St. Polten Women vs Barcelona Women Prediction and Betting Tips | November 21st 2024
St. Polten Women and Barcelona Women will trade tackles in a UEFA Women's Champions League fixture on Thursday (November 21st). The game will be played at the Generali Arena.
The home side are coming into the game on the back of a 2-1 home win over SCR Altach in the ÖFB-Frauenliga. They went into the break in the lead thanks to Anna Johanning's eighth-minute strike while Isabella Jaron equalized two minutes into the second half. Melike Pekel scored the match-winner in the 56th minute.
Barcelona, meanwhile, comfortably trounced Real Madrid with a 4-0 away win in El Clasico over the weekend. They were three goals up at halftime courtesy of Patricia Guijarro's brace and Claudia Pina's 39th-minute strike. Alexia Putellas completed the rout with four minutes left on the clock.
The Blaugrana will shift their focus to the continent, having claimed a 7-0 home win in the reverse fixture with St. Polten last week.
The victory left them in second spot in Group D, having garnered six points from three games. St. Polten are bottom of the standings on zero points.
St. Polten Women vs Barcelona Women Head-to-Head and Key Numbers
- Last week's clash was the first meeting between the two sides.
- Six of St. Polten's last seven games across competitions have produced three goals or more.
- Barcelona have won their last seven games on the bounce, scoring at least three goals in each victory.
- Five of St. Polten's last seven competitive games have witnessed more goals scored in the second half than the first.
- Nine of Barcelona's last 10 games have produced over 2.5 goals.
St. Polten Women vs Barcelona Women Prediction
St. Polten are runaway leaders in their domestic league and are on course for a fifth successive title. They narrowly lost their opening two games in the Champions League group stage but were roundly thrashed in Catalunya last week.
Barcelona are two-time defending European champions but find themselves playing catch-up in the group to Manchester City. Pere Romeu's side will be full of confidence following their comfortable El Clasico win over the weekend.
We are backing the Catalans to cruise to another multi-goal victory with a clean sheet for the dominant Spanish outfit.
Prediction: St. Polten 0-5 Barcelona Women
St. Polten Women vs Barcelona Women Betting Tips
Tip 1 - Barcelona Women to win
Tip 2 - Both teams to score: No
Tip 3 - Over 2.5 goals
Tip 4 - Barcelona to score over 1.5 goals