Spanish Super Cup This year, the tournament will be held in Saudi Arabia and will feature a number of matches, two semi-finals and a final. The first semi-final will pit Real Madrid against Valencia, while the second will pit FC Barcelona against Atletico Madrid. The winners of the semi-finals will face each other in the final, which will take place on Sunday (01-12) at 20:00.
Team line-ups
It is important to discuss the players that teams take to Saudi Arabia when analysing this tournament. The biggest losses are Real Madridwho will not be supported by E.Hazard, K.Benzema, G.Bale and M.Asensio. This means that the team may have some problems in attack and the strike line should consist of Rodrygo, Jovic and Isco. Apart from the injured players, everyone else should be in the tournament. Other Madrid team Atletico also has some losses. D.Costa, T.Lemar, S.Vrsaljko and S.Savic will not play. The team's stars Oblak, Koke, Felix, Saul, Morata are healthy and will help the team. Relatively the weakest team in the tournament Valencia will also be less than optimal. Rodrigo, Guedes and Piccini will not be able to represent their team. And finally FC Barcelona, ter Stegen, Arthur and Dembele will not be able to help the injured team. All the other players are healthy and ready, so we should see all the big names in the starting eleven, such as Messi, Suarez, Griezmann, Pique, Busquets, de Jong, etc.
Why should FC Barcelona win?
Looking at the line-ups, FC Barcelona seems to be the best looking team, at least on paper. However, the line-ups are not the only reason why Barcelona should win. FC Barcelona is the best Spanish team this season, at least so far, and although there are occasional blemishes, they still look more confident than the other three teams in this tournament. Overall, the last time Barcelona suffered a defeat was back in early November. In the Spanish Super Cup, Barcelona will face Atletico Madrid in the semi-finals, who seem to be the team to beat this season. It is also worth noting that Atletico have not beaten Barcelona for the 9th match in a row. Barcelona, with former Atletico leader Griezmann already in their ranks, seem to have a good chance of reaching the final. In that case, either Real Madrid or Valencia would be in the final. Real Madrid should be the favourites, but with Hazard, Bale and Benzema out of the tournament, it would not be a surprise if Valencia beat them.
So we think that one way or the other, Barcelona would be the favourite to win the final against both injury-riddled Real Madrid and Valencia. Importantly, FC Barcelona is the team that has won the tournament the most times, so there should be no lack of motivation and every effort will be made to win the Spanish Super Cup. We predict that FC Barcelona will become champions and the odds offered look really good. Good luck!
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