The next Barcelona match is upon us! The Blaugrana look get another step closer to the La Liga title with a home game against local rivals Espanyol, and Hansi Flick has called up the following 23 players for Saturday\u2019s clash:<\/p>\n
Goalkeepers: 13. Joan Garcia, 25. Wojciech Szczesny, 33. Eder Aller<\/p>\n
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Defenders: 2. Jo\u00e3o Cancelo, 3. Alejandro Balde, 4. Ronald Araujo, 5. Pau Cubars\u00ed, 18. Gerard Mart\u00edn, 23. Jules Kounde, 24. Eric Garcia, 36. \u00c1lvaro Cort\u00e9s, 42. Xavi Espart<\/p>\n
Midfielders: 6. Gavi, 8. Pedri, 16. Ferm\u00edn L\u00f3pez, 17. Marc Casad\u00f3, 20. Dani Olmo, 21. Frenkie de Jong<\/p>\n
Forwards: 7. Ferran Torres, 9. Robert Lewandowski, 10. Lamine Yamal, 14. Marcus Rashford, 19. Roony Bardghji<\/p>\n
There\u2019s some great news for this one as Frenkie de Jong returns after missing a month and a half with a hamstring injury, leaving only Marc Bernal (ankle), Raphinha (hamstring) and Andreas Christensen (knee) as confirmed absences on Saturday.<\/p>\n
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Predicted starting XI (4-2-3-1):<\/p>\n
Joan; Eric, Araujo, Cubars\u00ed, Balde; Casad\u00f3, Gavi; Roony, Ferm\u00edn, Rashford; Ferran<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
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