Iñaki Peña’s return in goal should offer some poise and stability to the backline given his familiarity with Hansi Flick’s system, but the whole team needs to be better in order to get a win this Sunday to finally end their awful run of results in the league: Barça have won only one of their last eight La Liga games,
Wojciech Szczesny has been under the microscope in recent weeks after his disappointing Champions League performance for Barcelona against Benfica. The Polish goalkeeper gifted two goals to the
Barcelona head coach Hansi Flick is expected to stick with the same outfield players for Sunday's La Liga clash with Valencia, but the German could make a change between the sticks.
FC Barcelona Projected Lineup (4-2-3-1): Iñaki Peña (GK) – Jules Koundé, Ronald Araujo, Pau Cubarsí, Gerard Martin – Frenkie de Jong, Pedri – Lamine Yamal, Gavi, Raphinha – Robert Lewandowski.