Team news
Barcelona
Dani Alves is suspended while Samuel Umtiti, Ansu Fati, Sergi Roberto and Alejandro Balde are dealing with serious injuries. They will all miss the game for Barcelona.
Memphis Depay, Clement Lenglet and Eric Garcia are a doubt.
Espanyol
Oscar Gil (suspended) and Fernando Calero (injured) will miss the game for Espanyol.
Record
Barca’s last five matches: 2 wins, 1 draw, 2 losses (after extra time).
Espanyol’s last five matches: 1 draw, 4 losses.
Last five head-to-head games: 4 Barca wins, one draw.
Probable lineups
Barcelona XI: Ter Stegen – Dest, Araujo, Pique, Alba – Busquets, F. de Jong, Pedri – Adama, Torres, Gavi.
Espanyol XI: Diego Lopez – Vidal, Gomez, Cabrera, Pedrosa – Darder, Morlanes, Melendo – Puado, De Tomas, Vilhena.
Prediciton
SportsMole: Espanyol 1-2 Barcelona
“Matches between these two sides are always important affairs, and it is set to be another fascinating battle this weekend.
“Espanyol will fancy their chances of causing problems, particularly with De Tomas returning to the side, but we are expecting Barcelona to navigate their way to another three points in La Liga.”
WhoScored: Espanyol 1-2 Barcelona
“Espanyol have been in poor form of late, and they continued that with a defeat to Athletic Club last time out. Barca are on cloud nine at the moment, and they will be confident of coming through this Catalan derby with all three points, but derbies are rarely straightforward, so this could be a narrow away win.
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