Monaco – Barcelona: FC Barcelona Squad Set for Champions League Clash

Match Preview: Monaco – Barcelona

The next Barcelona match is upon us! The Blaugrana begin a new European journey with their first Champions League game of the season away to Monaco. Hansi Flick has called up the following 23 players for Thursday’s clash:

• Goalkeepers:
  1. Marc-André ter Stegen, 13. Iñaki Peña, 26. Ander Astralaga
• Defenders:
  2. Pau Cubarsí, 3. Alejandro Balde, 5. Iñigo Martínez, 23. Jules Kounde, 24. Eric García, 32. Héctor Fort, 35. Gerard Martín, 36. Sergi Domínguez, 39. Andrés Cuenca
• Midfielders:
  8. Pedri, 14. Pablo Torre, 17. Marc Casadó, 41. Guille Fernández
• Forwards:
  7. Ferran Torres, 9. Robert Lewandowski, 10. Ansu Fati, 11. Raphinha, 18. Pau Víctor, 19. Lamine Yamal, 42. Toni Fernández

The big news is the return of Ansu Fati, who is finally ready to make his season debut after missing the first month of the campaign with a foot injury. Ansu’s return adds much-needed depth as Barça will be missing Dani Olmo over the next 4-5 weeks with a hamstring injury, and Fermín López is out for the next three weeks after picking up another muscle problem in training this week.

Predicted starting XI (4-2-3-1): Ter Stegen; Kounde, Cubarsí, Iñigo, Balde; Casadó, Pedri; Yamal, Raphinha, Ferran; Lewandowski.

The match kicks off at 9pm CET (Barcelona), 8pm BST/WAT (UK & Nigeria), 3pm ET, 12pm PT (USA), 12:30am IST (India, Friday). Join us to follow and comment on all the action. VISCA EL BARÇA!