Postpublished at 19:58 Greenwich Mean Time 16 December 2020
Working life in 2020 - my wife is sitting between me and the TV I'm watching the game on while wrapping my Christmas presents and asking me not to look.
Real Sociedad are top of La Liga
Inconsistent Barcelona are eighth
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Emlyn Begley
Working life in 2020 - my wife is sitting between me and the TV I'm watching the game on while wrapping my Christmas presents and asking me not to look.
Barcelona v Real Sociedad (20:00 GMT)
Barcelona v Real Sociedad (20:00 GMT)
Barcelona make two changes from their 1-0 win over Levante.
Oscar Mingueza replaces Clement Lenglet at centre-back, and Pedri is in for Philippe Coutinho.
Real Sociedad make seven changes from their 1-1 draw with Eibar. Former Premier League pair Nacho Monreal and Adnan Januzaj - and Brazilian Willian Jose - are among the players back in the team.
Hello and welcome to live text commentary of Barcelona v Real Sociedad.
Usually if I told you this fixture was first v eighth, you'd think 'yeah that sounds about right'.
Well it is first up against eighth, but it's Real Sociedad who lead the table and Barcelona outside the European place.