Barcelona vs Granada, La Liga : Match Preview, teams news and prediction

 Barcelona back in action in La Liga,can climb to the top of league table with a win an important game for title challenge

FC Barcelona will be up against Granda in a home fixture at Nou Camp, matchday no 33 in the La Liga calendar, Ronald Koeman's Barcelona will be looking climb the summit of the La Liga table with a win in this game, Barcelona having played the Copa Del Rey Finals which they won and has a game in hand which will be played today, Barcelona last week defeat Villareal away from home by 2-1 an important win for the team in their title challenge.

La Liga title race was well and truly into the hands of Atletico Madrid but after the defeat away at Athletci Bilbao Simione's Atleti dropped all 3 crucial points which has opened the opportunity for Barcelona to clinch the top spot of the League table and set the pace to this title chase, Real Madrid after the Clasico win has not been consistent enough and did drop points against Getafe and Real Betis with a draw. So this can be vital game for Barca as they mount more pressure up top of the league table and a win can surely put them in charge of the title race.

Team News: 

Ansu Fatti, P.Coutniho, Martin Braithwaite are out injured and Pjanic is in doubt, but Dembele is back with the squad so is Pique and S.Roberto a sight Barca fans will be delighted to see their top players back to fitness in the business end to the season. 

My predicted starting XI for Barcelona : Ter Stegen, G.pique, O.Mingueza, C.Lenglet, J.Alba, S.Dest, S,Busquest, F.Djong, S.Roberto, A.Griezmann, Messi and Dembele. Pedri has be excluded from this lineup as he looks spent and exhausted and it would only be wise by Koeman to give him rest and keep him fresh for the upcoming major clash against Atletico Madrid.

 

The squad for #BarçaGranada! pic.twitter.com/cn1lsWmUYU

— FC Barcelona (@FCBarcelona) April 29, 2021

Its quiet astonishing for a team who was 14th in the league table in October has now gone on to be title contenders, this shows how the team has matured and built well with the guidance of R.Koeman and surely this game is very crucial for Barcelona, a win does give them the advantage over Atletico Madrid, Lionel Messi and A.Girezmann are on a goal scoring run with Messi leading the La Liga goalscorer chart by 25 goals and can add even more. DJong has been a stand out player in the mid- field of Barca alongside O.Mingueza who has cemented his place in the starting XI of the team shows how much Barca how improved on the road this seaon and it's only just for the teams efforts and drive that they win the La Liga title, well its just my opinion what happens on the field is the fact which accounts how Barca will end their season.

Lionel Messi will be more than happy with a domestic double and thus make his mind to stay at his boyhood club for a few more years, there are rumours about his future that there are offers from PSG and City but at the moment Messi is focused about playing and will decide about his future at the end of the season. Remember Messi almost left Barca last summer a turmoil at the club a result of which Bartomeu left as club President and newly elected J.Laporta is back in charge at the club, Trophies and titles are what Barcelona aim for every season and ending it with a domestic double is surely a success story from how Barcelona struggled in the beginning of the seaon.