Eibar midfielder Gonzalo Escalante competes for the ball against Barcelona's Arda Turan. (Photo : Getty Images)
Struggling team Getafe CF (7-16-6, 27 points) and middling squad SD Eibar (10-12-7, 37 points) are scheduled to meet for a 2015-2016 La Liga season game at the Coliseum Alfonso Perez on Friday, March 18th.
Getafe, who last won a La Liga match on Jan. 17th versus Espanyol, will try to move up the league table and avoid Segunda Division demotion as they are currently drifting at the 17th spot with only a point away from the bottom-three relegation zone.
El Geta was annihilated by reigning Spanish champions FC Barcelona, 0-6, at the Nou Camp last Saturday to extend their winless streak in the domestic top flight to nine games, as per SkySports.
The nightmare started for Fran Escribá's boys right at the eighth-minute mark of the match with an own goal from defensive midfielder Juan Rodriguez after trying to deflect a shot from Barça left back Jordi Alba.
It opened the floodgates of Blaugrana as young striker Munir El Haddadi, who is spelling for the resting Luis Suárez in the Barça front three, struck at the 19th minute with a header from an assist by Argentina's Lionel Messi off a brilliant cross by team captain Andres Iniesta.
Brazilian forward Neymar had a brace at the 32nd and 51st, Messi also contributed one at the 40th, and Turkish midfielder Arda Turan netted at the 57th to seal the game for Barcelona.
Meanwhile, Eibar managed to halt their four-game losing streak and settle for a 1-1 draw with reeling squad Rayo Vallecano on the road at the Campo de Futbol de Vallecas also last Saturday, as reported by ESPN.
Rayo defender Ze Castro opened the scoring at the seventh minute of the match, but Los Armeros midfielder Gonzalo Escalante was able to equalize the game at the 36th before the two teams went scoreless the rest of the way.
José Luis Mendilibar's boys survived the final five minutes of the match with only 10 men after defensive midfielder Josip Radosevic was sent off at the 85th after getting booked for a second yellow card.
The draw capped Armagiñak's five-game winless slide as they drift at the eighth spot of the league table, eight points behind seventh placers Celta Vigo.
The predicted result is a close 1-0 victory for Eibar.
Getafe starting lineup (4-4-2 formation): Guaita; Buendia, Vergini, Velazquez, Pereira; Yoda, Rodriguez, Medran, Leon; Wanderson, Scepovic
Eibar starting lineup (4-1-4-1 formation): Riesgo; Capa, Dos Santos, Ramis, Junca; Carrillo; Inui, Escalante, Garcia, Gonzalez; Borja
