Barcelona look for three points at home against Alaves
Kick-off : 8:45 PM (Local)
Venue : Camp Nou, Barcelona
Barcelona are currently leading the points table after playing 20 games and having earned 54 points. They are on their way to winning La Liga this season. They will hope to carry on their winning momentum.
Barcelona progressed in Copa del Rey with an aggregate win over Espanyol. They will be pretty confident ahead of the Alaves game.
On the other hand, Alaves are currently just above the relegation zone with 19 points from 20 games. They know they need to keep getting positive results to remain safe.
Alaves have been knocked out of Copa del Rey after loosing to Valencia on penalties. They will need to lift themselves up ahead of the trip to Barcelona.
So far Barcelona and Alaves have played each other 20 times. Out of that Barcelona have won on 14 occasions while Alaves have won on 4 occasions, 2 other games ave been a draw.
Team news and possible line-ups
Ruben Duarte is back after suspension for Alaves and will play Sunday’s game. While Rodrigo Ely and Tomas Pina will not be available for the weekend game as due to suspensions.
Also Guillermo Maripan is available and might play.
As for Barcelona, Thomas Vermaelen and Ousmane Dembele will not be available for the Alaves game as due to injury. Other than that they have a full squad to choose from.
Alaves XI : Pacheco, Vigaray, Duarte, Laguardia, Maripan, Katai, Ibai, D. Torres, Sobrino, C. Santos, Burgui.
Barcelona XI : Ter Stegen, Semedo, Pique, Mina, Digne, Roberto, Paulinho, Busquets, Coutinho, Messi, Alcacer.
Prediction
I expect Barcelona to get a routine victory over the bottom ranked side.
