Chelsea vs Barcelona: confirmed lineups - Champions League 2025/26

Published New:25/11/2025 - 19:51h

Updated New:25/11/2025 - 19:57h

CONFIRMED LINEUPS! These are the starting XIs for Chelsea FC and FC Barcelona for the matchday 5 game of the 2025/26 UEFA Champions League

OFFICIAL: The starting lineups for Hansi Flick's Barcelona and Enzo Maresca's Chelsea FC for today's match, Tuesday, November 25, 2025 at 9:00 PM, have been confirmed

Hansi Flick makes two changes from the XI of the last league match against Athletic. Ronald Araujo returns to the center of defense alongside Pau Cubarsí, while Frenkie de Jong accompanies Eric García in midfield.

Below, we review the starting elevens, the benches with the substitutes, and the injured and suspended players for FC Barcelona and Chelsea FC for the match on the fifth matchday of the 2025-2026 UEFA Champions League league phase.

FC Barcelona vs. Chelsea Starting Lineup

Hansi Flick introduces up to 2 changes compared to the XI that faced Athletic in LaLiga.

Barça's starting XI (OFFICIAL):

(#13, P) Joan García
(#23) Jules Koundé
(#04) Ronald Araujo
(#05) Pau Cubarsí
(#03) Alejandro Balde
(#24) Eric García
(#21) Frenkie de Jong
(#16) Fermín López
(#10) Lamine Yamal
(#07) Ferran Torres
(#09) Robert Lewandowski

Barça Bench (substitute players)

(#25, G) Szczesny
(#31, G) Diego Kochen
(#11) Raphinha
(#14) Marcus Rashford
(#15) Andreas Christensen
(#17) Marc Casadó
(#18) Gerard Martín
(#20) Dani Olmo
(#22) Marc Bernal
(#27) Dro Fernández
(#28) Roony Bardghji

Injured Barça Players

(#01, GK) Marc-André ter Stegen
(#06) Gavi
(#08) Pedri

Sanctioned Barça players:

None.

Chelsea vs. FC Barcelona starting lineup

Chelsea XI: Robert Sánchez; Malo Gusto, Chalobah, Fofana, Cucurella; Moisés Caicedo, James; Enzo Fernández, Estevao, Garnacho; Pedro Neto.
Chelsea Bench: Jorgenssen (P), Acheampong, Tosin, Badiashille, Hato, Santos, George, Bounanotte, Gittens, Guiu, Delap, Joao Pedro.
Injured: Levi Colwill, Roméo Lavia, Dário Essugo, Cole Palmer.

For their part, Chelsea arrives at Champions matchday 5 with four injured players, with Cole Palmer being the most significant absence. The winger suffered a domestic accident just before returning after two months out with groin problems. Now, he is out with a fractured toe on his left foot.

For this reason, Enzo Maresca is betting on Estevao and Pedro Neto alongside Alejandro Garnacho in attack. In goal, Robert Sánchez will be in net, while Malo Gusto and Marc Cucurella should be the full-backs.

The central defensive pairing would be made up of Chalobah and Fofana, while Moisés Caicedo, Reece James and Enzo Fernández will be the midfielders in a very offensive team, with a formation similar to Barça's (4-2-3-1). The 'blues' are coming off a draw as visitors against Qarabag (2-2) and have 7 points, the same as the azulgrana team.