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
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.
Barcelona will be eager to secure their first La Liga win since early December when they host Valencia on Sunday night ... Dani Olmo, and Marc-Andre ter Stegen, all sidelined with injuries. Midfielder Pedri will also miss the match due to illness.
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.