It arrives the last battle of the year. This Tuesday to the 19:15 hours (peninsular schedule Spanish) the FC Barcelona will confront to the SD Eibar in the Camp Nou, in the party of the day 16 of LaLiga Santander 2020-21, although the culés have still a pending duel for playing. The last goleada lumbered with to the Valladolid (0-3), with change of included system, has filled of optimism to a Barça that arrives with important drops, although with the convencimiento to tie up the triumph.

The SD Eibar chains two consecutive defeats and does not win from 30 November, without having seen still the victory in this last month of the year. The history, besides, says that to the group armero no give him at all well his visits to the Camp Nou (neither his parties in front of the Barça, in general). His only six visits to the sanctuary culé, in LaLiga, have translated in six goleadas against (3-0, 3-1, 4-2, 6-1, 3-0 and 5-0).

It was as it was, the FC Barcelona no fía of the ones of José Luis Mendilibar, and is thus that Ronald Koeman has warned to his players during the previous press conference to the party. The Dutch technician does not want frights, and is foreseen that it range his best eleven possible in spite of having the drops of Jordi Alba -by accumulation of cards- and of Leo Messi -recovering of the ankle-, without explaining the already usual.

And it is that in the infirmary continue Gerard Hammered, that follows recovering of the injury of knee and will not be smart until February (minimum); Ansu Fati, with the meniscus broken and drop until March; and Sergi Roberto, with a muscular break of which possibly recover in question of days. The positive news is the one of Ousmane Dembélé, that already is recovered of his last ailment and will go in in the announcement in front of the Eibar.

Like this the things, Ronald Koeman will repeat a very similar alignment to which gave the triumph in the Stadium José Zorrilla, although with some novelties to relieve to Jordi Alba and Messi: Ter Stegen; Lenglet, Araujo, Mingueza; Junior; Pjanic, Of Jong, Dest; Pedri, Braithwaite and Griezmann, leaving opened also the possibility that have minutes Ousmane Dembélé, was of start or in the second time.

It foresees that Koeman repeat the system 3-4-2-1 that did to shine to the team in the previous party, although no descarta that, when playing in the Camp Nou, the Dutch return to the 4-2-3-1 that implanted from the beginning of the season. Regarding the Eibar of Mendilibar, knows that it does not treat of a party "of his league", but even so it will try incomodar to the Barça. The armeros know of the irregularity of the culés this season, and want to take advantage of for 'fish' in the Catalan capital.

A party to confirm the mejoría of the team

The party will be an opportunity so that players like Junior and Griezmann claim and show his best level, at the same time that others like Mingueza, Pedri, Braithwaite, Araujo and Sergiño Dest will try to prolong the good feelings that are leaving in the last weeks. On the other hand, if Busquets remains in the bench to the detriment of Pjanic, will mean that the bosnio already has given the step forward that needed to assume the titularity.

If Real Sociedad and Villarreal 'puncture' in this day 16 and the FC Barcelona achieves the victory in front of the Eibar, the culés could surpass to 'groguets' and 'txuri urdin' to situate in the third square of the classification, just by behind an Athletic of Madrid and a Real Madrid that still have to eight points. The Eibar, by his part, will want to rascar some point for no adentrarse in the zone of descent.

Technical index card of the party: FC Barcelona-SD Eibar