FC Barcelona announce squad for La Liga match against Sevilla

The next Barcelona match is upon us! The Blaugrana travel to Seville for a giant La Liga game against Sevilla that will have big title implications, and Ernesto Valverde has called up the following 18 players to be in uniform on Saturday:

Goalkeepers: 1. Marc-André ter Stegen, 30. Iñaki Peña

Defenders: 2. Nélson Semedo, 3. Gerard Piqué, 15. Clément Lenglet, 17. Jeison Murillo, 18. Jordi Alba, 23. Samuel Umtiti

Midfielders: 4. Ivan Rakitic, 5. Sergio Busquets, 7. Philippe Coutinho, 20. Sergi Roberto, 21. Carles Aleñá, 22. Arturo Vidal

Forwards: 9. Luis Suárez, 10. Lionel Messi, 11. Ousmane Dembélé, 14. Malcom

There are no fresh injury concerns following the Champions League game in Lyon, so Valverde had an easy selection. Missing the game due to injury are Arthur (hamstring), Rafinha (knee), Thomas Vermaelen (leg) and Jasper Cillessen (calf), while Kevin-Prince Boateng, Jean-Clair Todibo and Sergi Samper didn’t make the trip per the manager’s choice.

Predicted starting XI (4-3-3):

Ter Stegen; Roberto, Murillo, Umtiti, Alba; Aleñá, Rakitic, Vidal; Malcom, Suárez, Coutinho

The match kicks off at 4.15pm CET/WAT (Barcelona & Nigeria), 3.15pm GMT (UK), 10.15am ET, 7.15am PT (USA), 8.45pm IST (India), and you can join us to follow and comment all the action with our live blog.

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