Alaves vs Barcelona: line-ups, score predictions, head-to-head record & more — preview
As Barcelona set to lock horn with Alaves we bring you some insight on pass records, available & non-available players due to injury or technical reasons and more...
Barcelona injury list.
Marc-Andre ter Stegen (knee), Samuel Umtiti (lack of fitness), Ronald Araujo (thigh) and Philippe Coutinho (hamstring) are unavailable through injuries.
Technical reason.
Riqui Puig is left out for technical reasons.
Squad list.
Alaves (injury)
First-choice defensive midfielder Pere Pons is injured.
Stats to know.
Barcelona has won all of their last 8 fixtures against Alaves in all competitions.
The Catalans have scored about 3.3 goals on average in the last 8 games vs Alaves.
Alaves are currently La Liga's 10th side in terms of home form; Barcelona is 11th in terms of away matches.
Probable line-ups.
Barca XI: Neto; Dest, Pique, Lenglet, Alba; Busquets, De Jong; Dembele, Messi, Fati; Griezmann.
Alaves XI: Pacheco; Navarro, Laguardia, Lejeune, Duarte; Mendez, Pina, Battaglia, Jota; Perez, Joselu.
Predictions.
SportsMole's Matt Law: Alaves 0-2 Barcelona
"Barca's impressive performance against Juve would certainly have boosted their confidence, and Koeman's side will be determined to return to winning ways in the league. Alaves are capable of making it an uncomfortable 90 minutes, but we fancy the Catalan giants to secure all three points in routine fashion."
Squawka's Felix Keyth: Alaves 0-2 Barcelona
Source: TRIBUNA.COM
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