Barcelona will be bidding to make it three straight La Liga victories when they take on Catalan rivals Espanyol in the Barcelona derby on Sunday evening.
The away side will enter the contest off the back of a 4-2 win over Atletico Madrid, while Espanyol lost 2-1 at Athletic Bilbao last time out, and here Sports Mole rounds up the team news for the two sides.
ESPANYOL vs. BARCELONA
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ESPANYOL
Out: Oscar Gil (suspended)
Doubtful: Fernando Calero (knock)
Sports Mole's predicted XI: Diego Lopez; Vidal, Gomez, Cabrera, Pedrosa; Darder, Morlanes, Melendo; Puado, De Tomas, Vilhena
BARCELONA
Out: Dani Alves (suspension), Samuel Umtiti (foot), Ansu Fati (hamstring), Sergi Roberto (thigh), Alejandro Balde (ankle)
Doubtful: Memphis Depay (hamstring), Clement Lenglet (hamstring), Eric Garcia (hip)
Sports Mole's predicted XI: Ter Stegen; Dest, Araujo, Pique, Alba; F de Jong, Busquets, Pedri; Traore, Torres, Gavi
