Barcelona will look to get back to winning ways as they host Alaves.
The Blaugrana suffered two high-profile defeats last week as they were beaten in the Champions League by Paris Saint-Germain before losing the Clasico 2-1 at home to Real Madrid.
Hansi Flick insisted he has complete confidence in his squad heading into the visit of Alaves, and Barca will look to alleviate any pressure on themselves and their coach by claiming a comfortable win.
101GreatGoals has the full team news.
Barcelona team news
Barca’s defensive injury problems have led them to field an unfamiliar backline, which features two midfielders.
Brian Fariñas starts at right-back, with Frenkie de Jong dropping into the centre-back spot next to Pau Cubarsi.
Barcelona: Garcia; Farinas, Cubarsi, De Jong, Cancelo; Rodri, Pedri; Yamal, Fermin, Adeyemi; Raphinha.
Barcelona substitutes: Abdelkarim, Balde, Bernal, Campos, Jesus, Gavi, Gordon, Livakovic, Martin, Szczesny, Tunkara, Victor.
Alaves team news
Alaves: Sivera; Tenaglia, Koski, Otto; Perez, Guevara, Protesoni, Suarez, Enriquez; Boye, Rebbach.
Alaves substitutes: Alena, Blanco, Diallo Selu, Diaz, Ibanez, Manas, Martinez, Novoa Ramos, Olaiz, A. Rodriguez, M. Rodriguez, Valentini.
Where to watch Barcelona vs Alaves: TV channel, live online streams
Barcelona versus Alaves kicks off at 20:00 GMT (16:00 ET / 13:00 PT) on Saturday, October 31 with live coverage in the UK on Disney Plus.
Live streaming on a vast range of devices is available on the Disney Plus app. Subscriptions in the UK cost between £5.99 and £14.99 monthly or £99.90-£149.90 annually.
Barcelona vs Alaves stats, La Liga form
- Before their defeat in May, Barcelona had been unbeaten in 17 meetings with Alaves in all competitions (W15 D2), including victories in each of the preceding six encounters between the clubs
- Since a 2-1 defeat in La Liga in September 2016, Barca have gone eight home games unbeaten against Alaves (W7 D1, all in the top flight)
- The exception was a 1-1 draw in October 2021, since when Barca have won three in a row at home to Alaves, most recently coming from behind to prevail 3-1 last November, when Pablo Ibanez opened the scoring, Lamine Yamal equalised and Dani Olmo netted twice
- Barca’s record at home to Alaves is W21 D2 L2, their other loss in the fixture coming courtesy of the only goal of the game by Nan Ribera in February 2000
- Before the latest round of games, Barca’s Raphinha was the top scorer in this season’s division (13 goals in 9 games), with Real Madrid’s Kylian Mbappe (11 in 10 appearances) the only other player in double figures
- With two draws and two defeats, Alaves are one of seven teams yet to win away in the 2026/27 Liga. Only Getafe and Racing, who have each lost all five of their games on the road, have taken fewer points away
- Yamal and Espanyol’s Javi Hernandez (6 each) are the only players with more assists in this season’s division than Diaz (4), although teammate Angel Perez and Barca’s Raphinha, Dani Olmo and Fermin Lopez have 3 each
- Only Barcelona (15) and Levante and Real Betis (16 each) had fewer bookings than Alaves (17) in the current La Liga campaign before this matchday
- Alaves have scored in seven of their last 10 games against Barca, although they lost 3-0 at home and 1-0 away during the 2024/25 season
- Six of Alaves’ 13 goals in this season’s Liga have arrived after the 83rd minute, with Hugo Novoa’s 87th-minute consolation in a 2-1 defeat at Celta Vigo on October 18 the only goal they have scored in more than 252 minutes on the road
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