Barcelona will hope to bounce back from their second loss of the season when they host Young Boys in the Champions League on Tuesday night.
Having lost their European opener away at Monaco after receiving an early red card, Hansi Flick’s side succumbed to a first La Liga defeat of 2024/25 at Girona. However, their lead at the top of Spain’s leading division is still three points after Real Madrid’s draw with Atletico Madrid on Sunday.
Swiss giants Young Boys have endured an awful start to their league campaign, failing to win seven of their first eight games. They were convincingly beaten Aston Villa in their first Champions League fixture and points are already looking tough to come by.
Young Boys will be without Loris Benito, Patric Pfeiffer, Saidy Janko and Facinet Conte for the trip to Catalonia, but manager Patrick Rahmen may well be plotting sweeping changes after their most recent loss at the weekend.
The Bern-based outfit, who won the Swiss title last season, were beaten 1-0 at home by Grasshopper on Saturday.
Barcelona predicted lineup (4-2-3-1): Pena; Kounde, Cubarsi, Martinez, Balde; Casado, Pedri; Yamal, Torre, Raphinha; Lewandowski.
Young Boys predicted lineup (4-2-3-1): Von Ballmoos; Athekame, Camara, Zoukrou, Hadjam; Niasse, Lauper; Ugrinic, Colley; Ganvoula.
