FC Barcelona announce squad for La Liga match against Real Betis

The next Barcelona match is upon us! The Blaugrana travel to Seville for a crucial La Liga game against Real Betis, and Ernesto Valverde has called up the following 18 players to be in uniform on Sunday night:

Goalkeepers: 1. Marc-André ter Stegen, 13. Jasper Cillessen

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

Midfielders: 4. Ivan Rakitic, 5. Sergio Busquets, 7. Philippe Coutinho, 8. Arthur, 20. Sergi Roberto, 21. Carles Aleñá, 22. Arturo Vidal

Forwards: 9. Luis Suárez, 10. Lionel Messi, 14. Malcom, 19. Kevin-Prince Boateng

There are no surprises in this list since Dembélé is set to miss the next month or so with a hamstring injury, so Prince Boateng is chosen to replace him in the eighteen. Rafinha (knee) also misses out due to injury, while Thomas Vermaelen, Jeison Murillo and Jean-Clair Todibo are out per the manager’s decision.

Predicted starting XI (4-3-3):

Ter Stegen; Roberto, Piqué, Umtiti, Alba; Rakitic, Busquets, Arthur; Messi, Suárez, Coutinho

The match kicks off at 8.45pm CET/WAT (Barcelona & Nigeria), 7.45pm GMT (UK), 3.45pm ET, 12.45pm PT (USA), 1.15am IST (India, Monday), and you can join us to follow and comment all the action with our live blog.

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