Line-ups of the Alavés-FC Barcelona of LaLiga Santander 2020-21

The FC Barcelona confronts this Saturday 31 October to the Sportive Alavés in Mendizorroza, with reason of an eighth day of LaLiga Santander 2020-21 that will serve so that the culés recover the good feelings in the domestic competition, in which they chain three parties followed without winning after the tropiezos in front of Seville, Getafe and Real Madrid.

All what was not to win in Basque territory will be a failure for the interests of the group of Ronald Koeman, that wishes reengancharse to the high part of the classification and begin to struggle elbow with elbow by the first places. Although it is true that the Barça keeps on being something irregular in his game, starred a big performance in the Allianz Stadium against the Juventus (0-2) does some days.

After having played the one who probably was the best party of the season 2020-21 to date, the ones of Koeman have now the aim to recover the senda of the triumph in LaLiga to prepare to level anímico of face to the next commitments. With the absences of Ter Stegen, Umtiti and Coutinho, the Barça will configure an eleven of full guarantees in which the front of attack will be composed by Leo Messi, Ansu Fati, Dembélé and Griezmann.

Although the paramount will be to ensure the three points, the Barcelona does not want to go down the foot of the accelerator and expects to attain a victory that can follow with the good series in Mendizorroza in the last years, for like this content to his fans and follow leaving backwards the institutional controversy. In the second part expect changes that will go in function of how pass the party, to end to keep the cool legs of the heavy weights.

The XI of Sportive Alavés and FC Barcelona:

• XI of the Sportive Alavés: Pacheco; Navarro, Laguardia, Lejeune; Edgar, Pina, Battaglia, Jota, Duarte; Deyverson and Luis Rioja.
• XI of the FC Barcelona: Net; S. Roberto, Hammered, Lenglet, Jordi Alba; Busquets, Of Jong; Dembélé, Ansu Fati, Messi and Griezmann.
• Bench of the FC Barcelona: I. Crag, Aleñá, S. Dest, Pjanic, Pedri, Trincao, Braithwaite, Junior, Konrad and Arnau.

The eleven of the Barça is very seemed to the of the last parties. In the defensive line, Sergi Roberto will go back to the titularity in the right side, with Hammered and Lenglet in the axis of the defence and Jordi Alba in the left side. Busquets and Of Jong will complete a centre of the field of containment, theft and control, whereas the forward will be composed as we already have advanced by Messi, Dembélé, Ansu Fati and Griezmann.

The Sportive Alavés, by his part, will go out to play in his stadium with the ambition to generate difficulties and with the need to struggle by some point that allow him go out of the positions of down. The ones of Pablo Machín will not renounce to at all and will reflect an intense rhythm of game from the first minute, especially in the pressure and the repliegue. The aim babazorro is clear: take advantage of the exits to the contragolpe and the lateral centres.