once Malaga make the trip to Nou Camp, the White and Sky Blue will soon be reminded why they lost 17 of their last 21 match-ups with Barca.
Listed by SBOBET.com with the best football odds of *1.11 to beat Malaga, the Catalan giants are hoping to have a successful outing in their first home game of the current La Liga title chase. And since they settled with a 1-1 draw to Athletic Bilbao the last time that they were on their home soil, I reckon that Barca will be coming out for this one looking to make a statement for their loyal fan base, and to the rest of the Spanish premier league.
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