Barcelona arrives at Nuevo Los Cármenes to face Granada after the triumph of Real Madrid, now leader, against Osasuna. The Barça team that has not yet lost in the League lands in Granada with numerous and important casualties such as Frenkie De Jong, Pedri and Raphinha. Furthermore, against Granada, the Blaugrana have a new loss, that of Robert Lewandowski, who injured his ankle in the Champions League match.
Against Granada, Xavi will have to improvise a nine. Without Lewandowski, Ferran Torres is the chosen one in a forward line completed by Lamine Yamal and João Félix.
Ferran Torres is performing at a spectacular level, coming out as a shock, as he has shown in the last two games. Against Sevilla he was introduced in the second half and intervened in the play for the only goal; In Porto he decided with an individual action. For his part, Lamine Yamal faces the last opportunity to become the youngest scorer in LaLiga history, a record held by Fabrice Olinga, from Málaga, who scored a goal against Celta de Vigo at the age of 16 and 98. days.
Beyond all this, Xavi has made other decisions. He left out Oriol Romeu and opted for Fermín López, a starter for the first time with the first team. He will be one of the interiors along with Gavi. Ilkay Gündogan completes the Barcelona midfield. Ronald Araújo is also resting after finishing the Do Dragao match with cramps. In his place, Christensen will play alongside Koundé with Cancelo and Balde on the right and left sides.
The eleven of FC Barcelona: Ter Stegen; Cancelo, Koundé, Christensen, Balde; Gündogan, Gavi, Fermín López; Lamine Yamal, Ferran Torres and João Félix.
Opposite, the team led by Paco López wants to go into the national team break with a good taste in their mouths, and to achieve this everything involves being able to score against the powerful culé team. Anything other than winning will keep Granada one more day in the relegation positions in which they have been almost since the beginning of the season.
The Andalusian team comes to the game with morale due to the reaction it has had in the last two days, in which it was able to draw at home against Betis (1-1) and in Almería (3-3), games in which They started losing 1-0 and 3-0 respectively.
The Granada XI: André Ferreira; Ricard, Miguel Rubio, Ignasi Miquel, Neva; Carreras, Gumbau, Gonzalo Villar, Bryan; Uzuni and Lucas Boyé.
The fact that they had chances to win in both matches and that they finished with a good image has raised the spirits of a depressed fan base that has only seen their team win one match in eight matchdays, on the third matchday against Mallorca by 3 -2.
