Deportivo v Barcelona - Preview and possible lineups

Tom Devlin 6 years ago 9.5k
Seedorf's side face a fight to stay up. EFE

We take a look ahead to Barcelona's trip to El Riazor to face Deportivo on Sunday in La Liga.

Deportivo: Sulley Muntari is a doubt, as are Federico Cartabia and Eneko Boveda. Otherwise it's a clean bill of health for the Depor squad. 

Barcelona: Sergi Roberto is the only player missing for Barcelona - out suspended after picking up a red card in the previous match against Celta. 

Clarence Seedorf: Mathematically everything is still possible, we are going to continue working just as hard. I'm very happy with how we have prepared for the game. We have come into this playing well but other winning without doing as much. Us, creating many chances, we haven't won. This is football. Against Barca we have to play well, we have to play with courage. 

Ernesto Valverde: We are very excited about winning the League this Sunday. When you win it, I guess it seems easy, but behind you there are many difficult moments, [On Andres Iniesta] He is irreplaceable. He's one of a kind and gives you things you can't get from any other player. Losing a player of that level forces you to look for balance on the team. He deserves all the recognition he’s received.

Did you know?

Barcelona need only a point to win the league. 

Deportivo have only won one of their last 15 La Liga games against Barcelona.

Barcelona are unbeaten in their last 20 away La Liga game

Score prediction: 0-3

Deportivo possible XI: Martinez, Juanfran, Albentosa, Schar, Luisinho, Guilherme, Mosquera, Borges, Perez, Lopez, Adone

Barcelona possible XI: Ter Stegen, Digne, Pique, Umtiti, Alba, Busquets, Rakitic, Iniesta, Coutinho, Messi, Suarez

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