Guide to today's Espanyol-Barça match: where to watch, time, and lineups
Barça faces Espanyol on Thursday's La Liga matchday.
Cornellà de LlobregatBarça and Espanyol will face each other this Thursday at the RCDE Stadium (9:30 p.m.) in a matchday 36 of La Liga. Barça will be looking for a win to lift the La Liga title and secure the double. Espanyol, on the other hand, needs another three points to ensure survival.
The Blaugranas won against Real Madrid in La Liga (4-3) and Espanyol lost away to Leganés (3-2). Hansi Flick's team sits first with 82 points, four ahead of Real Madrid, who have a game in hand after beating Mallorca on Wednesday. Manolo González's team is in sixteenth place with five points above the relegation zone. Barça has won 13 of 17 away games. Espanyol, on the other hand, has seven wins, six draws, and four losses at home.
Barça are currently without Jules Kounde and Marc Bernal, and Iñigo Martínez is out due to an accumulation of cards. Ferran Torres will also be out due to recent appendicitis surgery. Espanyol will be without Brian Oliván due to injury.
Time and place of the Espanyol-Barça match
The match will be played this Thursday at 9:30 p.m. at the RCDE Stadium (Cornellà de Llobregat).
Where to watch today's game (TV)
The match between the Catalans and the Madrid team will be broadcast on Movistar's television platform on the channels LaLiga TV Bar, M+ LaLiga TV (M54-O110), M+ LaLiga TV (M54-O110), M+ LaLiga TV UHD (M440 O111), and M+ LaLiga TV 3 (M1). It can also be followed live on ARA's live channel minute by minute.
Probable lineups for the match
Spanish (4-4-2): Joan Garcia; Omar El Hilali, Kumbulla, Cabrera, Carlos Romero; Král, Polo Lozano, Urko González; Jofre, Puado and Roberto.
Barcelona (4-2-3-1): Szczesny; Eric Garcia, Cubarsí, Christensen, Balde; De Jong, Pierre, Fermín; Lamine Yamal, Lewandowski and Raphinha.
Referee: César Soto Grado (La Rioja Committee) and Javier Iglesias Villanueva (Galicia Committee) in the VAR.