Celta de Vigo vs FC Barcelona: confirmed lineups - LaLiga 2025/26

Published New:9/11/2025 - 19:49h

Updated New:9/11/2025 - 21:08h

CONFIRMED LINEUPS! These are the starting XI for Celta de Vigo and FC Barcelona for the match on matchday 12 of LaLiga EA Sports 2025/26

OFFICIAL: The starting lineups for Hansi Flick's Barcelona and Claudio Giraldez's Celta de Vigo for today's match, Sunday, November 09, 2025 at 9:00 PM, have been confirmed.

Hansi Flick makes three changes from the XI of the last league match against Elche. Pau Cubarsí returns to the center of defense alongside Ronald Araujo, while Eric García replaces Jules Koundé at right-back. Additionally, Robert Lewandowski returns to the attack in place of Ferran Torres.

Below, we review the starting elevens, the benches with the substitutes, and the injured and suspended players for FC Barcelona and Celta de Vigo for the match on the twelfth matchday of LaLiga EA Sports 2025-2026.

FC Barcelona vs. Celta Starting Lineup

Hansi Flick introduces up to 3 changes compared to the XI that faced Bruges in the Champions League.

Barça's starting XI (OFFICIAL):

(#25, P) Szczesny
(#24) Eric García
(#04) Ronald Araujo
(#05) Pau Cubarsí
(#03) Alejandro Balde
(#17) Marc Casadó
(#21) Frenkie de Jong
(#16) Fermín López
(#10) Lamine Yamal
(#14) Marcus Rashford
(#09) Robert Lewandowski

Bench (substitute players):

(#31, P) Diego Kochen
(#33, P) Eder Aller
(#07) Ferran Torres
(#15) Andreas Christensen
(#18) Gerard Martín
(#20) Dani Olmo
(#22) Marc Bernal
(#23) Jules Koundé
(#27) Dro Fernández
(#28) Roony Bardghji
(#42) Xavi Espart

Absences (injured players):

(#01, P) Marc-André ter Stegen
(#06) Gavi
(#08) Pedri
(#11) Raphinha
(#13, P) Joan García

Players sanctioned:

None

Celta vs. FC Barcelona starting lineup

Celta Starting XI: Radu; Mingueza, Manu Fernández, Alonso, Starfelt, Carreira; Sotelo, Moriba; Pablo Durán, Jutglà y Borja Iglesias.
Celta Bench: Villar (GK), Marc Vidal (GK), Aidoo, Javi Rodríguez, Lago, Damián, Román, Fran Beltrán, Aspas, Cervi, Bryan Zaragoza y El-Abdellaoui.
Injured: Javi Rueda, Williot Swedberg, Hugo Álvarez, and Carlos Domínguez.
Suspended: None.

Celta Vigo, for their part, will face Barça with Radu in goal, Manu Fernández, Starfelt, and former Barça defender Marcos Alonso in central defense. Fellow Barça youth product Óscar Mingueza and Sergio Carreira will be the full-backs, while Hugo Sotelo and Ilaix Moriba will anchor the midfield.

Up front, Pablo Durán and Ferran Jutglà will partner the experienced Borja Iglesias. In total, Celta's starting XI would feature four former Barça players, with Jutglà being the most recent addition to the squad. The Catalan striker has scored two goals in nine league matches so far.