At the current form of Barcelona especially after the sublime 5-2 victory over Lyon in mid-week, who would have ever thought to see a Barcelona form record this season that read like this W-L-L-D-W.

Barcelona head away from home in this mid-week clash against 10th placed Almeria who have got 7 of their 8 victories in the league at home itself. Almerian strker Negredo has been in particularly good form scoring 3 in their last 2 games, and has been one of the star performer for the side this season.

Barcelona have been riding the wave of their 3-pronged forward attacking lineup of Theirry Henry, Lionel Messi and Samuel Etoo, all of whom are out and out goal scorers, and you could bet on all of them to score ever week, and you would be in the green zone by now.

What has really bothered Barca in their recent games, has been the poor defending in the middle of the park, but they have seen some improved performances since the return of Andres Iniesta as well as improvements of Keita and Toure, which has helped things become more solid, but still didn't help them stop conceding 2 goals against Lyon in mid-week.

With the amount of goals that Barca tend to score, averaging 3.84 goals per game that they have played this season, they should be able to do the business and win this game probably by a scoreline of 3-1.