Barcelona begins the post-Koeman era. At the head of the culé team, before possibly coming Xavi, will sit on the bench Sergi Barjuan. The coach has the task of lifting a team in low spirits and that has reaped bad results in recent days. The Barça rival at the Camp Nou will be Alavés (Saturday 31, 21:00, Movistar LaLiga).
Sergi’s possible eleven, with a 4-3-3, is the following: Ter Stegen; Jordi Alba, Eric García, Piqué, Mingueza; Gavi, Busquets, Nico; Depay, Agüero, Dest.
On the bench they will wait for their opportunity: Neto, Umtiti, Coutinho, Lenglet, Alex Balde, Dembélé, Riqui Puig, Ansu Fati, Luuk de Jong and Demir
While Calleja would bet on a 4-2-3-1 with these players: Sivera; Duarte, Lejeune, Laguardia, Ximo Navarro; Loum, Pina; Luis Rioja, Pons, Edgar; Joselu.
On the bench will be: Owono, Tachi, Miazga, Martín, Javi López, Toni Moya, Manu García, Pellistri, Iván Martín, Saúl, Syla, Guidetti.
Barça needs to add the three points against a needy Alavés if they don’t want the LaLiga train to leave them. While the slime foxes struggle to increase the distance from the relegation zone to Second, they only have a one-point advantage. The azulgrana club comes from three defeats (Atlético de Madrid, Real Madrid and Rayo Vallecano) in the last four league games. They only added the three points in one match (Valencia). The blaugrana are 9th with 15 points in their locker after 10 days of competition. In their locker it is pending to add the result they achieve in the postponed match against Sevilla. The 15 points they add come from four wins and a draw at the Camp Nou and two draws away from their stadium.