Can Barça overcome the first leg deficit and move on to the Spanish Cup semi-final?
Barcelona vs Espanyol
Competition/Round: Copa del Rey semi-final, 2nd leg
First leg result: Espanyol 1-0 Barcelona
Barcelona injuries: Ousmane Dembélé, Thomas Vermaelen
Espanyol injuries: Jairo Morilla, José Jurado, Adrián López
Date/Time: Thursday, January 25, 2018, 21:30 CET/WAT (Barcelona & Nigeria), 20:30 GMT (UK), 15:30 EST, 12:30PM PST (USA), 02:00 IST (India, next day)
Venue: Camp Nou, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
How to watch on TV: beIN SPORTS (USA & Canada), Gol (Spain), others
How to stream: beIN SPORTS CONNECT (USA & Canada), DAZN (Canada), FuboTV (7-day free trial, click here to sign up)
It’s decision time! Barcelona play the second leg of their Copa del Rey quarter-final against Espanyol needing to overcome a 1-0 deficit after the crosstown rivals got a shocking win at home last week. The Blaugrana cannot afford to concede a goal, and even a 2-1 win will mean elimination.
Barça will need to be very good defensively and very efficient with the ball. Thankfully this is exactly what Barça have been under Ernesto Valverde, and Philippe Coutinho could make his debut against his former club. Despite the deficit, Barça remain favorites to reach the Spanish Cup semi-final and definitely have the firepower to get the job done.
Will they do it? We’ll find out.
POSSIBLE LINEUPS
Barcelona (4-4-2): Cillessen; Roberto, Piqué, Umtiti, Alba; Paulinho, Rakitic, Busquets, Iniesta; Messi, Suárez
Espanyol (4-1-4-1): Di.López; Navarro, Duarte, Naldo, Aarón; Da.López; Darder, Fuego, Sánchez, Granero; Gerard
PREDICTION
We are of course going through, and Coutinho is scoring in his debut: 4-1 Barça. You heard it here first.
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