Barcelona’s first home game of the new Spanish league season will see Ernesto Valverde’s men front up against Real Betis at the Nou Camp without the key attacking trio of Lionel Messi, Luis Suarez and Ousmane Dembele.
The Catalans slumped to an opening day away loss at Athletic Club, with Aritz Aduriz’s late stunner proving to be the winner for the Basque outfit. That result leaves Barca in the relegation zone going into Round 2- rather uncharted territory for Ernesto Valverde’s men.
With the trio of Messi, Suarez and Dembele all in the treatment room, Valverde will have to shuffle his troops. One option is to go for a 4-4-2 and ask Rafinha to play alongside Antoine Greizmann, while another could see youngster Carles Perez get a start,