The FC Barcelona will arrive this Sunday to the Municipal Stadium of Anoeta with the fundamental mission to keep the pressure on the current leader of LaLiga Santander, the Athletic of Madrid, but also with continuing with the positive seguidilla add four seasons followed without losing in the mentioned enclosure in front of the Real Sociedad, the one who imposed a true dictatorship in his house during 10 years.
The Barcelona were from 2007 until 2017 without attaining win in territory 'txuriurdin', so much were the stumbles that arrived him to call the 'gafe of Anoeta'. However, this history was surpassed in the season 17-18, thanks to the triumph culé in this course with doublet of Luis Suárez and so many of Paulinho and Messi, all under the direction of Ernesto Valverde.
Since the Barcelona group has not gone back to lose and if this Sunday attains to win, will leave even more backwards the four consecutive seasons in which they fell defeated by the 'Txuri-urdines' in his stadium. This occurred between the courses 2012-13 to the 2015-16. Without doubts, Anoeta has been a hard filter in LaLiga and what less wants the míster Dutch and trainer of the Barça, Ronald Koeman, is that these ghosts go back to appear.
Right now, the Catalans situate second in the table clasificatoria of the national championship with 59 points to alone four of the Atleti (63) and two units of the Real Madrid (57). The triumph in San Sebastián is key so that the culés keep the pulse, afterwards to remain out of the UEFA Champions League in front of the Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) in eighth.
Ninth to domicile
Another aim is to add the ninth consecutive victory to domicile in LaLiga. Voucher remember, that, after the fall in front of the Cádiz in December, the FC Barcelona has won him to domicile to: Real Valladolid (0-3), Huesca (0-1), Athletic Club of Bilbao (2-3), Granada (0-4), Elche (0-2), Betis (2-3), Seville CF (0-2) and this Saturday 6 March to the Osasuna (0-2) thanks to the goals of Jordi Alba and the youngster Ilaix Moriba.