The FC Barcelona will confront to the RCD Espanyol, from the 21:00 hours (9:00 PM, CEST) in the RCDE Stadium, with the possibility to raise the title of LaLiga Santander 2022-2023 to fault of four days for the end of the championship. The ones of Xavi Hernández will have to add of to three in the visit to the picture of the 'pericos', that to his time plays his continuity in the First Division. It is a party that antoja like a 'war', with opposite prizes.

The Barcelona picture arrives very 'rested' after having played for the last time on 2 May, home against the Osasuna. A goal of Jordi Alba, to fault of five minutes for the end of the meeting, has given the possibility to top this Sunday, for the first time from 2019. It would suppose the title number 27 for the culés, after a season sensacional in which the regularity and big defensive system have been the best arms for the ones of Xavi.

Against the Espanyol, in the big derbi Catalan, the entregador of Terrassa has received the good news that it will be able to have all his footballers, place Sergi Roberto received the high doctor after lesionarse in the Coliseum Alfonso Pérez does almost a month. Like this then , Xavi has had the possibility to configure an eleven very competitive to try carry the title suspender belt and begin the celebration of the blaugrana:

Alignments of the RCD Espanyol-FC Barcelona of LaLiga

  • XI of the Espanyol: Pacheco; Óscar Gil, Montes, Sergi Gómez, Cabrera, Oliván; Melamed, Darder, Denis; Joselu and Braithwaite.
  • XI of the FC Barcelona: Ter Stegen; Koundé, Araújo, Christensen, Balde; Busquets, Frenkie of Jong, Pedri; Raphinha, Lewandowski and Gavi.
  • Bench of the FC Barcelona: Dembélé, Ansu Fati, Ferran Torres, Iñaki Crag, Marcos Alonso, Jordi Alba, Kessié, Roberto, Eric García, Pablo Tower and Arnau Tenas.

Although it existed the possibility that Ousmane Dembélé added his first titularity since it fell lesionado, to finals of January, Xavi Hernández has bet by his alignment more 'usual' to look for the alirón in the house of the Espanyol, with Raphinha like maximum reference in the attack to accompany to Robert Lewandowski. The trainer culé has not changed 'swim' regarding the alignments of the last weeks and has trusted, once again, in the players that have carried the reins of the team in this final stretch of competition.

Like this then , the Barça will go out with Marc-André ter Stegen under the three sticks, backed by a defence of four players conformed by Jules Koundé and Alejandro Balde in the sides, with Ronald Araújo and Andreas Christensen like couple of head offices. Sergio Busquets will split from the 'room of machines' accompanied by two interiors, Frenkie of Jong and Pedri González, whereas probably Gavi split of a more advanced position, as false extreme by the left, to accompany to Raphinha and Lewandowski in the attack.