LA LIGA MATCH PREVIEW : BARCELONA VS LEVANTE
Things are looking pretty good for Barcelona right now. The team is playing well again and the results have been fantastic.
This is the first La Liga game in the year and Levante come to Camp Nou in poor form, with only one win in their last six matches and sitting just three points above the relegation zone.
"They are a team that is doing better away from home than at home. They have only lost a single match. We have to work hard to win this match. We respect the opponent a lot." Valverde said.
Levante coach Muniz in his press conference said that they will try had to neutralize the treat of Lionel Messi in order to give his team a chance to pick up a good results at the Camp Nou.
Barcelona have been boosted with the return of Dembele although he lacks match fitness at the moment and is therefore expected to start from the bench. Sergio Busquets picked up a yellow and is suspended and so we expect Sergi Roberto to replace him in midfield with Semedo getting the nod at Right-back.
Paulinho and Ivan Rakitic will be at the heart of midfield with the Croatian having the responsibility of replacing Busquets, and Andrés Iniesta will start and look to provide Messi and Suárez with some scoring chances against a Levante defense that will be organized and tough to beat.
Levante will surely try to make things tough for the Camp Nou giants but Barcelona are expected to come out on top at the end of the day.
Possible Line-ups
Barcelona: Ter Stegen; Semedo, Piqué, Vermaelen, Alba; Roberto, Rakitic, Paulinho, Iniesta; Messi, Suárez
Levante: Olazábal; Coke, Postigo, Cabaco, Luna; Doukouré; Jason, Lukic, Lerma, Ivi; Nano
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