Granada vs Barcelona - Preview

Its 25 week of the season as Spanish Giants coached by Luis Enrique visits Estadio Nuevo Los Carmenes as the fixture is been listed to be played against Abel Resino's side Granada CF, on Saturday 28 Febuary at 20:30 IST.

The teams faced eash other before in September 2014 when Barcelona won 6 - 0.In April 2014 when these sides met Granada won it with Goal as only one was scored that night.

GRANADA stands nineteenth in the league having won only three, Drawn 10 and Lost 11.They are only one point above Cordoba and has to win the fixture to upbeat the relegation hook on their Jersey. Where as on the Other sode Barcelona are Second to the Leaders with 56 points at the Clubs name this season having won 18 Games , Lost 4 and Drawn 2.They are only 4 points behind leaders Real Madrid and must win the match if they want to Accomplish the top spot in the near future.

Granada's striker El-Arabi have been handed a 4-Match-Ban by Spanish Football Association.He is been punished under -"violent conduct in an off-the-ball incident".Granada will also be without Brighton lonee Adrian Colunga.The Spanish player who was sent off after kicking Levante player is been rewarded a Two-Match suspension.

The Calatans will be hoping that their Star-Striker Leo Messi does not suffer a hangover after a Penalty miss against Manuel Pellegrini's Blue side of Manchester at UFEA Champions League. The Camp-Nou staff will be statistically planning to bounce back after Malaga defeat the previous weekend.

As far as John Córdoba(Granada's Player) is concerned, “It’s eleven versus eleven and nothing is impossible. We’ll have our chances of getting something out of the game. We feel conscious that we can win.”

EXPECTED XI

GRANADA CF

Oier
Nyom
Babin
Mainz
Foulquier
Lturra
Ustaritz
Lass
Colunga
Juan Carlos
Cordoba

BARCELONA

Stegen
Alves
Pique
Mascherano
Alba
Rakitic
Basquets
Iniesta
Messi
Suarez
Neymar

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