Summary

  • Lionel Messi returns for Barcelona

  • Barcelona sit 13 points off the top

  • Huesca are bottom & four points from safety

  1. Messi and Alba backpublished at 19:48 Greenwich Mean Time 3 January 2021

    Huesca v Barcelona (20:00 GMT)

    Lionel Messi is back for Barcelona after he was forced to watch from the stands as they drew 1-1 with Eibar on Tuesday because of an ankle injury.

    He is one of four changes, with Sergio Busquets, Ousmane Dembele and Jordi Alba all coming back into the starting XI.

    Former Liverpool midfielder Philippe Coutinho is expected to be out of action for three months after having knee surgery from that 1-1 draw so he's not in the squad.

    Antoine Griezmann and Miralem Pjanic drop to the bench.

    Huesca XI: Fernandez, Pulido, Galan, Insua, Siovas, Mosquera, Rico, Seoane, Ontiveros, Gomez, Mir

    Barcelona XI: Ter Stegen, Araujo, Alba, Dest, Lenglet, Busquets, Pedri, De Jong, Braithwaite, Dembele, Messi

  2. Postpublished at 19:44 Greenwich Mean Time 3 January 2021

    Huesca v Barcelona (20:00 GMT)

    Barcelona are looking to bounce back from their draw on Tuesday in tonight's game against bottom sie Huesca.

    Can they start clawing their way back up the table?

    They have a special somebody back in the team...

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