Although it wasn't the brightest display of the Hansi Flick era, Barcelona defeated Alavés 1–0 to continue to make up ground in La Liga.

With Real Madrid having dropped points at Espanyol on Saturday evening, Barcelona came into this afternoon's clash knowing that a win would take them back to within four points of the leaders. The game was delayed early on as Gavi and Tomas Conechny were involved in a very worrying clash of heads.