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Barca Squad To Face Leganes Barca Squad To Face Leganes FC Barcelona look to bounce back to winning ways after drawing at home to Girona last weekend. Barca will face a Leganes team that have failed to win any of their last 5 games. Ernesto Valverde's squad is made up of Ter Stegen, Cillessen; Semedo, Pique, Umtiti, Vermaelen; Alba, Sergi Roberto; Rakitic, Busquets, Coutinho, Arthur, Vidal; Suarez, Dembele, Malcom and Munir. TEAM STATS Barcelona have won their official games this season except the draw with Girona in match day 5. W6 D1 Leganes have lost 4 of their last 5 games, 1 draw at home versus Real Sociedad Barca have won their last 4 games against Leganes PREDICTED XI Ter Stegen Roberto &nbsp &nbsp Pique &nbsp Umtiti &nbsp &nbsp Alba Vidal/Arthur &nbsp Rakitic &nbsp Coutinho Messi &nbsp &nbsp &nbsp Suarez &nbsp Dembele/Malcom 4-3-3 • Rafinha...

Barca Squad To Face Girona Barca Squad To Face Girona FC Barcelona will continue their league journey at home versus Girona in match day 5. Barca will face Girona after beating PSV Eindoven 4-0 in the UEFA Champions League on Tuesday evening. The players to face Girona are as follows; Barcelona squad to face Girona: Ter Stegen, Cillessen; Semedo, Pique, Lenglet, Jordi Alba, Sergi Roberto, Umtiti; Rakitic, Busquets, Denis Suarez, Coutinho, Arthur, Vidal, Luis Suarez, Messi, Dembele and Munir. TEAM STATS Barcelona have won all 6 official games this season Girona have won 2 of their last 5 games, 1 loss and 2 draws Girona have won back to back games including a 1-0 away win at Villarreal Barca have won their last 2 games against Girona. A 3-0 win at their stadium and a 6-1 trashing at Camp Nou PREDICTED XI Ter Stegen Semedo &nbsp &nbsp Pique &nbsp Lenglet &nbsp &nbsp Alba Roberto &nbsp Sergio/Vida...

The Rise of Dembele Much was expected from Ousmane Dembele after he moved from Borussia Dortmund for a 105m euro transfer fee a club record at the time. Following a stellar season where he scored 10 goals and provided 21 assists. He made his debut for Barcelona as a second half subsitute at the Camp Nou assisting Luis Suarez for his teams fifth of the night versus Espanyol. In his next game and first start for Barca away to Getafe he injured his hamstring and was ruled out for four months. He was given the medical green light on 2 January 2018 to return to action. A couple weeks later, he again injured himself against Real Sociedad and was ruled out for up to four weeks. Valverde rarely handed Dembele starts and the most painful example was in Rome when Barca were 2-0 down and needed a goal but he was not called up. The few opportunities handed to him he failed to really make any meaningful impact, he would attempt a dribble then lose the ball and his de...

FC Barcelona began their Champions League campaign with a 4-0 battering of PSV Eindoven at Camp Nou on Tuesday evening. While Tottenham fell 2-1 to Inter at San Siro . Barcelona began the game slowly until Iionel Messi opened the scoring in the first half with a beautifuly struck freekick past PSV keeper Zoet after Dembele was fouled outside the area. Barca added three more goals in the second half via 2 more Lionel Messi goals and a fine strike by Demebele from outside the box. Samuel Umtiti was given a second yellow and sent off in the second half for a silly challenge. Lionel Messi finished the game with a record 8 Champions League hatricks MATCH STATS Stat Barca PSV POSSESSION 75.2% 24.8% Shots 21 14 Pass % 91% 73% Corners 8 1 Yellow Cards 2 2 Red Cards 1 0 PLAYER RATINGS Ter Stegen : 6/10 Jordi Alba : 6/10 Samuel Umtiti : 4.5/10 Gerard Pique : 6.5/...

FC Barcelona Vs PSV Preview RECENT BARCA UCL HISTORY FC Barcelona will begin their Champions League journey at home facing PSV of Netherlands. Barcelona last won the UEFA Champions League in 2015 defeating Juventus in the final. Three successive quarter-final losses have followed. The most disapointing being the loss to Roma last term. However, Ernesto Valverde's men would hope to bring the prestigious trophy home. PSV and Barcelona have never met in the Champions League TEAM STATS FC Barcelona: have won all their games this season starting from a 2-1 win over Sevilla in the Super Copa. PSV: PSV Eindoven have won their last six games successively and it is expected they will cause Barca some problems. ANALYSIS With Barcelona playing at home and having a star studded squad they are clear favorites for the encounter although PSV are dangerous and may end up scoring. However, Barcelona should win the tie. Phillipe Coutinho could play...

FC Barcelona fought really hard for their victory at the Anoeta. Real Sociedad had gone one up early in the first half and it needed two scrappy Barca goals from Luis Suarez and Ousmane Dembele to seal the win. Goalkeeper Ter Stegen also provided several sublime saves to deny the home side. Atletico drew at home and Real drew 1-1 at San Mames. Barca are now sole leaders of La Liga. Here are the player Ratings Ter Stegen: 7.5 Semedo: 5.5 Umtiti: 7.0 Pique: 6.5 Alba: 6.5 Rakitic: 6.5 Sergi Roberto: 6.0 Rafinha: 5.5 Messi: 6.5 Luis Suarez: 6.5 Ousmane Dembele: 8.0 MOTM

Ajax midfield sensation Frenkie De Jong who is in high demand across Europe has set his heart on a move to FC Barcelona . He came very close to signing for FC Barcelona in the summer however the move was blocked by Ajax. De Jong made his debut recently for the Dutch national team and put in a decent performance. Former FC Barcelona technical secretary Robert Fernandez was the man spearheading the move for De Jong however, since his departure FC Barcelona has not made much contact to De Jong with Eric Abidal now in charge and it seems the Frenchman favors his countryman Rabiot. FC Barcelona have also been linked to a big money move for Paul Pogba Which midfielder do you want Barca to sign? De Jong: Pogba: Rabiot

FC Barcelona will travel to face Real Sociedad at Anoeta on Saturday, 15th 3:15pm standard WAT. Last season FC Barcelona won 4-2 in this fixture. Head Coach Ernesto Valverde released his 18 man squad list; Ter Stegen, Cillessen; Semedo, Sergi Roberto, Pique, Umtiti, Lenglet, Vermaelen, Jordi Alba, Busquets, Rakitic, Coutinho, Rafinha, Arturo Vidal; Messi, Luis Suarez, Dembele and Munir. • Arthur is left out despite playing well with the Brazilian national team, however he trained only once since returning from international duty. • Denis Suarez, Malcom and Sergi Samper are left out due to injury. • Rafinha is included for the first time since the Super Cup PREDICTED XI Ter Stegen Roberto, Pique, Lenglet, Alba Rakitic/Vidal, Sergio, Coutinho Messi, Suarez, Dembélé.

All teams participating in the UEFA Champions League 2018-19 were required to submit a list of players that will participate during the group stage phase. Head Coach Ernesto Valverde followed suit and released the list as follows: PLAYERS REGISTERED Barça players in list A registered to play the group stage of the Champions League are: 1. Ter Stegen, 2. Semedo, 3. Piqué, 4. Rakitic, 5. Sergio, 6. Denis Suárez, 7. Coutinho, 8. Arthur, 9. Luis Suárez, 10. Messi, 11. Dembélé, 12. Rafinha, 13. Cillessen, 14. Malcom, 15. Lenglet, 16. Samper, 18. Jordi Alba, 19. Munir, 20. S. Roberto, 22. Vidal, 23. Umtiti, 24. Vermaelen 31. Ezkieta and 33. Cuenca.   And those in list B (Academy) 26. Aleñá, 27. Miranda, 28. Riqui Puig, 29. Abel Ruiz, 30. I. Peña, 32. Monchu, 34. Collado and 35. O. Busquets.

These are the 18 players selected by Head Coach Ernesto Valverde to face Huesca the full squad list is as follows: Marc-Andre ter Stegen, Jasper Cillessen, Nelson Semedo, Gerard Pique, Clement Lenglet, Jordi Alba, Sergi Roberto, Samuel Umtiti, Ivan Rakitic, Sergio Busquets, Philippe Coutinho, Arthur Melo, Malcom, Arturo Vidal, Luis Suarez, Lionel Messi, Ousmane Dembele and Munir El Haddadi. Due to injury Carles Denis Suarez and Sergi Samper are absent, while Thomas Vermaelen and Rafinha are the other members of the first-team squad left out due to technical reasons. PREDICTED XI Ter Stegen, Jordi Alba, Umtiti, Pique, Roberto, Sergio, Coutinho, Rakitic/Vidal, Suarez, Messi, Dembélé