Barcelona vs Racing de Santander - prediction, team news, lineups

Barcelona volition beryllium aiming to proceed what has been a stunning commencement to the play erstwhile they invited Racing de Santander to Camp Nou connected Wednesday night.

The Catalan outfit are presently apical of the La Liga table connected 15 points, portion an encouraging commencement to the play for Racing has near them 10th successful the part connected 7 points.

Match preview

Barcelona person not missed a measurement this season, with the Catalan outfit's signifier simply incredible, posting 5 consecutive wins successful La Liga, scoring 21 times successful the process.

Hansi Flick's squad volition participate this lucifer disconnected the backmost of a 4-2 triumph implicit Levante, portion they opened their Champions League league signifier with a 5-1 occurrence implicit Feyenoord past week.

Barcelona are apical of the La Liga table, 3 points up of second-placed Real Madrid, and it already has the makings of a fascinating conflict for the rubric this season.

Raphinha and Lamine Yamal person six goals each successful La Liga this term, with the erstwhile starring done the middle, and it is hard to backmost against Barcelona successful immoderate lucifer astatine this infinitesimal fixed their unthinkable prime successful the last 3rd of the field.

Barcelona and Racing person locked horns connected 101 occasions successful each competitions passim history, and it is erstwhile that pb the wide head-to-head grounds 63 wins to the latter's 17.

Racing person not been victorious implicit the Catalan broadside since January 2004, portion each of their past 8 meetings successful each competitions person been won by Barcelona.

The visitors volition cognize that they are up against it connected Wednesday, but it has been a precise encouraging commencement to the run for the Green and Whites, who won past season's Segunda Division to unafraid a instrumentality to this level of football.

Jose Alberto Lopez's broadside volition participate this lucifer disconnected the backmost of a 2-1 triumph implicit Alaves, which gave them a grounds of 2 wins, 1 gully and 2 defeats from their 5 games this word - that is capable to beryllium 10th successful the part connected 7 points.

Racing person been awesome going guardant this season, scoring 9 times, but they person besides conceded nine, which is the astir successful the apical 11.

Lopez's squad person mislaid their 2 distant matches successful the league this season, and the promoted outfit are present facing arguably their hardest distant crippled of the campaign.

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Team News

Barcelona volition again beryllium without the services of Frenkie de Jong (knee) and Roony Bardghji (knee), but the hosts are different successful beardown signifier for the clash with Racing.

Gerard Martin was replaced astatine the interval of the clash with Levante aft suffering a chopped to his look successful the archetypal half; the Spaniard is expected to beryllium disposable for selection, but helium could beryllium fixed a remainder here, with Andreas Christensen perchance coming into the side.

Anthony Gordon is erstwhile again expected to diagnostic alongside Raphinha and Yamal successful the last 3rd of the field, portion Xavi Espart is acceptable to proceed astatine left-back.

As for Racing, Simon Eriksson (shoulder), Andres Martin (knee) and Andre Almeida (suspended) are retired of the contention with Barcelona astatine Camp Nou.

Head manager Lopez could sanction an unchanged broadside from the 1 that took to the tract for the archetypal whistle against Alaves, with Sergio Canales acceptable to proceed successful the XI.

Yassir Zabiri has been successful exceptional signifier this season, scoring 5 times successful 5 appearances, and the 21-year-old volition proceed successful the last 3rd of the field.

Barcelona imaginable starting lineup:

J Garcia; E Garcia, Cubarsi, Christensen, Espart; Pedri, Rodri, Fermin; Gordon, Raphinha, Yamal

Racing de Santander imaginable starting lineup:

Agirrezabala; Mantilla, Ramon, Belocian, Salinas; Martin, Prati; Garcia, Canales, Vicente; Zabiri

We say: Barcelona 3-1 Racing de Santander

Racing person been awesome successful the last 3rd of the tract this season, and we are backing the visitors to score, but Barcelona's onslaught should transportation them to different 3 points.

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