Barcelona look to rebound from a foul loss within the Champions League away to Chelsea as they play a second straight La Liga sport again on the new Camp Nou towards Deportivo Alavés.
The Blaugrana want efficiency and three factors in convincing style after the catastrophe in midweek, and can be favorites towards an Alavés aspect sitting in mid-table however able to trigger a giant upset towards a susceptible Barça.
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Right here’s how we predict Hansi Flick will line up his troops for Saturday’s battle:
Protection
Barça are coming off a sport by which they performed the ultimate 45 mintues with 10 males and have a monster sport towards Atlético Madrid arising on Tuesday, so it’s doable that we’ll see some rotation on this one.
The backline might see the majority of the modifications after an terrible defensive efficiency in London, and Flick may lastly give Andreas Christensen an opportunity to start out on this one, presumably alongside Eric Garcia to provide Pau Cubarsí a relaxation and preserve Ronald Araujo away from the limelight for a bit.
Gerard Martín might begin at left-back to interchange Alejandro Balde, and Jules Kounde will doubtless keep at right-back regardless of not taking part in properly in any respect this season.
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Midfield
Barça obtained some unhealthy information from coaching within the week as Fermín López will miss a few weeks with a calf situation, however there’s some nice information as Pedri is anticipated again within the squad after a month away with a hamstring damage. We don’t count on The Wizard again as a starter simply but, which might imply a double pivot of Marc Casadó and Frenkie de Jong with Dani Olmo within the quantity 10 function for this one.
Assault
Ferran Torres is one other one who may profit from a sport on the bench after the heavy criticism he acquired for his nightmare at Chelsea, so we predict Robert Lewandowski will lead the road and Marcus Rashford will begin on the left to ensure Raphinha will get some extra minutes off the bench and is totally match to start out towards Atlético. Lamine Yamal will retain his spot on the best, seeking to bounce again from a quiet evening at Stamford Bridge.
Potential XI: Joan; Kounde, Eric, Christensen, Martín; Casadó, De Jong; Yamal, Olmo, Rashford; Lewandowski (4-2-3-1)
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