The next Barcelona match is upon us! The Blaugrana play their first home game of 2026 against bottom of the table Real Oviedo in La Liga action, and Hansi Flick has called up the following 22 players for Sunday’s clash:
Goalkeepers: 13. Joan Garcia, 25. Wojciech Szczesny, 31. Diego Kochen
Defenders: 2. João Cancelo, 3. Alejandro Balde, 4. Ronald Araujo, 5. Pau Cubarsí, 18. Gerard Martín, 23. Jules Kounde, 24. Eric Garcia, 26. Jofre Torrents
Midfielders: 16. Fermín López, 17. Marc Casadó, 20. Dani Olmo,
21. Frenkie de Jong, 22. Marc Bernal, 43. Tommy Marqués
Forwards: 9. Robert Lewandowski, 10. Lamine Yamal, 11. Raphinha, 14. Marcus Rashford, 19. Roony Bardghji
Barça welcome Lamine Yamal back to the squad today after the teenager served a suspension in midweek, but that’s where the good news stop as Pedri has been ruled out for the next month with a hamstring injury, and he joins Ferran Torres (hamstring), Gavi (knee) and Andreas Christensen (knee) on the list of absentees for this one.
Predicted starting XI (4-2-3-1):
Joan; Cancelo, Cubarsí, Martín, Balde; Eric, De Jong; Yamal, Fermín, Raphinha; Lewandowski
The match kicks off at 4.15pm CET/WAT (Barcelona & Nigeria), 3.15pm GMT (UK), 10.15am ET, 7.15am PT (USA), 8.45pm IST (India), and you can join us to follow and comment all the action.
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