Having both come up short last weekend, Barcelona and Valencia have expiation on their minds in Monday’s La Liga showdown at Estadi Olimpic Lluis Companys.
La Blaugrana are on the cusp of ceding the title to Real Madrid, whom they lost to 3-2 in El Clasico last weekend, while their visitors went down 2-1 to fellow Europa Conference League hopefuls Real Betis, and here Sports Mole rounds up the team news for the two clubs.
BARCELONA
Out: Gavi (ACL), Alejandro Balde (hamstring), Frenkie de Jong (ankle)
Doubtful: Pedri (fitness)
Sports Mole’s predicted XI: Ter Stegen; Kounde, Araujo, Cubarsi, Cancelo; Pedri, Christensen, Gundogan; Yamal, Lewandowski, Raphinha
VALENCIA
Out: Jose Gaya (thigh), Mouctar Diakhaby (knee), Roman Yaremchuk (hamstring)
Doubtful: None
Sports Mole’s predicted XI: Mamardashvili; Correia, Mosquera, Ozkacar, Vazquez; Canos, Pepelu, Guerra, Lopez; Duro, Almeida
