La Liga
Leganés vs FC Barcelona Preview
In one of the mismatch of the season, last place Leganés meets top place FC Barcelona.
The Catalan club hold an unbeaten record with 13 points in the standings. However, they were upset to a 2-2 draw this past Sunday against Girona at Camp Nou. With Real Madrid in the rear-view mirror looking forward to another Culé mishap, Barça remain calm in this game.
Nevertheless, Los Blancos have to face Sevilla at the Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán after the matchup between Lega and .
Ernesto Valverde’s boys know of the opportunity they have if they are able to pick up some meaningful points ahead of Real Madrid’s matchup against Atlético de Madrid. For this reason, the Catalans will want to bring points away from the Estadio Municipal Butarque.
Team News
Barcelona boss will be without Clement Lenglet after getting a first-half red card against Girona last Sunday.
In addition, he will like have some doubtful to play in Rafinha, Denis Suarez and Sergi Samper. Carles Aleña is out for this match.
Ivan Rakitic will likely return to lead the midfield with Arthur or Arturo Vidal. French international Ousmane Dembele may be rested as well.
Leganés boss Mauricio Pellegrino will be without Alexander Szymanowski.
Prediction
The Catalan press and players feel that they were robbed of points this past Sunday against Girona. However, this Lega team has given Barcelona problems in the past and cannot be too confident playing away. There are many bench players on the field for this matchup and a 0-2 win will probably in favor of the Catalans. Additionally, Barcelona have scored at least 2 goals in their last 4 matches against Leganés in all competitions.
Lineups
Leganes XI: Cuellar, Juanfran, Bustinza, Tarin, Silva, Carnero, Perez, Vesga, El Zhar, Oscar, En-Nesyri.
Barcelona XI: Ter Stegen, Roberto, Pique, Umtiti, Vermaelen, Rakitic, Busquets, Coutinho, Munir, Dembele, Messi.
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