Barcelona Vs. Elche: Preview, Predictions And Lineups

The wounded Barcelona look to return to winning ways erstwhile they big nan recently promoted Elche connected Sunday night.

A mediocre showing astatine nan Santiago Bernabéu saw Barcelona suffer to Real Madrid successful nan first El Clásico of nan term. After mounting a grounds by winning each 4 clashes against their arch rivals a play ago, Barcelona’s defeat against Los Blancos confirmed their challenging reality.

Coming disconnected 3 defeats successful their past 5 matches, Hansi Flick’s men must bounce back. They’ve won their past 10 games against Elche and person ne'er mislaid astatine location to nan Alicante-based club.

Elche person impressed truthful acold this term, though. The recently promoted broadside are sitting 9th successful nan standings aft going 7 unbeaten to commencement nan word successful their return to nan Spanish top-flight.

Here is Sports Illustrated’s guideline to Barcelona vs. Elche successful La Liga.

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Pedri is nan latest Barcelona prima to beryllium compromised by injury. / Manuel Queimadelos/Quality Sport Images/Getty Images

Flick will return to nan touchline aft serving his 1 crippled suspension during El Clásico. The German has a difficult occupation up of him, pinch a lengthy database of absences owed to injury, pinch Pedri, nan only subordinate that's started each crippled this season, nan latest to onshore successful nan infirmary room

The midfield maestro was already going to miss nan conflict against Elche owed to his reddish paper successful El Clásico, though, and Marc Casadó is nan favourite to partner Frenkie de Jong moving forward.

The Catalans could beryllium boosted by nan returns of Robert Lewandowski and Dani Olmo, though they’re engagement would almost surely travel from nan bench.

Lamine Yamal, Marcus Rashford and Ferran Torres will lead nan line, while Ronald Araújo has a beardown chance to get different chance to impressment astatine halfway backmost pursuing Barça’s mediocre protect showing astatine nan Santiago Bernabéu.

Barcelona Predicted Lineup vs. Elche

Barcelona can’t spend to driblet points against Elche. / FotMob

Barcelona Predicted Lineup vs. Elche (4-2-3-1): Szczęsny; Koundé, Araújo, Cubarsí, Balde; Casadó, De Jong; Yamal, López, Rashford; Torres.

Iñaki Peña has 2 cleanable sheets successful 5 games since joining Elche connected indebtedness from Barcelona. / Pedro Salado/Getty Images

Elche were triumphant midweek successful their Copa del Rey play debut to threat a three-game winless streak. The visitors will apt make wholesale changes to nan broadside that took nan transportation connected Wednesday.

Barcelona loanees Héctor Fort and Iñaki Peña will return to look their puerility club; however, only nan second is expected to characteristic from nan start.

Up front, André Silva and Rafa Mir will lead nan statement hoping to guideline Elche to their first ever triumph distant astatine Barcelona.

Elche Predicted Lineup vs. Barcelona

There aren’t immoderate notable injuries affecting Eder Sarabia’s side. / FotMob

Elche Predicted Lineup vs. Barcelona (3-5-2): Peña; Chust, Bigas, Affengruber; Núñez, Aguado, Febas, Mendoza, Valera; Silva, Mir.

Barcelona’s caller shape suggests this will beryllium acold from a locomotion successful nan parkland for Flick’s men. They’ll person to beryllium afloat engaged from nan starting whistle, aliases they consequence worsening their existent antagonistic tally and falling further down Real Madrid successful nan standings.

It’s clip for Barcelona to beryllium their characteristic and bounce-back aft a disappointing conclusion a week ago. Regardless of nan injuries, nan Blaugrana still person plentifulness of value to cod each 3 points successful Montjuïc.

It won’t beryllium pretty, but Flick’s men will respond and widen their triumph streak against Elche to 11 games.

Prediction: Barcelona 2–1 Elche

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