FC Barcelona have two fresh injury concerns as both Joao Cancelo and Andreas Christensen missed training earlier today. Cancelo is battling a knee issue while Christensen is dealing with a knock on his ankle. Both are considered strong doubts for the midweek Copa Del Rey clash at Athletic Club. … [Read more...] about FC Barcelona Team News at Athletic Club: Christensen, Cancelo
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FC Barcelona Starting XI Prediction at Rayo Vallecano
While it wasn't a perfect start to the season, it was a very solid, if not stellar, beginning for FC Barcelona. It's the Catalan Club, the standards are always sky high. However, two losses in four games: to Real Madrid in the home edition of El Clasico and to Shakhtar Donetsk in the UEFA Champions League soured the mood. … [Read more...] about FC Barcelona Starting XI Prediction at Rayo Vallecano
Barcelona Team News at Rayo Vallecano: Gavi, De Jong, Ter Stegen
This past international break was more than "catastrophic" for the El Clasico rivals. With Gavi going down for FC Barcelona and Eduardo Camavinga & Vinicius Jr. for Real Madrid, it was the most disastrous internationals ever for these two clubs. Gavi grabbed all the headlines because his injury is the most cataclysmic. He's done for the rest of the club season, and he'll … [Read more...] about Barcelona Team News at Rayo Vallecano: Gavi, De Jong, Ter Stegen
FC Barcelona Injury News: Ter Stegen, De Jong, Roberto
FC Barcelona will return to action a week from tomorrow when they'll visit Rayo Vallecano for a La Liga fixture. The Catalan Club will enter the match sitting third in the table, four points behind league leading Girona and two behind arch-rivals Real Madrid. Blaugranes boss Xavi Hernandez will have a trio of injury concerns for this one, and they come in form of Frenkie de … [Read more...] about FC Barcelona Injury News: Ter Stegen, De Jong, Roberto
FC Barcelona Starting XI Prediction at Shakhtar Donetsk (UEFA Champions League)
Xavi Hernandez shifted from a 4-3-3 to 3-4-1-2 formation for his side's 1-0 win at Real Sociedad yesterday. FC Barcelona got a very late goal, i.e. near the death in added time, from defender Ronald Araujo, to get the league win on the road. We are predicting that Xavi stays with the formation switch at Shakhtar Donetsk when Barcelona shift gears from the La Liga to the UEFA … [Read more...] about FC Barcelona Starting XI Prediction at Shakhtar Donetsk (UEFA Champions League)
Barcelona at Shakhtar Team News: De Jong, Roberto, Konoplia
Frenkie de Jong and Sergi Roberto are the only two injury concerns for FC Barcelona right now, and that has to be a relief for manager Xavi Hernandez. He's certainly had to deal with a rash of injuries this season, and that includes a handful of his star players. So getting back to full fitness is a welcome development. With De Jong, he's returned to training now, having … [Read more...] about Barcelona at Shakhtar Team News: De Jong, Roberto, Konoplia
FC Barcelona Starting XI Prediction at Real Sociedad
Barcelona boss Xavi Hernandez is getting more of his players back from injury now, and overall, his team's fitness situation has vastly improved in the past couple of weeks. However, some of those stars are not 90 minutes full match fit yet, so he'll still have some selection issues when he leads his side into Real Sociedad on the weekend. Also, Xavi faces the challenges … [Read more...] about FC Barcelona Starting XI Prediction at Real Sociedad
FC Barcelona Team News at Real Sociedad: Pedri, De Jong, Roberto
After a long injury layoff, midfielder Pedri is expected back into the squad for FC Barcelona on Saturday, when the Blaugranes visit Real Sociedad. Pictured back in training, this could end a 71 day lay-off for the 20-year-old Spaniard. For the record, he has been out a total of 378 days since he moved over to the Catalan club from UD Las Palmas in the 2021-22 season. In … [Read more...] about FC Barcelona Team News at Real Sociedad: Pedri, De Jong, Roberto