Barcelona look for three points as they host Malaga
Kick-off : 8:45 PM (Local)
Venue : Camp Nou, Barcelona
Barcelona will look to win this game as they will want to continue their positive start to this season. So far Barcelona have won every game except a 1-1 draw against Atletico Madrid.
The Blaugrana is already having a good time in the Champions League as they have now won three games out of three so far. They defeated Olympiacos in midweek.
Malaga are at the moment bottom of the table and are win less so far. They have had a disastrous campaign so far.
Ernesto Valverde might look to rotate his squad on Saturday. But will also ensure that they don’t rotate much as winning is most important.
Team news and possible line-ups
Malaga will be without Roberto, Javi Ontiveros, Zdravko Kuzmanovic and Jony in this game. While Captain Recio will not be available as well due to suspension.
As for Barcelona, Ousmane Dembele and Rafinha will remain out. While Jordi Alba will remain unavailable due to a thigh problem.
Arda Turan, Aleix Vidal and Thomas Vermaelen will not be featuring against Malaga on Saturday night.
Ernesto Valverde named his 18-man squad on Friday.
Malaga XI : Prieto, Rosales, Hernandez, Baysse, Juankar, Cecchini, Rolon, Mula, Juanpi, Rolan, Penaranda.
Barcelona XI : Ter Stegen, Semedo, Pique, Umtiti, Digne, Rakitic, Busquets, Iniesta, Deulofeu, Messi, L. Suarez.
Prediction
While it’s not a given that Barcelona will win on Saturday night but they certainly go into this game as the favorites. I think Barcelona will win this game comfortably. The scoreline could be 4-0. The goalscorers might be L. Suarez and Leo Messi, both scoring twice.
