Valencia vs. Barcelona: Predicted XI for Hansi Flick’s team in La Liga contest

Barcelona will probably be with out the providers of Lamine Yamal and Fermin Lopez for Saturday’s La Liga conflict with Valencia.

Yamal stays on the sidelines with the hamstring damage that he suffered on the finish of April, whereas Fermin has had surgical procedure on a fractured foot and can miss the 2026 World Cup.

Barcelona are in any other case in sturdy form, with Frenkie de Jong (sickness), Marcus Rashford (knock) and Ferran Torres (muscle) all returning to coaching on Wednesday.

The expectation is that De Jong will probably be again in midfield, whereas Rashford and Torres might be joined by Raphinha within the last third of the sector.

Robert Lewandowski has 9 profession targets in opposition to Valencia and can be anticipated to be concerned in some capability, as he prepares to depart Barcelona on the finish of June.

Head coach Hansi Flick might additionally make three adjustments to his defensive unit for this match, with Ronald Araujo, Pau Cubarsi and Alejandro Balde probably coming into the XI.

There may be some alternatives for youth gamers within the squad, with Barcelona being confirmed as La Liga champions with their success over Actual Madrid in El Clasico earlier this month.

Barcelona doable beginning lineup:

J Garcia; Araujo, Cubarsi, E Garcia, Balde; Gavi, De Jong, Pedri; Raphinha, F Torres, Rashford

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