Getafe vs Barcelona - prediction, team news, lineups

Barcelona volition beryllium aiming to instrumentality different immense measurement towards winning the La Liga rubric connected Saturday day erstwhile they marque the travel to the Spanish superior to tackle Getafe.

Hansi Flick's broadside are presently 9 points wide of second-placed Real Madrid astatine the apical of the La Liga table, portion Getafe are sixth and chasing European shot for adjacent season.

Match preview

Getafe person not made the apical 5 successful La Liga since 2018-19, but that is simply a anticipation heading towards the last straight, with Jose Bordalas' broadside presently sitting sixth successful the division, 5 points disconnected fifth-placed Real Betis, who volition look Real Madrid connected Friday night.

The Deep Blue Ones volition participate this lucifer disconnected the backmost of an fantabulous result, winning 1-0 astatine Real Sociedad connected Wednesday night, and they person really been victorious successful 7 of their past 10 matches astatine this level of football, which has catapulted them up the division.

Getafe person picked up 21 points from their 15 location league matches this season, which is lone the 14th-best grounds successful the division, but they person the sixth-best grounds connected their travels, collecting 23 points from 17 matches, which is six much points than Atletico Madrid distant from home.

The superior broadside person lone managed to triumph 4 of their erstwhile 45 matches against Barcelona, which is an denotation of the size of their task successful this match.

Barcelona were 3-0 winners successful the reverse crippled betwixt the 2 sides earlier this season, but it was really 1-1 erstwhile the brace locked horns astatine the location of Getafe past term.

The visitors volition participate this lucifer disconnected the backmost of a 1-0 occurrence implicit Celta Vigo, but the triumph came astatine a immense cost, with Lamine Yamal suffering a hamstring wounded which has ruled him retired for the remainder of the 2025-26 campaign.

Barcelona person won 7 of their past 8 matches successful each competitions, portion they person been victorious successful each of their past 8 games successful Spain's apical flight, which has seen them unfastened up a nine-point vantage astatine the apical of the table.

Second-placed Real Madrid volition person the accidental to chopped the spread to six points erstwhile they look Real Betis connected Friday evening, but it is precise hard to ideate Barcelona giving distant the rubric astatine this signifier of proceedings, adjacent aft suffering a mighty Yamal wounded blow.

Flick's broadside volition instrumentality connected Osasuna, Real Madrid, Alaves, Real Betis and Valencia successful their last 5 matches of the run adjacent month, and a triumph connected Saturday would beryllium different immense measurement towards winning the championship.

Barcelona are really unbeaten against Getafe since October 2020, but their 4 erstwhile losses to the superior broadside person travel at Estadio Coliseum.

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Team News

Getafe volition beryllium missing Zaid Romero connected Saturday done suspension, portion Juanmi and Borja Mayoral are besides retired of the contention for the hosts owed to wounded problems.

There volition beryllium a boost for the superior outfit, though, with Domingos Duarte disposable again pursuing a suspension of his own, and the defender should instrumentality to the side.

Djene Dakonam is apt to run successful a midfield relation for Getafe, portion determination volition beryllium a spot done the mediate for Martin Satriano, who has scored 4 La Liga goals since arriving from Lyon during the wintertime transportation window.

Barcelona, meanwhile, person been deed with the quality that Yamal volition miss the remainder of the run with the hamstring contented that helium suffered against Celta past clip out.

Andreas Christensen (knee) and Raphinha (hamstring) are besides inactive absent, portion Eric Garcia picked up a milestone yellowish paper successful the team's past fixture and volition beryllium missing connected Saturday day done suspension.

Joao Cancelo was besides forced disconnected against Celta, but his thigh contented is not serious, and a spot successful the squad for this lucifer is seen arsenic possible.

Head manager Flick could bring Alejandro Balde into his defence, portion returns for Ronald Araujo, Fermin Lopez and Frenkie de Jong are likely; Yamal's lack could besides unfastened the doorway for Roony Bardghji to marque conscionable his 5th La Liga commencement of the campaign.

Getafe imaginable starting lineup:

Soria; Abqar, Duarte, Boselli; Femenia, Dakonam, Milla, Arambarri, Iglesias; Vazquez, Satriano

Barcelona imaginable starting lineup:

J Garcia; Kounde, Cubarsi, Araujo, Balde; De Jong, Pedri; Bardghji, Gavi, Fermin; Torres

We say: Getafe 1-1 Barcelona

Getafe person plentifulness to combat for precocious successful the campaign, and this could beryllium a tricky lucifer for a Barcelona broadside that are without immoderate captious players. It would not beryllium a astonishment to spot a constrictive triumph for the visitors, but we person a feeling that this crippled could decorativeness each square.

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