It’s with a great amount of confidence and freshness that the mighty giants of Barcelona enter Saturday’s league match at home to minnows Cordoba. Confidence, because scoring eight goals with a second-choice team is a great achievement and a relief as well, after stumbling to a goalless draw away to Getafe last weekend. Freshness, because top stars had the chance to rest their legs in midweek.
No team in La Liga has a better home record than the Blaugrana, this season. Not even Real Madrid. Barca have netted as many goals on home soil as Los Blancos (24) but they have conceded less (3) than their rivals (5).
Luis Enrique and his men are looking to narrow the gap at the top of the table to one point, before the campaign breaks for Christmas. For Cordoba, ambitions are totally different. Survival is what they are aiming for as they seat in 18th position with only one victory since the start of the season.
They are poised to suffer more misery at the Camp Nou this Saturday as Brazilian star Neymar has been passed fit to feature in the game. Meanwhile, talisman Lionel Messi will want to increase his chances of winning the FIFA Ballon d’Or in January by delighting the public in Barcelona’s last match this December.
Not a good time for a bottom side to face Luis Enrique's men!
The Catalans’ league campaign will resume with a clash away to Real Sociedad on January 4, 2015.
Barcelona vs Cordoba team sheets
Barcelona's Starting XI: C. Bravo,Montoya, Piqué, Rakitic,Sergio,Pedro, A. Iniesta, Suárez, Messi, Mascherano, Alba.
Cordoba's Starting XI: Juan Carlos, Pantic, Crespo, Ekong, Luso, Cartabia, Iñigo López, Ghilas, Deivid, Borja, Campabadal.
Barcelona's Subs: Ter Stegen, Adriano, Mathieu, Xavi, Rafinha, Neymar Jr, Munir.
Cordoba's Subs: Saizar, Rossi, Fidel, Lopez Silva, Abel, Florin, Pinillos.
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