Barcelona v Valencia - preview and possible lineups

Barcelona: Ivan Rakitic broke his finger during the Champions League loss to Roma and will sit out, while Lucas Digne, Yerry Mina and Aleix Vidal have been left out of the matchday squad. 

Valencia: There are no new injury concerns for Valencia so Francis Coquelin remains the only player sidelined. 

Ernesto Valverde: I expect the same Valencia as always. They are on an extraordinary streak with a system that is giving them great success, and they are a team having a great season. From a physical point of view we are well placed to face the final stretch

Marcelino: As the statistics show, FC Barcelona’s ground is the toughest to go to in LaLiga. They are the team to have picked up the most points at home and they average nearly three goals per match, as well as conceding just seven. They had the ability to win their last game, and in any case it is going to make this game more difficult. It is rare for FC Barcelona to lose two consecutive games. We are going to put in all that we can to try and get a result.

Did you know?

Lionel Messi has three hat-tricks against Valencia at home.

Score prediction: 1-1

Barcelona possible XI: Ter Stegen; Roberto, Pique, Umtiti, Alba; Busquets, Iniesta; Dembele, Messi, Coutinho; Suarez 

Valencia possible XI: Neto; Montoya, Garay, Gabriel, Gaya; C. Soler, Parejo, Kondogbia, Guedes; Zaza, Rodrigo