It has been an extended worldwide break for Barcelona who’re lastly set to return to motion towards an advanced opponent at a ruthless venue.
The Blaugrana, in any case, should journey to Galicia the place they tackle Celta Vigo at Municipal de Balaidos, a venue the place they haven’t loved a lot luck lately.
Two weeks after their final outing, the workforce welcomed Robert Lewandowski from his again harm however nonetheless have some of motion together with younger Lamine Yamal, Ansu Fati and Ferran Torres. Barcelona are, thus, removed from clear favourites.
Whereas Flick’s males are on prime of the league standings, Celta are in eleventh place with 17 factors after 13 video games and have gained simply 5 video games this time period. Notably, nonetheless, they’re simply three factors away from a spot within the prime 6.
Barça Common brings you three speaking factors forward of Celta Vigo vs Barcelona.
Forgetting the hiccup
Barcelona have been very near finishing the proper window forward of the worldwide break after having overwhelmed Sevilla, Bayern Munich, Actual Madrid, Espanyol and Crvena Zvezda in 5 successive video games final month.
Nevertheless, they fell quick on the last hurdle as they did not beat Actual Sociedad within the Basque nation and thus recorded solely their second defeat in La Liga this season.
The repercussions of dropping three factors have been huge because it helped Actual Madrid undo the harm Barcelona inflicted in El Clasico and introduced them again to the image on the standings.
In opposition to Celta Vigo, Hansi Flick’s males will try to get again to their successful methods and put the unlucky end result of their final recreation previous them.
The 2-week break from membership soccer gave many gamers enough time to get better from accidents and earn some deserved relaxation. For others, it was one other robust run with the nationwide workforce, though not remotely as hectic because the membership calendar.
Again with recent minds and spirits, the workforce will look to strike again and as soon as once more present the world why the sport towards Actual Sociedad was a one-off incident.
No Lamine Yamal
Lamine Yamal travelled with the workforce to the Basque nation two weeks in the past however was faraway from the squad hours earlier than kickoff after it turned obvious that he had discomfort in his ankle.
The participant’s setback was a direct results of a powerful problem he obtained towards Crvena Zvezda and he thus stayed away from the nationwide workforce motion over the previous two weeks.
Regardless of taking two weeks of relaxation, Yamal just isn’t at his 100% and that he is not going to play any half within the workforce’s conflict tomorrow evening.
The event is worrying from the supervisor’s viewpoint, particularly when one considers how the ‘s artistic imaginative and prescient.
Additional, his absence will instantly influence Barcelona’s lethality on the counter-attack and the workforce’s means to modify play dynamically.
The large problem on Flick’s arms is to bridge the hole with out having a like-for-like alternative.
, with Fermin Lopez and Dani Olmo the obvious options as they will play on the wing to good impact. Pau Victor, nonetheless, additionally makes a powerful case to start out and it stays to be seen which strategy Flick opts for.
A stadium to concern
Municipal de Balaidos is one stadium the place Barcelona have struggled lately and heading to the Vigo-based venue will thus be an uphill battle for the league leaders.
The workforce gained on the Galician workforce’s residence stadium final season courtesy of a 97th-minute penalty that Robert Lewandowski transformed. The document previous to that’s much less encouraging.
Aside from final season’s win, Barcelona have overwhelmed Celta Vigo on the Balaidos solely as soon as after April 2015.
Of the ten video games performed on the venue after April 2015, the hosts have gained 4 instances, Barcelona twice and 4 video games have resulted in a draw.
Contemplating that each of Hansi Flick’s defeats in La Liga to this point and all their defeats this season have come on the street, the Blaugrana should be alert and guarantee they don’t slip to a second successive defeat.
In any case, Celta Vigo’s solely defeats at residence to this point this season have come towards Atletico Madrid and Actual Madrid.