Barcelona can clearly move seven points at the top of the La Liga table with a victory over Leganes on Saturday evening. The Catalans are in action for Real Madrid, who is confronted with Alaves on Sunday, and they can put more pressure on the Carlo Ancelotti side if they won at Butarque.
Barcelona wants to continue their undefeated beginning until 2025, which lasted earlier in the week after an extensive 4-0 win over Borussia Dortmund in the first stage of their quarter-final of Champions League. And despite only a three -day turning point of that match, head coach Hansi Flick is not willing to make wholesale changes.
According to the sport, Flick is planning to rest such as Pau Cubarsi, Alejandro Bald, Frenkie de Jong and Robert Lewandowski, but there will still be starting for Jules Kounde, Pedri, Lamine Yamal and Raphinha – this is that this fixture is seen as one of Barcelona's Akele rip. Ronald Araujo, Gerard Martin, Eric Garcia, Gavi and Ferran Torres are expected to get into the side from the Dortmund match, where Fermin Lopez is the other player to fall away.
Flick clearly does not underestimate Leganes, and it makes sense that the Madrid club won 2-1 in the reverse match at the Estadi Olimpic Lluis Company. The side of Borja Jimenez will look an unlikely double about the League leaders, and Sport believes that they will call the same line-up as the 1-1 draw from last weekend against Osasuna.
Leganes fight for their lives at the bottom of the La Liga table, so they will be desperate for a positive result. A victory would climb them at least 24 hours before the relegation zone, but Barcelona will keep an eye on the three points itself while they want to get closer to their objective to reclaim the title of the competition.
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