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Saturday, November 19, 2011

Watch Barcelona v Real Zaragoza live stream

Barcelona v Real Zaragoza
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La Liga 19:00 (GMT) November 19, 2011 Camp Nou, Spain Team news, manager quotes and match tetails ahead of the La Liga clash between Barcelona and Real Zaragoza at the Camp Nou. TEAM NEWS Barcelona may have onward Pedro available after the Spain international completed a full training session with the rest of the squad on Friday. The return of Pedro, who twisted an ankle in the match at Granada last month, means Brazil fullback Adriano Correia and long-term injury absentee Ibrahim Afellay of Netherlands are the only two players left on the medical list. Abraham Minero and Adam Pinter training on Monday and should mark in the match, but Paraguayan defender Paulo Da Silva is missing with a suspected broken leg.
MANAGER QUOTES Pep Guardiola (Barcelona) (on Lionel Mess): "He trained fine. Tomorrow we'll see what team we select because I have some doubts. I will set out the side that I believe is best able to win the match." Javier Aguirre (Real Zaragoza): I am expecting the best Barcelona. It is important that we have this attitude. We must be strong, that is extra important than any other analysis. The team has trained well this week and I have great faith in the team. They are in a good mood at the moment."
MATCH FACTS Real Zaragoza have conceded 249 goals so far beside Barça in the league, more than against any other Spanish team. Real Zaragoza have managed to win just twice in 57 previous meetings at Barcelona’s ground in La Liga: 1-0 in April 1961 and November 1965. Barcelona have always scored in 23 home games beside Real Zaragoza in the league since
November 1986. Pep Guardiola’s side are unbeaten in their final 15 games, currently the longest run in La Liga. At home their last defeat came in September 2010 vs Hercules (0-2); that was also the last game when the Blaugrana conceded more than a single goal at the Camp Nou. The last player who managed to score against Barça at the Camp Nou was Corona (for Almeria back in April); since then, the Catalans have set asite nine consecutive clean sheets at home in the league. Barcelona boast the best defence of this competition (just six goals conceded, and eight games keeping the clean sheet so far). Zaragoza have conceded the joint-most goals before half-time (12, alongside Osasuna). Lionel Messi has scored eight goals in his final six appearances played in La Liga vs Real Zaragoza. David Villa has scored only three goals in this campaign; last season, after 11 match-days he had netted six.

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