Girona welcomed Barcelona to the Estadi Montilivi for the Catalan derby in La Liga - both of whom were playing their sixth game of the season.
Girona went into the game following a mixture of results in their opening games. A surprise 2-2 draw against Atletico Madrid to start the season and a 1-0 win against Malaga to follow it up. Since then, Girona hadn't managed another victory with losses to Atletico Bilbao and Sevilla - most recently a goalless draw away at Leganes.
Barcelona, on the other hand, hadn't dropped a single point. The Spanish giants had scored 17 goals in just five La Liga games and conceded only two.