FC Barcelona-Alavés: Line-ups for matchday 13 of LaLiga EA Sports 2023-2024

The FC Barcelona will try to go back to the senda of the triumph after his defeat in front of the Shakhtar in the UEFA Champions League. They will confront to the Alavés in a party that, at first sight, seems an opportunity of gold for the directed by Xavi Hernández, since it would allow them keep near of the Girona CF (1-2) and of the Real Madrid (5-1), those who already won in his respective parties of this day of the league.

The combined Barcelona will face this conscious meeting that a victory against the 'albiazules' would allow them ensure the third position in the table clasificatoria with 30 points before the international stop. However, in case to suffer a defeat or a tie, will depend on what do the Athletic of Madrid, that follows them closely and could reach them in the table if it obtains a positive result in his duel against the Villarreal Cf. Besides, this party is crucial to dissipate the doubts that have arisen around the game of a Barça that has showed with fault of rhythm and efficiency in the attack.

For this party, Xavi will not be able to have a key player in his alignment, since Gavi received his fifth yellow in the party against the Real Sociedad for protesting, what means that it will be suspended by accumulation of cards. Besides, Frenkie of Jong will follow absent because of his injury, although it expects that it return for the duel against the Ray Vallecano, as the insinuated by the trainer of Terrassa. Nevertheless, Pedri, the one who the egarense announced that it was to 100% of his capacities, has gone back to the eleven headline after two months and half without being it.

Alignments of the FC Barcelona vs. Alavés of LaLiga:

• XI of the FC Barcelona: Ter Stegen; Araújo, Iñigo Martínez, Koundé, Cancel; Gündogan, Pedri, Fermín; Lamine Yamal, Lewandowski and Joãor Félix.
• Bench of the FC Barcelona: Iñaki Crag, Ander Astralaga, Andreas Christensen, Alejandro Balde, Marcos Alonso, Oriol Romeu, Ferran Torres, Raphinha.
• XI of the Alavés: Sivera; Gorosabel, Abqar, Rafa Marín, Duarte, Javi López; Guevara, Guridi, Antonio White; Luis Rioja and Samu.

Xavi 'put hand' in the diagram of the Barça

Xavi has made several changes in his tactical approach, beginning by the defensive line. By an apparent decision merely technical, Alejandro Balde will not begin in the eleven initial by second consecutive party. JoãOr Cancel will occupy the place in the left side, whereas Jules Koundé or Ronald Araújo will commission of the right-handed band. The charrúa, the one who had doubts because of physical problems, finally has recovered and is very likely that play in the right band, as it has done it in the last parties according to the strategy of the technician of Terrassa.

In the centre of the field, the egarense also has made some changes stood out. In addition to the inclusion of Pedri, Xavi will give him the opportunity to Fermín López to return to the eleven headline. This pair of midfield players will play in positions more advanced to offer greater mobility to the team. They will be backed by Ilkay Gündoğan, the one who will go back to exert like pivote, replacing to Oriol Romeu, the one who has been object of criticisms in the last days.

Equally, in the forward, Lamine Yamal has gone back to be headline after three parties without being it. It will form a trident beside Robert Lewandowski, the one who looks for to break his drought goleadora increasingly evident, and Joãor Félix, the one who also returns to the eleven headline after the party against the Shakhtar, where Xavi tested with Ferran Torres and Raphinha in the bands. The egarense has gone back to trust again in his characteristic offensive diagram 4-3-3, with which plans to cause estragos in the defence of the Alavés, that will plant in the Montjuïc with a line of four deep down and a medullary zone quite populated of players.