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LIVE: Valencia vs Barcelona

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Koeman opts for four changes after disappointment against Granada. At the back, Mingueza and Umtiti are replaced by Araujo and Lenglet, who will work either side of Pique in the visitors’ three-man defence. Dest comes in for Roberto, who has only recently returned from injury, while Pedri joins de Jong in midfield, meaning Alba moves back to left wing-back instead of Moriba.

Gracia makes three changes from his team’s draw at home to Alaves. Musah and Gameiro drop to the bench as Correia and Lato come into the starting line-up. This change means Wass will move forward into midfield and Guedes will operate as a forward alongside Gomez. The other change sees Cillessen return in goal for Domenech, who moves to the bench.

SUBS: Samuel Umtiti, Riqui Puig, Neto, Arnau Tenas, Trincao, Ousmane Dembele, Sergi Roberto, Matheus Fernandes, Oscar Mingueza, Miralem Pjanic, Ilaix Moriba, Junior Firpo.

BARCELONA (3-5-2): Marc-Andre ter Stegen; Ronald Araujo, Gerard Pique, Clement Lenglet; Jordi Alba, Pedri, Sergio Busquets, Frenkie de Jong, Sergino Dest; Antoine Griezmann, Lionel Messi.

SUBS: Manu Vallejo, Yunus Musah, Lee Kang-In, Mouctar Diakhaby, Cristiano Piccini, Christian Oliva, Ferro, Denis Cheryshev, Eliaquim Mangala, Jaume Domenech, Kevin Gameiro, Alex Blanco.

VALENCIA (4-4-2): Jasper Cillessen; Jose Gaya, Gabriel Paulista, Hugo Guillamon, Thierry Correia; Daniel Wass, Uros Racic, Carlos Soler, Toni Lato; Goncalo Guedes, Maxi Gomez.

Barcelona missed the chance to top the table as they fell to a shock 2-1 defeat against Granada in midweek. Ronald Koeman’s side sit in third, five points behind league-leaders Atletico Madrid but with a game in hand. Koeman was also sent off during the Granada clash, meaning he will serve a two-match suspension and be absent from the touchline here.

A disappointing campaign for Valencia has left them in 14th position, a standing which could further worsen with Barcelona and Sevilla to play in two of their next three league games. Last time out, the hosts drew 1-1 with Alaves, making it five LaLiga fixtures without a win. However, Javi Gracia’s team have only lost three of 16 home league fixtures this season, so by no means will they be pushovers against Barcelona.

Hello and welcome to live coverage of the LaLiga fixture between Valencia and Barcelona.

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