Sunday, 14 January 2018 20:45 BARCELONA TIME Esadio Anoeta San Sebastián Previous Meetings SLL 15-04-2017 FT Barcelona 3 : 2 Real Sociedad SCdR 26-01-2017 FT Barcelona 5 : 2 Real Sociedad SCdR 19-01-2017 FT Real Sociedad 0 : 1 Barcelona SLL 27-11-2016 FT Real Sociedad 1 : 1 Barcelona SLL 09-04-2016 FT Real Sociedad 1 : 0 Barcelona SLL 28-11-2015 FT Barcelona 4 : 0 Real Sociedad VISCAELBARCA
Suárez and Umtiti still carrying four yellow cards. Alba on three. Upcoming Liga fixtures: J20 (A) Betis J21 (H) Alavés J22 (A) Espanyol
Carles Aleñá was not included in the B team squad for their match against Valladolid, so it is likely he will be included in the squad for the first team.
We are, in the Other Teams thread. https://www.bigsoccer.com/threads/mm...-teams-thread-r.2067651/page-34#post-36229997
OFICIAL. La llista del Barça contra la Reial Societat. pic.twitter.com/UECZbzRbc4— LaTdT (@LaTdT) January 13, 2018
Rafinha, Aleix Vidal, Deulofeu and Yerry Mina left out. Paco, Umtiti and Coutinho are recovering from injuries.
Both Pique (subbed off early) and Dembele seemed to have little injuries during the Celta match, so glad to see them both make the squad list, I will assume that both are healthy in making this prediction, but if Dembele cannot go then I think we see a 4th mid (Paulinho?) start, and if Pique cannot go then I'm just thankful Masch is still with us as Chinese Super League starts around beginning of March, (so Masch could partner with Vermaelen if Pique not 100%). But assuming both are fully fit the questions are RB (Roberto or Semedo), Dembele a starter already (which also implicated 4-4-2 vs. 4-3-3-), and any rotations? I say/predict Roberto at RB, really hard to say but I'm hedging towards 4 mids and Paulinho starting instead of Dembele, and no other rotations. MAtS Roberto-Pique-Vermaelen-Alba Raki-Paulinho-Busi-Ini Messi-Suarez sub on Dembele for a mid, sub on Semedo - move Roberto up, and sub off another mid, sub on Denis (or Gomesh) and sub off still another mid.
Starting 11: Ter Stegen S. Roberto, Piqué, Vermaelen, Jordi Alba I. Rakitic, Sergio Busquets, Paulinho, André Gomes Messi, Suárez Bench: Cillessen, Aleix Vidal, Mascherano, Digne, Denis, Iniesta and Dembélé.
For what it is worth the goal drops Marc Andre into a tie with Jan Oblak in Zamora race. Both have conceded 8 goals and started all 19 games.