Barca 0-1 Cadiz: Xavi's side lose at home for second time in four days

Barcelona's singing section boycotted the team’s home game against Cadiz and missed the side’s worst performance so far under Xavi as the relegation strugglers ran out 1-0 winners.

Barca are in a four-team race to get into the Champions League places with Betis, Sevilla and Atletico Madrid. This result is a reminder that that they don’t have a top-four finish sown up just yet.

Around 5,000 Barça supporters stayed away because they were unhappy at the way the club allowed around 20,000 Eintracht Frankfurt to access all areas of the Nou Camp and roar their side to victory in the Europa League last Thursday. 

Staying away in protest at other fans having stayed away – allowing the visiting supporters to take their place – might seem like a strange way to register their discontent. Their presence from behind the North Goal were missed here and so were the injured Pedri, Gerard Pique and the suspended Ronald Araujo.

Barcelona failed to score in a first half for the fifth consecutive game in what was a poor opening 45 minutes from them.

Ousmane Dembele was their brightest light in the first half although he some of his best work by shooting high and wide or picking the wrong final pass. He tested Jeremias Ledesma when he had Frenkie de Jong free to his right.

It was Cadiz who had the best chance of the first half when Sobrino raced away on a counter attack and crossed for Lucas Perez who blazed over with his first time finish.

The former Arsenal and West Ham forward made no mistake three minutes into the second half with a chance from just two yards out. 

Alex Fernandez played the ball into the area and neither centre-back Clement Lenglet nor goalkeeper Marc Andre ter Stegen could deal with the danger as Sobrino tried and then