Barcelona they will seek to reaffirm their advantage against Real Madrid at the top of the League this afternoon when they visit levant.
Hansi Flick’s men have won their first four games of the Spanish season – and also hammered Feyenoord 5-1 in the Champions League in midweek – but start the day level on points with Madrid, who thrashed Rayo Vallecano yesterday.
Levante has only lost one of the first four, its first game against Espanyol. Since then they have drawn against Osasuna and Málaga and beaten Real Betis 5-2.
Barça won 3-2 in this game last season, an own goal in the 91st minute gave Flick the points.
But Levante have won six in a row at home since last season, and captain Roger Brugue sees no reason why they can’t make it seven with an upset.
“Barça are a great opponent and are coming into this match in good form, but we also know that we are strong at home,” Brugue told Levante’s official media.
“We’ve won six in a row at home and we’re going there without fear, without any inferiority complex.”
“Let’s go to work, make a good game plan and why not?”
Statistics Llevant-Barcelona, form of the League
- All six of Levante’s wins against Barcelona have come at home, the most recent a 3-1 victory in November 2019 through second-half goals from Jose Campana, Borja Mayoral and Nemanja Radoja after Lionel Messi’s first-half penalty had opened the scoring.
- The last four editions of the match in Levante have scored an average of five goals, including 3-2 wins for Barcelona in their last two visits, in 2025/26 and 2021/22.
- Only Barcelona (35), Madrid (36) and Betis (38) have committed fewer fouls in La Liga this season than Levante (39).
- With four yellow cards each, Levante and Barça have accumulated two fewer bookings than any other team in the 2026/27 division.
- No goalkeeper has made more La Liga saves this season than Llevant’s Mathew Ryan (17, same as La Sociedad’s Alex Remiro and Athletic Club’s Unai Simon before the last game)
- Messi’s 24 goals against Levante make Barça’s all-time top scorer the top marksman in the game’s history by a margin of 18
- Raphinha’s six goals in La Liga make the Blaugrana striker the top scorer in the top division, one ahead of Vallecano Sergio Camello.
- Only Raphinha and Camello have surpassed the Blaugrana’s Fermin López and Lamine Yamel (4 each). Winger Roger Brugue (2) is the only Levante player to have scored twice
- Barcelona’s total of 36 goals is the most ahead of Madrid (35), while Levante’s equivalent of 14 is only better than Celta (12), Valencia (11), Malaga (7) and Getafe (6).
- They are unbeaten in seven games against Levante (W6), winning the last four and scoring exactly three times in each of the last five.
Where to watch Levante-Barça: TV channel, live online broadcasts
Kick-off on Sunday is at 15:15 BST (10:15 ET / 07:15 PT), with live coverage in the UK on Premier Sports 1 and streaming is available on a wide range of devices via the Premier Sports app.
A Premier Sports subscription it costs £120 a year, £11.99 a month on a 12-month contract or £16.99 a month with 30 days’ notice to cancel.
Here is the full list of International broadcasters of the League.
