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Barça squad named for Las Palmas

The next Barcelona match is upon us! The _Blaugrana_ return to _La Liga_ action with a home game against Las Palmas, and Hansi Flick has called up the following 23 players for Saturday’s clash:

**Goalkeepers**: 13. Iñaki Peña, 25. Wojciech Szczesny, 26. Ander Astralaga

**Defenders**: 2. Pau Cubarsí, 3. Alejandro Balde, 5. Iñigo Martínez, 23. Jules Kounde, 24. Eric García, 32. Héctor Fort, 35. Gerard Martín, 36. Sergi Domínguez

**Midfielders**: 6. Gavi, 8. Pedri, 14. Pablo Torre, 16. Fermín López, 20. Dani Olmo, 21. Frenkie de Jong, 41. Guille Fernández

**Forwards**: 7. Ferran Torres, 9. Robert Lewandowski, 11. Raphinha, 18. Pau Víctor, 19. Lamine Yamal

The big news for this one is the return of Lamine Yamal, who is back after missing three games with ankle injury. Ferran Torres is also back after a near two-month absence due to a hamstring issue, as Barça get a much-needed boost in attack. As for the absentees today, Marc-André ter Stegen (knee), Ansu Fati (hamstring), Andreas Christensen (Achilles) and Marc Bernal (knee) miss out through injury, while Marc Casadó is suspended and Ronald Araujo (hamstring) is still awaiting his medical clearance.

**Predicted starting XI (4-2-3-1)**:

Peña; Fort, Cubarsí, Iñigo, Balde; Gavi, Pedri; Raphinha, Olmo, Fermín; Lewandowski

The match kicks off at 2pm CET/WAT (Barcelona & Nigeria), 1pm GMT (UK), 8am ET, 5am PT (USA), 6.30pm IST (India), and you can join us to follow and comment all the action.

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