On the other hand, Espanyol is in great danger of being relegated, since five rounds before the end of the championship it occupies the penultimate 19th place with 31 points, three less than Valencia, which is in 17th position, the first above the relegation zone. The current advantage of Barca over Espanyol is as much as 51 points, which is the biggest difference in points between these two teams ahead of the city derby, since the beginning of the 21st century. The first inter-team meeting of the season ended without a winner. On the last day of 2022, Alonso gave Barcelona the lead in the 7th minute, but Joselu was silenced by the Nou Camp in the 73rd minute. If Barcelona does not win today, it will be the first time since the 2007/08 season. that Espanyol remained undefeated in both derbies of the season, and if a miracle happens that Espanyol wins, they will end the longest series without a victory over any rival, since they have not tasted the celebration over Barcelona in the last 25 league duels, since February 2009! Barcelona could secure the championship title even before the start of this derby, provided that Atletico did not beat Elche in the match played earlier today. Despite the big difference in the quality of the teams and the number of fans, every city derby in Barcelona takes place in a tense atmosphere and it is not a rare case that there are red cards. This happened in 4 of the last 5 duels. In terms of the winner, the situation is clear. Therefore, the bet falls on Barca to win a game and win a title.

另一方面，西班牙人队在联赛结束前5轮以31分排名倒数第二的第19位，比排名第17位的瓦伦西亚少3分，处于降级的危险之中。目前巴萨对西班牙人的领先优势高达51分，这是自21世纪以来两队在城市德比前的最大分差。本赛季的第一次球队间比赛没有赢家。2022年世界杯的最后一天，阿隆索在第7分钟帮助巴塞罗那取得领先，但何塞卢在第73分钟被诺坎普的球迷们沉默了下来。如果巴塞罗那今天不能获胜，这将是自2007/08赛季以来的第一次。西班牙人在本赛季的两次德比中都保持不败，如果奇迹发生，西班牙人获胜，他们将结束最长的系列赛，没有战胜任何对手，因为自2009年2月以来，他们还没有在过去的25次联赛对决中品尝过对巴塞罗那的庆祝!如果马竞在今天早些时候的比赛中没有击败埃尔切的话，巴塞罗那甚至可以在这场德比开始前就获得冠军。尽管两支球队的实力和球迷的数量有很大的不同，但巴塞罗那的每一场城市德比都是在紧张的气氛中进行的，出现红牌的情况并不罕见。最近5次决斗中有4次都是这样。至于谁是赢家，情况很清楚。因此，赌注落在巴萨赢下一场比赛并赢得冠军。