Barcelona
Huesca
15 March 2021
20:00 UK/ 21:00 CET
La Liga
Camp Nou
Barcelona will be looking to build on a 2-0 win over Osasuna when they take on Huesca on Monday evening.
Barca aim to melt Atletico Madrid’s advantage in the La Liga standings, and they have no other choice but to go all guns blazing at the relegation strugglers.
💪 Back to the pitch!
— FC Barcelona (@FCBarcelona) March 14, 2021
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The likes of Coutinho, Fati, Roberto, Araujo, and Pique remain in the recovery room, while Jordi Alba should be fit to face Huesca.
Pacheta’s men, on the other hand, experienced all sorts of problems at the back in a 4-3 loss to Celta Vigo, and we do not believe that they are capable of spoiling Barcelona’s party at Camp Nou.
The likes of Luisinho, Mosquera, Silva, and Valera are all likely to miss the game with injuries for the visiting team. You should bear in mind that Leo Messi and Co.
crushed Huesca 8-2 in their previous meeting at Camp Nou in the Spanish elite division.
Barcelona vs Elche Head-to-head
Teams Barcelona Huesca played so far 5 matches.
Barcelona won 4 direct matches. Huesca won 0 matches. 1 matches ended in a draw. On average in direct matches both teams scored a 4.80 goals per Match.
Barcelona vs Elche Prediction
Barcelona in actual season average scored 2.17 goals per match. In 19 (95.00%) matches played at home was total goals (team and opponent) Over 1.5 goals. In 16 (80.00%) matches in season 2021 played at home was total goals (team and opponent) Over 2.5 goals.
Huesca average scored 1.16 goals per match in season 2021. In 15 (83.33%) matches played away was total goals (team and opponent) Over 1.5 goals. In 9 (50.00%) matches played away team was total goals (team and opponent) Over 2.5 goals.
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— FC Barcelona (@FCBarcelona) March 14, 2021
Team News:
Barca's injury situation for this match is unchanged from their last clash with PSG, meaning that Gerard Pique, Ronald Araujo, Sergi Roberto, Philippe Coutinho and Ansu Fati will all miss out once again.
It seems likely that Koeman will again select a back three, with Samuel Umtiti, who started against Osasuna last weekend, potentially returning to the starting XI, allowing Frenkie de Jong to move into midfield.
Sergio Busquets could be given a rest in the middle of the park, but there are not expected to be any changes further forward, with Antoine Griezmann and Ousmane Dembele joining Lionel Messi once again.
As for Huesca, Sandro Ramirez, Gaston Silva, Pedro Mosquera and Antonio Valera will again be unavailable for selection this weekend.
Head coach Pacheta has plenty of options for change, particularly in the forward positions, with Javi Ontiveros and Shinji Okazaki both pushing for spots in the side.
The visitors could ultimately be unchanged from the side that started against Celta, though, with Rafa Mir, who has recently been linked with Real Madrid, featuring alongside Ferreiro.
Squad List Barcelona vs Huesca 🙌 pic.twitter.com/rKffFJGykA
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Barcelona possible starting lineup:
Ter Stegen; Mingueza, Lenglet, Umtiti; Dest, Pedri, De Jong, Alba; Griezmann, Messi, Dembele
Huesca possible starting lineup:
Alvaro; Pulido, Siovas, Insua; Maffeo, Seoane, Rico, Galan; Escriche; Mir, Ferreiro