Barcelona vs Girona - La Liga: TV channel, team news, lineups and prediction | OneFootball

When the La Liga fixture list was announced in the summer, few would have expected this Matchday 16 clash between Barcelona and Girona to be second against third in the league.

It's current Spanish champions Barca who sit in third, with four draws and a loss creating a four-point divide between them and current leaders Real Madrid.

Girona have been one of the major surprise packages in European football so far this season, spending some time at the top of the table ahead of Madrid.

Here's 90min's preview of Barcelona vs Girona in La Liga this weekend.

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Barcelona team news

Pena is getting a run of games in the team / David Ramos/GettyImages

Barca have had plenty of injuries to deal with this season, just like most clubs around Europe juggling congested fixture lists. The latest major blow is to Marc-Andre ter Stegen, with the German goalkeeper ruled out for two to three months after undergoing back surgery.

Gavi is out for the season, while this game will come too soon for Marcos Alonso who is expected to return later in December. Inigo Martinez is also unavailable and won't be back until the new year.

Barcelona lineup vs Girona (4-3-3): Pena; Kounde, Araujo, Christensen, Cancelo; De Jong, Gundogan, Pedri; Raphinha, Lewandowski, Felix.

Girona confirmed lineup vs Barcelona

Girona lineup vs Barcelona (4-5-1): Gazzaniga; Couto, E. Garcia, Blind, Gutierrez; Tsygankov, Martin, Lopez, A. Garcia, Savio; Dovbyk.

Barcelona vs Girona score prediction

This promises to be a really entertaining clash at the top of La Liga on Sunday and one worth making some time for. As is always the case in these scenarios, there is a natural expectation that the bubble will soon burst for Girona.

Barca are favourites to win but they are up against the top scorers in Spain's top flight so far this season and face a major defensive task to keep their visitors out. They will probably concede but should get the three points.