Barcelona play Sporting in the Champions League
Kick-off : 7:45 PM (Local)
Venue : Estadio Jose Alvalade, Lisbon
Barca are on a winning streak in La Liga. They will now visit Portugal hoping to win the game and seal three points.
Barcelona is expected to win this game but Portuguese sides are tough to play. Especially playing at home Sporting Lisbon will be hard to beat.
The side is not going to change much for the European game as the coach is not a fan of rotations.
Barca will be hoping that Messi scores as he is their key man. He alongside Luis Suarez will be upfront.
It should be a good game on Wednesday night as both teams will give their all.
Team news and possible line-ups
Jorge Jesus boasts a full squad which is pretty fit and ready to play. Jeremy Mathieu is available and will play on Wednesday night.
Sebastian Coates is available and will be one of the defenders. Up front it will be Seydou Doumbia and Alan Ruiz will be their key man upfront.
As for Barcelona, Ousmane Dembele will not be available for Wednesday’s game. Ter Stegen is available and will start against Sporting. Samuel Umtiti and Jordi Alba are also available and will play Wednesday’s match.
Sporting XI : Patricio, Piccini, Coates, Mathieu, Coentrao, Carvalho, B. Fernandes, Martins, Ruiz, Cesar, Doumbia.
Barcelona XI : Ter Stegen, Semedo, Pique, Umtiti, Alba, Rakitic, Busquets, Iniesta, Messi, Suarez, Deulofeu.
Prediction
It’s not a given that Barcelona will win on Wednesday night but they surely are the favorites for Wednesday night’s game. Messi needs to come good in this game if they are to win. I expect Barcelona to win three nil on the night.
