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Introduction [Music] Contents La Liga Barcelona versus Real ve De le prediction teen news lineups preview Barcelona will aim to make it four wins from four La Liga matches this season when they return to action on Saturday afternoon with a clash against newly promoted real V lead hungy flick side are top of the table boasting nine points from their first three games of 2024 to 25 while Real vudo Lead occupy 11th claiming four points from their opening three matches of the Season match preview choi's departure as Barcelona head coach at the end of last season came as a surprise and there is Major pressure on new manager flick to battle Real Madrid for the title this term all things considered it has been a very impressive start to flick rain with the German dealing impressively with a number of off the- field problems while he has been able to navigate the team to three straight La Lia wins over Valencia athletic bilau and Rio Viano to pick up nine points from an available nine Barcelona have had to come from behind in two of those three games including last time out against Rio veano with pedri leveling the scores on the hour before Danny Almo capped his debut with a winning goal finding the back of the net in the 82nd minute of the contest in Madrid there is still an awful lot of football to be played before the end of the season but Barcelona's start has been impressive especially considering their injury problems and the Catalin outfit will be expecting to enter the September International break at the top of the table with 12 points from four games as it stands the club have only made two signings this summer with pow Victor and Almo arriving but there is expected to be movement in the latter stages of the market with the club likely to sign a new midfielder after losing Mark Bernal for the rest of the season due to a serious knee injury real V lead meanwhile can also be pleased with their start to the season having picked up four points from their opening three match matches which is enough for 11th spot in the table the white and violets secured a return to Spain's Top Flight by finishing second in the saganda division last term and they started their 2024-25 campaign with a one to zero home success over espanel Pao patalano's side then lost three to Zer to Real Madrid but they had frustrated the champions for long spells of that contest and it was only one to to zero until the 88th minute when Brahim Diaz scored before endri added a third in the sixth minute of stoppage time to make it seem like a comprehensive win real vud de Leed were back in action on Wednesday evening drawing 0o to zero with leganes and they will now tackle Barcelona ahead of the international break before taking on ctao on September 14th huset actually beat barcel a 3 to one when the two teams last locked horns in May 2023 but they have not managed to overcome the Catalan team away from home since November 1997 team news Barcelona currently have seven players unavailable for selection with Bernal the latest to suffer a problem an ACL injury for the 17-year-old was confirmed on Wednesday and he will now undergo an operation Andreas Christensen Eric Garcia Anu fatty Ronald oroo Frankie djang and gavy are also missing for Barcelona with flicks options for change Limited at this moment in time the head coach will be able to hand a full debut to Alo though after the Spaniard featured Off the Bench against rakano and there might be two further changes to the side that took to the field for the first whistle last last time out with the injured Bernal set to be replaced by Fermin Lopez while Alejandro bald should come in for Gerard Martin at the back as for Real viota Lead anur tohami remains unavailable for selection but the visitors are otherwise in excellent shape for this weekend's contest Joan me ladisa who arrived from Real Madrid over the summer is pushing to start after featuring Off the Bench against lean a but he might have to remain patient Ivan Sanchez is another who will be in pets solano's thinking when it comes to possible alterations but it would not be a surprise to see the same team from Wednesday night with rul Morrow and ath Andia supporting madilla in the final third of the field Barcelona possible starting lineup tur Stan c cubar i Martinez bald fmin pedri yamal Almo Rafia lowski reala dead possible starting Outro lineup Hine Perez J Sanchez boomo Rosa K Perez jurich Amala ndi Sila Morrow we say Barcelona 2 to zero Real viad Lead real VI lead are bidding to make it back-to-back wins over Barcelona for just the third time in their history but we are finding it difficult to side with the visitors here Barcelona might have to be patient on Saturday but Flick's team have enough quality to navigate their way to a fourth straight success in the new season thanks for your watching don't forget to click the subscribed button and hit the Bell icon for more oh [Music] [Music] [Music]