UEFA Champions League Prediction: Slavia Prague – Barcelona (21-01-2026)

High-flying Barcelona are definitely looking to improve their UEFA Champions League situation. This Wednesday is a good chance to do so as they are travelling away to face bottom side Slavia Prague.

Slavia Prague started this competition as one of the underdogs and now we can clearly see why. The Czech champions are one of the 4 sides which failed to win a single game alongside Kairat Almaty, Bodo/Glimt and Villareal.

However, they did steal some surprising points from Atalanta and Athletic Bilbao, while being fairly huge football underdogs. Moreover, Slavia’s 2 out of 3 points come from home fixtures, which should boost their confidence for this game.

Barcelona had a very rough European December losing 3-0 to Chelsea and surprisingly drawing in Belgium against Club Brugge. In the last round they were able to redeem themselves and beat Eintracht 2-1, but with no ease.

Nevertheless, they started this year incredibly with 4 games winning streak and look invincible. Barca beat bitter city rivals Espanyol and later Real Madrid in the Spanish Super Cup final with these games being one of the most important ones of the season.

With such success H.Flick’s men are 1st in La Liga, already have one trophy in their hands and still are fighting for every single trophy possible.

Now is a great chance for Spanish giants to improve their UEFA Champions League position as they are only 15th. Barca will face Copenhagen in the final round, so the possibility to finish in top 8th is truly realistic.

With the main attacking options back from the sidelines, Barca have a great opportunity not just to climb the league table, but also improve the goal difference as it may become a factor in the tight race for the top 8, which is why top betting sites have them strongly favoured.