Andreas Christensen is the great novelty of the Barcelona lineup to receive Betis at the Spotify Camp Nou. The Danish defender received a medical discharge this Friday and Xavi has already given him the title in the first game. Christensen enters the eleven in the place of Marcos Alonso, who was the one who occupied the left center position in Vallecas, in the defeat against Rayo.

The Dane was injured with his team in the Denmark-Finland match that was played at the end of March with a muscle injury in the soleus of his left leg. The last match he played with Barça was the league classic on March 19 (2-1 for the blaugrana). Since then, Xavi’s team has played six games without Christensen and has only been able to win two: against Elche and Atlético.

With the recovery of 27-year-old Christensen, who arrived for free this summer from Chelsea, Barcelona can count on their starting defender to protect Ter Stegen. In addition to the Dane, Koundé, Araújo and Balde are the ones who give the Terrassa coach the most confidence.

Xavi also recovers against Betis the idea of ​​the four midfielders after two games (Atlético and Rayo) with three pure forwards. Busquets, who missed the duel in Vallecas during the week due to suspension, De Jong and Pedri are joined by Gavi as a false winger on the left.

Unlike Christensen, Dembélé, who was also returning to a squad after three months injured, will wait for his moment on the bench. Raphinha and Lewandowski will be the references this Saturday.

Ter Stegen, Koundé, Araújo, Christensen, Balde, Busquets, De Jong, Pedri, Raphinha, Gavi and Lewandowski.

For his part, at Betis, Manuel Pellegrini has chosen an eleven to start the duel with two former Barça players (Montoya and Miranda) and two world champions with Argentina (Pezzella and Guido). The Verdiblancos come out with Rui Silva, Montoya, Luiz Felipe, Pezzella, Miranda, Guido Rodríguez, William Carvalho, Luiz Henrique, Canales, Ayoze and Willian José.