The Blaugrana have been in incredible form since the start of the season and will be hoping for another good performance when they go against a Granada side which has done reasonably well this season. Barca suffered their first draw in the league this season after a disappointing outing at La Rosaleda last time out.
New manager Luis Enrique who took over the Barcelona hot seat during the summer is adamant that he will try to tweak his tactics a bit in the upcoming matches and try not being so predictable.
"My job is to improve the performance of the team game by game," the 44-year-old said.
"If we can't solve certain problems, my job has to focus on finding a solution."
"You also have to give the opponents credit. I imagine Granada will try to do the same thing as Malaga [use defensive tactics] but this isn't as easy as just pressing a button."
"We'll try not to be predictable but, with the exception of Athletic [Bilbao], who tried to put pressure on us, all of our opponents have tried to do the same thing against us this season: fall back into their own half and defend staunchly."
Granada on the other hand have also started the season brightly but were defeated 1-0 by Levante in their last outing. They will now be eager to bounce back and score a win against a side they have defeated only once since their promotion from the Segunda in the 2010-11 season. This fixture has seen a lot of goals with Granada having conceded 11 times in their last three visits to the Camp Nou.
Enrique is poised to continue using his squad rotation policy with Belgian international Thomas Vermaelen pronounced fit for the upcoming tie, the former Arsenal captain is expected to make his debut for the Catalans on Saturday. The Spaniard tactician now has an almost fully fit squad to choose from with third choice goalkeeper Jordi Masip and the suspended Luis Suarez the only two players unavailable for the match.
Caparros on the other hand will not be able to make use of the services of Daniel Larsson who has been ruled out because of an ankle injury, whereas Ruben Rochina is also a doubt for Saturday's encounter.
Barcelona Starting XI: Bravo, Rakitic, Sergio, Xavi, Messi, Neymar Jr, Mascherano, Adriano, Alves, Mathieu, Munir.
Barcelona Subs: Ter Stegen, Montoya, Pedro, Iniesta, Bartra, Sergi Roberto, Sandro.
Granada Starting XI: Roberto, Nyom, Murillo, Babin, Foulquier; Fran Rico, Iturra, Javi Marquez, Héctor Yuste; Succes, El Arabi
Granada Subs: Oier, Martins, Mainz, Piti, Nounkeu, Eddy Silvestre, Jhon Cordoba.
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