Barcelona look to take advantage of Real Madrid's slip up yesterday and extend their lead atop the La Liga table as they face Almeria.
The visitors have been frankly excellent domestically this season having lost only one game in the league while conceded a jaw-dropping seven goals the entire campaign.
They enter this game in fine form in the league having won each of their last five games on the bounce.
They are, though, fresh off the back of a disappointing result having been knocked out of the Europa League at Old Trafford by Manchester United on Thursday.
The performance in Manchester wasn't bad, with the first half extremely encouraging, so Xavi will be expecting a reaction from his side as they welcome star midfielder Gavi back to the team following his suspension on Thursday night.
Almeria, conversely, are very much out of form as they enter this game having lost each of their last three games on the bounce.
Worse still they've been shipping goals for fun having conceded a whopping eleven goals across those three games.
Even with Barca's disappointing result in the week it's tough to see anything but a win for the Catalan side with top scorer Robert Lewandowski looking to fire his side ten points clear at the top of the La Liga table.