Barcelona aim for three points away against Eibar in 2019/20 La Liga
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Barcelona will take on Eibar on Saturday in 2019/20 La Liga as the season moves ahead. Barca go into this game as the favourites.
Kick-off : 1:00 PM (Local)
Venue : Municipal de Ipurua, Eibar
Barcelona are back amongst the top in the points table thanks to some good victories and they must keep on churning wins to be competing for the title.
Barca at present stay on 2nd place behind arch rivals Real Madrid after eight games with 16 points. Their goal difference is +10.
They must think of three points at Eibar which is a possibility given the talent in the squad. But on field it must be executed to perfection.
Ernesto Valverde will hope the players fully display their strategic expertise at the weekend. Keep the ball with them and play beautifully.
On the other hand, Eibar are doing OK in 2019/20 La Liga as of now but they will have aims of climbing the ladder.
Azulgranas are 14th in the points table after eight matches with nine points.
Against Barcelona at home they will be looking for a good game. For that they will need a plan to how be ready for the moves by Barca.
Eibar manager will need to organise his men well and play top level football to stop Barcelona players from scoring. If they can do that then it will be a good game for them.
Team news and possible line-ups
Escalante will not be available for Eibar for the weekend game as due to suspension.
As for Barcelona, Gerard Pique will be unavailable as due to suspension.
Eibar XI : Dmitrovic, De Blasis, Olivera, Arbilla, Bigas, Alvarez, Diop, Exposito, Orellana, Kike, Inui.
Barcelona XI : Ter Stegen, Semedo, Todibo, Lenglet, Alba, De Jong, Vidal, Arthur, Messi, Suarez, Griezmann.
Prediction
Expecting Barcelona to win here given the star studded front 3. Them to win 3-1.
