Barcelona vs Valladolid: Team News, Preview, Lineups, Score Prediction

Team News

Barcelona will be without the suspended Robert Lewandowski and the injured Ousmane Dembele for the visit of Valladolid. Sergio Busquets is also a doubt with a knock.

Valladolid have no fresh injury concerns, but they will be without the suspended Javi Sanchez.

Preview

Barcelona will be looking to maintain their unbeaten start to the season when they host Valladolid on Sunday. The Catalans have won four and drawn one of their five league games so far, and they will be confident of extending that run against a Valladolid side who have lost four of their five matches.

Valladolid will be no pushovers, though. They have shown some promising signs in defeat, and they will be determined to make life difficult for Barcelona.

Lineups

Barcelona: Ter Stegen; Roberto, Araujo, Garcia, Alba; Pedri, Busquets, Gavi; Raphinha, Lewandowski, Fati Valladolid: Asenjo; Fresneda, Fernandez, Javi Sanchez, Escudero; Perez, Aguado, Monchu; Plata, Weissman, Kike

Score Prediction

Barcelona are the clear favorites for this match, but Valladolid have shown enough in their recent performances to suggest that they can cause an upset. I predict a 2-1 win for Barcelona.