After the convincente victory of the FC Barcelona on the Villarreal the past Thursday (3-0), the Barcelona return to the action with the visit of the Athletic Club of Bilbao, trained by the exculé Ernesto Valverde, this Sunday (21:00 hours CEST), in the corresponding party to the eleventh day of LaLiga Santander 2022-2023. In the previous, the trainer egarense recognised that it was forced to do rotations.

"We will do changes because there is fatigue and annoyances, some more forced that others. It would like me give continuity to some players, but have to prioritise that the team was to 100%", said the trainer egarense. Between the possible novelties, could be the players that 'rested' against the Villarreal: Sergio Busquets, Alejandro Balde, Eric García, Raphinha and Ousmane Dembélé. To continuation, our forecast of the alignments:

Likely alignments of the Barça-Athletic Bilbao

  • XI of the FC Barcelona: Ter Stegen; Bellerín, Eric García, Koundé, Balde; Busquets, Of Jong, Gavi; Dembélé, Lewandowski and Ansu Fati.
  • XI of the Athletic Bilbao: Unai Simón; Óscar Of Marcos, Yeray Álvarez, Íñigo Martínez, Íñigo Lekue; Oihan Sancet, Mikel Vesga/Dani García; Nico Williams, Iker Muniain, Álex Berenguer; Iñaki Williams.

Ter Stegen

The guardameta is intocable in the alignment of Xavi Hernández and, although it announced rotations, the place of goalkeeper will not see changes. The one of Mönchengladbach is being one of the protagonists of the team in this start of season and will look for to live a calm night, as it already did the past Thursday against the Villarreal.

Bellerín-Koundé-Eric-Balde

In the defence could have important changes, with the possible novelty of Héctor Bellerín like titling in the right band, after recovering of his injury. The doubt is the one of Jules Koundé, the one who is being very important and would split like titling beside Eric García in the axis of the defensive saga, but will depend on if Xavi understands that it has to give him rest to avoid 'surprises', remembering that hardly it does a week gave him the high medical and east would be his third party in seven days. Alejandro Balde, finally, could recover his place in the left-handed side.

Of Jong-Busquets-Gavi

In the centre of the field also there are several doubts. Xavi glided that Busquets would return to the eleven headline: "In the subject to do coverages, understand the exit in the just moment, for me, Busi is a máster, with a big experience and has the gift to know be, is spectacular for the group", said, adding that Frenkie of Jong could play as inner because it would not have so many freedoms with the Athletic. It ensured, besides, that Pedri is insustituible, but has played everything... And it could go out Gavi, by what expects that the three form the trident in the medullary against the picture of the lions.

Dembélé-Lewandowski-Ansu Fati

The Barcelona forward to receive to the Athletic gathers all the doubts, because up to now Lewandowski has been headline in almost all the parties: it will be part of the rotations this Sunday? Considering that it is one of the most important pieces of the team and that has marked big percentage of the goals of the Barça, results complicated that it remain in the bench. It will remain for resolving who will accompany him in the extremes. To Ansu Fati is him putting expensive to title indisputable and could reappear Ousmane Dembélé by the right.