Big clash at the Riyadh Air Metropolitano
On Sunday 16 March at 21:00 CET, our stadium will host a huge fixture as the best defensive team meets the most prolific attacking outfit in LaLiga, with just one point separating both sides.
With our eyes firmly set on the goal of winning the league title, we welcome FC Barcelona to the Riyadh Air Metropolitano this Sunday at 21:00 CET for a blockbuster encounter. The Catalan side come into matchday 28 as league leaders with 57 points, just one ahead of our team, which sits in third place with 56 points but having played one more match.
The game will be a battle between the best defence - ours, having conceded only 18 goals and keeping 13 clean sheets - and the best attack, with Barcelona having found the back of the net 71 times this season. Robert Lewandowski leads the competition’s scoring charts with 21 goals.
This season, we remain unbeaten against the Blaugrana. In the first league encounter at the Estadio Lluís Companys we secured a 2-1 victory, and the first leg of the Copa del Rey semi-final ended in a 4-4 draw. Both matches were dramatic until the very last second, with Alexander Sørloth scoring a late winner in the league game after a goal from Rodrigo de Paul. The Norwegian scored another added-time goal in the cup tie, after goals from Julián Álvarez, Griezmann, and Marcos Llorente.
Ricardo de Burgos Bengoechea will referee the match, assisted by Javier Iglesias Villanueva in the VAR room. This is the final LaLiga fixture before the upcoming FIFA international break.
