This Wednesday night Barcelona are travelling away to Slavia Prague for their third Champions League fixture of the ongoing campaign.
After the first two clashes, the Catalan giants have a draw against Borussia Dortmund and a win over Inter Milan under their belts.
But their upcoming rivals are definitely not to be underestimated.
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Even though they lost 2-0 to Dortmund, they managed to secure a draw against the Nerazzurri on the road, which shows that they are quite capable themselves.
After a long while, Ernesto Valverde will have the majority of his squad ready and at his disposal so we can expect a full-strength Blaugrana to be deployed in Prague come Wednesday night.
With that in mind, here’s how we think their starting XI will look as two key changes are made from the 3-0 victory over Eibar last weekend:
Marc-Andre ter Stegen is once again bound to start between the sticks seeing how he has played in every game so far this season.
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Gerard Pique will also be making his return to the lineup after having to sit out Barcelona’s last clash against Eibar due to yellow card accumulation. It’s likely that Valverde will slot him next to Clement Lenglet and flanks his centre-back duo with Jordi Alba and Nelson Semedo.
The latter will be deputising for Sergi Roberto who picked up an injury in his last outing and will most likely be out of contention.
As for the rest of the squad, however, there are not really likely to be any changes at all.
The midfield trio of Sergio Busquets, Arthur Melo and Frenkie de Jong are already set in stone when it comes to big matches and especially in the Champions League so it wouldn’t be a stretch to say that we’re bound to see them feature once again.
Moving to the final third, the same can be said for the forward trio of Lionel Messi, Luis Suarez and Antoine Griezmann, all of whom were on the scoresheet in the last game.
It’s likely that Valverde will keep all three of his big guns in the lineup for the trip to Prague and leaves nothing to chance.
