As FC Barcelona head into the final three matches of the season, starting with a visit to Almeria, they have just three injury concerns. Frenkie de Jong (ankle), Alex Balde (thigh) and Gavi (anterior cruciate ligament rupture) all remain out for the season.
Although they do have four players who are one more booking away from getting suspended.
FC Barcelona at Almeria FYIs
Kickoff: Thur. May 16, Estadi Mediterraneos, Almeria, Spain
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La Liga Standing, Form: Almeriaย 20th, 17 pts, LWLLDย FC Barcelona 2nd,ย 76 pts, WLWLW
Google Result Probability:ย Almeriaย 15%ย ย Drawย 18%ย ย FC Barcelona 67%
Oriol Romeu, Sergi Roberto, Jules Kounde and Andreas Christensen are all sitting at four yellow card infractions, so one more for any of them, and they’ll draw a suspension.
Barca will take on the bottom side, in Almeria, this mid-week. The Catalan Club is still playing for something, sort of, as they leap-frogged Girona to go back into second place last weekend.
They’re only one point ahead of Girona right now and with three to play, it remains to be seen who will finish runner-up to Real Madrid.
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