L'Hospitalet vs Barcelona Match Preview
Barcelona will be without Messi, Alves, Mascherano, Adriano, Sanchez, Thiago, Cuenca, Afellay and Pedro, when they travel to face L’Hospitalet in the Copa del Rey Fourth Round.

Pep Guardiola's intelligence will be tested against L'Hospitalet in the Copa del Rey.
Indeed, that early Copa del Rey fixture surely fell at a wrong time for the Catalans, who had 8 of their players called up by Spanish coach Del Bosque for the international friendlies session.
Whatever the giants decide to do on Wednesday, they will need to secure a positive end result, at least to keep things under control prior to the restart of La Liga on November 19. Barcelona drew their last game 2-2 to Athletic Bilbao at the weekend, but this unwanted score line has left them three points behind arch-rivals Real Madrid.
L’Hospitalet though are in a better position. With five wins out of five and only three goals conceded in around 450 minutes, there isn’t so much they could fear ahead of their special challenge at home. L’Hospitalet kicked off their 2011/12 Copa del Rey campaign with a 4-1 victory over Monacor, away from home.
They then defeated Leganés 3-2, before edging past Llagostera 1-0, again, as visitors. They are now met with what is perhaps their toughest challenge in years. Are they ready to upset the Blaugrana?
Should the “minnows” refuse to be totally negative, the answer will surely be no. Regardless, Barca are prepared to put on a good show.
Valdés, Pinto, Puyol, Piqué, Fontàs, Maxwell, Abidal, Xavi, Iniesta, Keita, Busquets, Fabregas and Villa are all available to perform. Moreover, they had unusual company at training, with Deulofeu, Rafinha, Dos Santos, Tello and Sergi Roberto joining them from the B team.