Barcelona have acquired a big enhance of their La Liga title pursuit as they put together for his or her away fixture in opposition to Las Palmas.
The house facet can be with out three key gamers—Andy Pelmard, Scott McKenna, and Fabio Silva—on account of a mixture of accidents and suspension (h/t FCB World), which might weaken their defensive and attacking choices.
McKenna is about to overlook the match after accumulating his fifth yellow card within the recreation in opposition to Mallorca. His absence can be a serious blow for Las Palmas, as he has been one in every of their most constant performers.
Supervisor Diego Martinez should discover an alternate answer on the again, however changing McKenna won’t be simple, given his present kind and significance to the squad.
Silva and Pelmard are injured
Fabio Silva, alternatively, has been sidelined with a quadriceps harm sustained in coaching earlier this month. The membership beforehand introduced that he could be out for a number of weeks, lacking key matches in opposition to Villarreal, Mallorca, and now Barcelona.
Scott McKenna will miss the Barcelona conflict. (Photograph by Florencia Tan Jun/Getty Pictures)
His anticipated return is pencilled in for the sport in opposition to Valladolid on March 2. This implies Las Palmas can be with out one in every of their important attacking threats, which might make it tougher for them to interrupt down Barcelona’s defence.
In the meantime, there’s little readability on Andy Pelmard’s scenario. Stories point out that he won’t be obtainable for choice in opposition to Barcelona, however no official replace has been offered concerning the severity of his harm.
Nothing to fret about for Barcelona
For Barcelona, there are not any surprising harm issues. The gamers set to overlook out are these already recognized to be sidelined, together with Marc-Andre ter Stegen, Marc Bernal, and certain Andreas Christensen.
Whereas these absences aren’t splendid, they don’t considerably impression the crew’s preparations. Supervisor Hansi Flick is predicted to rotate his squad for this fixture, maintaining in thoughts the essential Copa del Rey conflict in opposition to Atletico Madrid.
With a number of key gamers more likely to be rested, Barcelona will intention to safe a cushty win whereas sustaining freshness for the upcoming challenges.