Barcelona had a robust begin to their new European journey due to a 2-0 win away to Newcastle of their Champions League opener, however now their focus should flip again to La Liga because the Catalans welcome Getafe to the Johan Cruyff Stadium.
The Blaugrana returned to successful methods within the league final weekend with a destruction of Valencia, and can search for a second straight win in opposition to an especially annoying and irritating Getafe facet who’re off to a wonderful begin this season with three wins in 4 video games and all the time give Barça the most important of complications, residence or away.
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Right here’s how we predict Hansi Flick will line up his troops for Sunday’s battle.
Protection
Barça don’t have a lot time to relaxation after Newcastle and might be proper again in motion on Thursday in opposition to newly-promoted Actual Oviedo away from residence, however we seemingly gained’t be seeing a lot rotation from Flick on this one given the significance of a win and the opponent they’ll be going through.
However there might nonetheless be a few adjustments, and we count on not less than one on the again given Pau Cubarsí’s slight knee difficulty on Thursday that’s not thought of severe however nonetheless warrants warning and a probable relaxation on Sunday. We predict Andreas Christensen begins this one alongside Ronald Araujo, with Jules Kounde and Gerard Martín retaining their full-back spots.
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Midfield
Barça gained the all-important midfield battle in opposition to Newcastle thanks largely to the quiet dominance of Pedri and Frenkie de Jong, who did an excellent job of coping with the Newcastle press and utterly dominated the ball on the finish of the sport to expire the clock and keep away from a late comeback from the house group.
We predict these two will begin within the double pivot once more, although it’s potential Marc Casadó takes De Jong’s spot since Frenkie was coming off an damage and performed all 90 minutes on Thursday. Fermín López will seemingly preserve his spot as a quantity 10, however Dani Olmo has an opportunity to start out if Flick desires to freshen issues up.
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Assault
Marcus Rashford is the speak of many cities in Spain and England after his star cameo in opposition to Newcastle, and there’s zero cause to count on the Englishman to not be within the beginning XI on this one to proceed build up his confidence and continuity inside the system.
Lamine Yamal is anticipated to overlook out as soon as once more as he recovers from a groin drawback, so Raphinha will preserve his place on the appropriate wing. Robert Lewandowski began his first sport of the season in opposition to Newcastle and there’s not a lot restoration time head of this one, so we predict the Pole will return to the bench and Ferran Torres will begin up prime.
Doable XI: Garcia; Kounde, Araujo, Christensen, Martín; De Jong, Pedri; Raphinha, Fermín, Rashford; Ferran (4-2-3-1)
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