Line-ups of the Granada-FC Barcelona of LaLiga 2020-21

The FC Barcelona confronts this Saturday 9 January to the Granada CF in The Cármenes, with reason of an eighteenth day of LaLiga Santander 2020-21 with which the culés will look for to close a perfect week. The team directed by Ronald Koeman won to the SD Huesca (0-1) the past weekend, whereas between week conquered Saint Mamés (2-3) and now wants to follow suit in Andalusian earths.

The Barça, in this sense, will have by in front an opportunity that will not be able to desaprovechar for recortar points in League, in front of a Granada that this season is suffering some altibajos, because of the calendar tightened to the that has seen subjected with League, Glass of Rey and Europe League. Although it is true that the Barça also has been irregular in what it goes of League, this Saturday Koeman will go back to present a competitive alignment to carry the triumph.

The group blaugrana knows that a victory will help him to prepare to level anímico of face to the next commitments of the month of January, especially of face to the Supercopa of Spain of next week in Andalucia. In spite of the absences of Coutinho, Hammered, Sergi Roberto and Ansu Fati, in addition to the one of Lenglet by sanction, the Barça will configure an eleven of guarantees in which the attack will be composed by Messi, Pedri, Griezmann and Dembélé, in 4-2-3-1.

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, promoting like this the continuity of the good series initiated from does a week. 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 Granada and FC Barcelona:

• XI of the Granada CF: Rui Silva; Foulquier, Germán, Duarte, Neva; Eteki, Herrera, Montoro; Doors, Soldered and Machís.
• XI of the FC Barcelona: Ter Stegen; S. Dest, Umtiti, Mingueza, Jordi Alba; Busquets, Of Jong; Pedri, Messi, Dembélé and Griezmann.
• Bench of the FC Barcelona: Net, Iñaki Crag, Ilaix Moriba, Riqui Puig, Umtiti, Pjanic, Trincao, Braithwaite, Junior, Matheus and Konrad.

The eleven of the Barça recovers to several 'headlines' usual of the last parties, although with light changes. The main is the entrance of Umtiti by Araújo, that suffered annoyances during the warming. In the defensive line, Sergiño Dest will go back to the titularity in the right side, with Umtiti and Mingueza 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 balance, whereas the forward will be composed as we already have advanced by Messi, Pedri, Griezmann and Dembélé.

The Granada CF, by his part, will go out to play in his stadium with the ambition to generate difficulties from the beginning and the clear will to add some point that allow him go up places in the table. The ones of Diego Martínez 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 transitions and the played to unemployed balloon.