Barcelona head coach Hansi Flick will need to make a late check on the fitness of Lamine Yamal before confirming his starting side for Saturday’s La Liga contest with an in-form Real Betis outfit.
Yamal, 17, suffered a nasty cut on his foot during Wednesday’s Copa del Rey semi-final second leg against Atletico Madrid.
The expectation is that the Spain international will be available for Saturday’s clash, although Flick will not want to take any chances ahead of the first leg of their Champions League quarter-final with Borussia Dortmund next week.
Barcelona remain without the services of Dani Olmo, Marc Casado, Andreas Christensen, Marc Bernal and Marc-Andre ter Stegen due to injury problems, but aside from Yamal, there are no fresh fitness concerns.
Flick could make two changes to the side that started against Atletico last time out, with Robert Lewandowski and Gavi potentially coming in for Ferran Torres and Fermin Lopez.
Torres is having an outstanding campaign, scoring 16 times in all competitions, but Lewandowski leads the goalscoring charts with 38 in all competitions, and he will be given the nod through the middle.
Ronald Araujo is another option when it comes to possible changes, but Pau Cubarsi and Inigo Martinez are currently regarded to be the first-choice pairing in the middle of the Barcelona defence.
Barcelona possible starting lineup: Szczesny; Kounde, Cubarsi, I Martinez, Balde; De Jong, Pedri; Yamal, Gavi, Raphinha; Lewandowski
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