Deportivo La Coruña vs Barcelona La Liga Preview

PREVIEW

The Catalan giants return to action after the international break with a long trip to the north-west coast to take on Jose Luis Oltra's struggling side at the Riazor

PROBABLE LINEUPS

DEPORTIVO LA CORUNA 

Aranzubia 

Laure, Ze Castro, Marchena, Evaldo 

Aguilar, Bergantinos 

Gama, Valeron, Pizzi 

Riki 

BARCELONA 

Valdes 

Montoya, Song, Mascherano, Adriano 

Xavi, Busquets, Iniesta 

Pedro, Messi, Villa 

TEAM NEWS

Deportivo La Coruna midfielder Abel Aguilar has recovered from an ankle sprain suffered in training and will start Saturday's Primera Division clash with Barcelona.

But Manuel Pablo (hamstring) and Rodolfo Bodipo (back) are both likely to remain on the sidelines.

Carles Puyol, Dani Alves and Thiago Alcantara are all out injured for Barcelona, while Gerard Pique has recovered from his foot problem but is unlikely to be risked from the outset.

Alex Song could return to centre-back duty alongside Javier Mascherano, with Martin Montoya filling in at right-back.

Source: Goal