The Catalan goal machine is out this Sunday to regain a three-point lead over Real Madrid. Traveling to Levante from 4:15 p.m., Barça arrives full of confidence and never stops scoring, remaining clear winners over Valencia (5-0) and Feyenoord (5-1) in recent days.
After having made a slight rotation of the squad against the Dutch, Hansi Flick lines up an XI identical to the one which had already traveled to Valencian territory last Sunday. Return of Rodri to the heart of the German technician’s midfield, led as is usual now by the infernal trio Yamal-Raphinha-Gordon, already very sharp at the start of the season and supported by Fermin who should evolve into a playmaker. Éric Garcia, who was injured in the head against Valencia, finds his place in the right lane of defense, accompanied by Espart on the left flank as well as Cubarsi and Martin in the axis.
Opposite we will find a well-known face from Ligue 1: arriving free from Lille this summer, Aïssa Mandi is already an essential part of the Granotes central defense. Ligue 2 fans will regret the absence in the XI of Enzo Bardeli, who also arrived in July at UD, where he found his coach at the time in Dunkirk, Luis Castro, short-lived coach of Nantes at the start of last season before coming to secure the retention of Levante. The former Northerner is paying the price for the Portuguese coach’s tactical reorganization to resist the Catalan fury and will start on the bench. The goal will be guarded by Mathew Ryan, the Australian goalkeeper who briefly moved to Lens in 2025.
The official compositions:
Levante
4-3-3
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13
Mr Ryan
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23
Manu Sanchez
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2
A.Mandi
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4
Adrian de la Fuente
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22
J. Toljan
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8
Jon Olasagasti
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5
Hugo Sotelo
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6
Dani Requena
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17
Victor Garcia
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10
P. Ratkov
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7
Roger Brugue
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Barcelona
4-3-3
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1
Joan Garcia
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12
Xavi Espart
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18
Gerard Martin
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5
Pau Cubarsi
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24
Eric Garcia
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8
Pedro
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16
Rodri
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7
Fermin Lopez
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17
A.Gordon
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11
Raphinha
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10
Lamine Yamal
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