David Goffin vs  Karen Khachanov Tennis Prediction

David Goffin leads the H2H 3-1 (1-1 on clay), he also won their recent meeting at Montpellier earlier this season. Goffin is the better and more experienced player of these two, but his current struggles (since the freak eye injury) gives Khachanov a decent chance in this encounter.

David Goffin News

David Goffin had to fight back from a set and double break down against Marcel Granollers Pujol to ensure safe progression into the round of 16, 4-6 7-6 6-2.
It was the first time a match involving David Goffin had gone to the distance since the second week of February 2018, when he lost to Richard Gasquet in the semifinal of ATP Montpellier.
David Goffin is yet to produce his best tennis since returning from the short injury break (eye injury), including his unconvincing performance against Marcel Granollers on Tuesday.
The Belgian’s only previous round of 16 match here at Barcelona ended in a three-set defeat against none other than Karen Khachanov (next opponent) in 2017.
The World #10 has entered just five tournaments on tour so far in 2018 and made at least the quarterfinal in three of them, including his quarterfinal run at the Monte Carlo Masters (clay) last week.

Karen Khachanov News

Karen Khachanov registered a comfortable straight set win over the seasoned clay courter Leonardo Mayer in the second round, 6-4 6-3.
Five of the Russian’s last six matches have finished in straight sets with him winning four of them, his only defeat in those five matches came against Rafael Nadal in Monte Carlo.
Khachanov won 13 matches on clay in 2017 (13/8), which also includes four quarterfinal appearances at Barcelona, Lyon, Bastad, and Hamburg.

Tennis Prediction: David Goffin to win
Odds: 1.83