The next Barcelona match is upon us! The Blaugrana return to The League action with a local derby against rivals Espanyol, and Hansi Flick has called up the following 22 players for Sunday’s game:
Goalkeepers: 13. Iñaki Peña, 25. Wojciech Szczesny, 26. Ander Astralaga
Defenders: 2. Pau Cubarsí, 3. Alejandro Balde, 5. Iñigo Martínez, 23. Jules Kounde, 32. Héctor Fort, 35. Gerard Martín, 36. Sergi Domínguez
Midfielders: 6. Gavi, 8. Pedri, 14. Pablo Torre, 16. Fermín López, 17. Marc Casadó, 20. Dani Olmo, 21. Frenkie de Jong
Forwards: 9. Robert Lewandowski, 10. Ansu Fati, 11. Raphinha, 18. Pau Victor, 19. Lamine Yamal
There are no changes to the group of outfield players who were in uniform for last weekend’s The Classicwhich means Eric García misses a fourth straight match as he recovers from a muscle problem. Also out for this one due to injury are Marc-André ter Stegen (knee), Ferran Torres (hamstring), Andreas Christensen (Achilles) and Marc Bernal (knee), while Ronald Araujo (hamstring) is back in training but still a few weeks away from getting the medical green light.
Predicted starting XI (4-3-3):
Pity; Kounde, Cubarsí, Iñigo, Martín; Olmo, De Jong, Pedri; Yamal, Lewandowski, Fati
The match kicks off at 4.15pm CET/WAT (Barcelona & Nigeria), 3.15pm GMT (UK), 10.15am ET, 7.15am PT (USA), 8.45pm IST (India), and you can join us to follow and comment all the action.
LONG LIVE THE BARÇA!
