Huesca and FC Barcelona meet in a match of the 32nd round of La Liga. Confrontation will be played on Estadio El Alcoraz on Saturday afternoon.
In the turn of the season, Barcelona scored a solid 8-2 on their own, a duel in which the “Catalans” had not less than 14 sutures on the guests’ door. Until that confrontation, the two bands had only two direct matches, both played in the Spanish Cup in 2014, when Messi & co. they scored 12-1 in general (8-1 on their own and 4-0 away).
The Argentine star suffered a slight injury in the success of the “Catalans” in the Manchester United move, ending with a score of 1-0 in favor of the guests. Ernesto Valverde said he will make some changes in the match for Huesca, and Lionel Messi is the first target player. Luis Suarez is also suspended, and under these conditions, Barcelona’s attack will be backed by Brazilian Philippe Coutinho and Malcolm.
Ernesto Valverde’s band reached 19 laps in a row without a failure in La Liga, 15 of which were victories. In the previous round, the “Catalans” were forced to score 2-0 on their own against Atletico Madrid, a success that secured the title of champions in La Liga.
On the other hand, Huesca continues to rank in the last position in the first league in Spain, with 24 points accumulated in 31 stages. They did not have any more championship in the 26th stage, when they landed on their own against Sevilla, with a score of 2-1. In the final round, Huesca ended the match at Levante, scoring 2-2.
On his own ground, Francisco Javier Rodriguez Vilchez’s team gathered only 3 wins this season, but in the top teams, except for Sevilla, they failed to score (0-1 with Real Madrid, 0- 3 with Atletico Madrid).
Luisinho, Pablo Insua and Carlos Akapo (injured) are the hosts’ absences, while guests will not be able to rely on Rafinha (injured), Gerard Pique and Luis Suarez (suspended), Lionel Messi’s field presence being uncertain, but , most likely, it will not be part of the batch.
Probable teams
Huesca: Santamaria – Pulido, Etxeita, Mantovani – Miramon, Herrera, Rivera, Gomez, Galan – Avila, Hernandez;
FC Barcelona: Stegen – Roberto, Umtiti, Lenglet, Semedo – Vidal, Rakitic, Alena – Malcolm, Boateng, Coutinho;
The hosts are in the points crisis and will try to do everything they can to save themselves and a duel with a reserve team, even if they are Barcelona, could encourage them to be more daring in the offensive phase . This is the classical match between the leader and the last team in the leaderboard, the kind of game that can be tricky, and the absences from the guests’ camp encourage an unexpected out-of-the-way.
PREDICTION: Barcelona to win @ 1.72
