La Liga 2024-2025: Espanyol-Barcelona, the likely lineups.

Thursday, May 15 at 9:30 p.m. at the RDCE Stadium in Barcelona will stage the match worth 36th day of La Liga between Espanyol and Barcelona. The derby of the city of Barcelona, with ambitions and motivations certainly different for both teams. Espanyol currently sit 16th in the standings with 39 points 35 games, losing their last three La Liga matches.

Barcelona, on the other hand, has not lost any of its last 16 games in La Liga, its longest unbeaten streak in the competition since a run of 19 between December 2020 and April 2021. Hansi Flick’s team is currently first in the standings with 82 points from 35 matches.

Gonzalez relies on a 4-2-3-1. Fernandez Jaen in attack, with Jofre, Kral and Puado behind him. Midfield dike formed by Lozano and Gonzalez, while the defense will be headed by the Kumbulla-Cabrera pair.

4-3-3 for Hansi Flick. In attack will be the starting trident consisting of Raphinha, Lewandowski and Yamal. Pedri, De Jong and Olmo are the three midfielders.

Probable lineups

Espanyol (4-2-3-1): Garcia; El Hilali, Kumbulla, Cabrera, Romero; Lozano, Gonzalez; Jofre, Kral, Puado; Fernandez Jaen. Coach: Gonzalez.

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Barcelona (4-3-3): Szczesny; Garcia, Cubarsi, Martinez, Martin; Pedri, De Jong, Olmo; Raphinha, Lewandowski, Yamal. All: Flick.