Barcelona and Sevilla will put their counter at 18 games played this Tuesday. Both have a postponed match to equal 14 LaLiga Santander teams. The encounter supposes something more than three points between two direct rivals in the fight to enter positions that give access to the Champions League. The Sevilla he is second with 37 points, ten more than Xavi’s, who are seventh with 27. A victory could be almost definitive for the Hispanics to move away from the Barça, while if the blaugrana take Nervión they will cut the difference in ranking to seven.
For it, Xavi will introduce an eleven with the news of Pique Y Nico. Barcelona will change their formation with respect to the match against Elche and will go from a 3-4-3 to a 4-3-3 in which Dembélé will occupy the position of ‘9’ and Nico in the center of the field together with Busquets and Frenkie from Jong. Thus, the Barcelona coach will bet on: Ter Stegen; Jordi Alba, Lenglet, Piqué, Araújo; Frenkie De Jong, Busquets, Nico; Gavi, Dembélé, Abde.
On the bench they will wait for their opportunity: Iñaki Peña, Neto, Umtiti, Balde, Guillem Jaime, Mingueza, Jutglá, Eric, Coutinho, Riqui Puig, Ilías, Álvaro Sanz.
Lopetegui will introduce three changes with respect to the eleven that was imposed Atlético de Madrid. Iván Romero, Delaney, Montiel they fall out of the eleven, the last one due to injury and in their place will enter Augustinsson, Fernando and Rafa Mir respectively. The Sevilla coach will go out with: Bond; Augustinsson, Rekik, Diego Carlos, Koundé; Rakitic, Fernando, Jordán; Papu Gómez, Rafa Mir, Ocampos.
Among the alternates will be: Dmitrovic, Javi Díaz, Navas, Acuña, Gudelj, Delaney, Quintana, Óscar Rodríguez, Idrissi, Munir, Romero, En-Nesyri.