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Barcelona vs Espanyol live in La Liga: The Xavi Era begins in Catalunya, Barcelona set to host city rivals Espanyol in Xavi Hernandez’s 1st match as the new Barcelona manager-

Barcelona vs Espanyol live in La Liga: The Xavi Era begins in Catalunya, Barcelona set to host city rivals Espanyol in Xavi Hernandez’s 1st match as the new Barcelona manager-

Barcelona vs Espanyol live in La Liga: The Xavi Era begins in Catalunya, Barcelona set to host city rivals Espanyol in Xavi Hernandez’s 1st match as the new Barcelona manager: Barcelona will welcome Espanyol in Matchday 14 of this season’s La Liga, this will be the 1st Barcelona derby of the season. Currently languishing in […]

Barcelona vs Espanyol live in La Liga: The Xavi Era begins in Catalunya, Barcelona set to host city rivals Espanyol in Xavi Hernandez’s 1st match as the new Barcelona manager: Barcelona will welcome Espanyol in Matchday 14 of this season’s La Liga, this will be the 1st Barcelona derby of the season.

Currently languishing in 9th place, Xavi has to assiduously make some bold decisions and more importantly get them right, if Barcelona is to get back to where they were a few years ago. The former Al Saad manager has already tried to implement his authority over the squad by introducing 10 binding rules for the squad. Since Xavi has come-in, Barca has made strides in the transfer market also, they have been strongly linked to Salzburg wonderkid Karim Adeyemi, Bayern Munich forward Kingsley Coman and Manchester City forward Raheem Sterling.

In their last match before the international break, a Sergi Barjuan led Barcelona side drew 3-3 with Celta Vigo. After leading 3-0 in the 1st half, Barca became complacent and allowed Celta to stage a come-back, in the end Barca absolutely collapsed after Iago Aspas netted an injury time equalizer.

In Matchday 13, Espanyol defeated Granada 2-0 to move up the league table to 11th place. Till now Espanyol has accumulated a total 17 points and sit level on points with their neighbors Barcelona.

 

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When will Barcelona vs Espanyol be played? – Date

Barcelona vs Espanyol match will be played on 20th November

 

What time will Barcelona vs Espanyol be played? Time

BAR vs ESP match will begin at 1:30 AM IST

 

Where will Barcelona vs Espanyol be played? – Venue

Barcelona’s home stadium- Camp Nou

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Barcelona vs Espanyol preview: The Xavi Era begins in Catalunya, Barcelona set to host city rivals Espanyol in Xavi Hernandez’s 1st match as the new Barcelona manager-

Form Guide (all competitions):

Barcelona: DWDLL

Espanyol: WLDDW

Team News:

Barcelona: Barcelona has a big injury list, which includes the likes of Ansu Fati (hamstring injury), Sergio Kun Aguero (heart problem), Sergino Dest (back injury), Ousmane Dembele (hamstring injury), while Ousmane Dembele and Sergino Dest are major doubts, Fati and Aguero are definitely out of the derby game. Returning legend Dani Alves is expected to go straight in the starting lineup given Barcelona’s injury worries at right-back. Pedri is expected to be back in the squad after resuming training with the team this week.

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Barcelona vs Espanyol preview: The Xavi Era begins in Catalunya, Barcelona set to host city rivals Espanyol in Xavi Hernandez’s 1st match as the new Barcelona manager:

Espanyol: Unlike Barcelona, Espanyol doesn’t have too many injury concerns only Kiedi Bare (knee injury) and Oscar Gil (physical discomfort) are out of the Barcelona clash.

 

Predicted Lineups:

Barcelona: Ter Stegen, Alves, Garcia, Araujo, Alba, Busquets, Nico, Dejong, Depay, Coutinho, Gavi

Espanyol: Lopez, Vidal, Gomez, Cabrera, Pedrosa, Morlanes, Darder, Embarba, Melendo, Melamed, Dimata

 

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