The next Barcelona match is upon us! The Blaugrana return to action for a monster La Liga game against local rivals Girona, and Xavi Hernández has called up the following 23 players for Saturday’s derby:
Goalkeepers: 1. Marc-André ter Stegen, 13. Iñaki Peña, 31. Diego Kochen
Defenders: 2. João Cancelo, 4. Ronald Araujo, 5. Iñigo Martínez, 15. Andreas Christensen, 17. Marcos Alonso, 23. Jules Kounde, 33. Pau Cubarsí, 39. Héctor Fort
Midfielders: 8. Pedri, 16. Fermín López, 18. Oriol Romeu, 20. Sergi Roberto, 22. Ilkay Gündogan
Forwards: 7. Ferran Torres, 9. Robert Lewandowski, 11. Raphinha, 14. João Félix, 19. Vitor Roque, 27. Lamine Yamal
There was some doubt about the availability of Vitor Roque after the Brazilian missed training on Friday but he has recovered in time and makes the list, leaving only Frenkie de Jong (ankle), Alejandro Balde (hamstring) and Gavi (knee) as absentees as they are ruled out for the rest of the season through injury.
Predicted starting XI (4-2-3-1):
Ter Stegen; Kounde, Araujo, Cubarsí, Cancelo; Christensen, Pedri; Yamal, Gündogan, Raphinha; Lewandowski
The match kicks off at 6.30pm CET (Barcelona), 5.30pm BST/WAT (UK & Nigeria), 12.30pm ET, 9.30am PT (USA), 10pm IST (India), and you can join us to follow and comment all the action.
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