The FC Barcelona confronts this Saturday 13 February to the Sportive Alavés in the Camp Nou, with reason of a day 23 of LaLiga Santander 2020-21 in which the culés will look for to follow the trail of an Athletic of Madrid that also has done the duties when winning in Granada (1-2). The team directed by Ronald Koeman chains several consecutive victories in League, practising a good game and showing a big state of form, by what does not want to brake his series.

The Barça, in this sense, will have by in front an opportunity of gold to add three points in front of one of the teams in worse state of form of the competition, in search of a triumph that will give him confidence of face to the party of this next Tuesday in front of the PSG in Champions League. Although it is true that the Barcelona has been irregular in what it goes of course, in the last weeks seems to have heaved the flight in LaLiga.

In front it will have to some 'babazorros' that, under the control of Abelardo, will not give by defeated in his eagerness to mark in the sanctuary culé, and that already won to the Barça in the first turn of the championship (1-0). In spite of the absences of Coutinho, Hammered, Ansu Fati, Sergi Roberto and Braithwaite by injury, the FC Barcelona will be able to organise an eleven of guarantees although with some rotations, thinking already in the League of Champions.

Although the paramount will be to ensure the triumph, the Barcelona does not want to go down the foot of the accelerator and expects to attain a victory the most been bulky possible that can convince to his followers, following like this with the good series in the national championship of League. 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 FC Barcelona and Sportive Alavés:

  • XI of the FC Barcelona: Ter Stegen; Mingueza, Lenglet, Of Jong, Junior; Busquets, Ilaix, Riqui Puig; Messi, Trincao and Griezmann.
  • Bench of the FC Barcelona: Net, Pedri, Pedri, Pjanic, Umtiti, Dembélé, Jordi Alba, Iñaki Crag, Hill, Konrad and Matheus.
  • XI of the Sportive Alavés: Pacheco; Martín, Tachi, Lejeune, Duarte; Édgar, Pina, Battaglia, Córdoba; Lucas Pérez, Joselu.

The eleven of the FC Barcelona presents some rotations regarding the last parties. In the defensive line, Mingueza will return to the right side, with Lenglet and Of Jong in the axis of the defence and Junior Firpo in the left side. Busquets, Ilaix Moriba and Riqui Puig will complete a centre of the field of containment, creation and balance, whereas the forward will be composed by Messi, Griezmann and Trincao, in a 4-3-3 system.

The Sportive Alavés, by his part, will go out to play in the Camp Nou with the ambition to generate difficulties from the beginning and the clear will to give the surprise in Catalan earths. The ones of Abelardo will not renounce to at all and will reflect an intense rhythm in all the zones of the field, especially in the pressure and the repliegue. The Barça will have to watch the contragolpes and the played to unemployed balloon.