Every body predicts the starting lineup of Barcelona VS Biba: Lewand Yamal leads the striker, Juan Garcia starts

At 23:15 on November 22, in the 13th round of the 2025-26 La Liga season, Barcelona will face Athletic Bilbao at home. Before the game, "Daily Sports" wrote an article analyzing Flick's current choices and predicting the team's possible starting lineup for this game.

"Daily Sports" wrote the following article:

For the upcoming game against Athletic Bilbao at Camp Nou, Flick does not seem to have many questions about the starting lineup. We need to see if he is also thinking about Tuesday's game in London or is just focused on beating this Basque side with all the players available.

The absence of De Jong and Pedri will naturally greatly disrupt his plans. Therefore, there are not many options in the midfield and the lineup seems to be relatively clear. The only surprise is whether he starts DeRoro, as he did against Olympiacos and Real Sociedad, or Bernal. Bernal recently played 45 minutes for the Catalonia team and also participated in the reserve team's training match before, but it seems that Flick does not think he is ready to start. We need to take a look.

There are various indications that the midfielder will be composed of Olmo, Casado and Fermin. Olmo will play the role of Pedri, partnering with Casado in the double midfielder. Fermin will be used as an attacking midfielder, as he has shown so well in recent weeks. With Rashford doubtful due to the flu, all signs point to Ferran Torres starting on the left wing, forming an attacking trio with Lewandowski and Yamal.

Ferran Torres has played more as a center forward this season, but this time he needs to partner with Lewandowski. The Polish forward is in excellent form after scoring a hat-trick at Celta Vigo. Yamal, meanwhile, is training well this week after undergoing radiofrequency treatment for pubic pain and missing the Spanish national team game.

Doubts mainly focus on the central defender position. Cubasi and Eric Garcia have a slight advantage, because Araujo returned from a long journey with Uruguay and arrived on Thursday morning. Perhaps Flick prefers to save him for the Champions League game in London.

The decision on the goalkeeper position will be undisputed. Juan Garcia, who has been absent since the game against Oviedo on September 25, will start. Szczesny, who failed to keep a clean sheet during his absence, will once again become the substitute goalkeeper.

"Daily Sports" predicts Barcelona's starting lineup:

Goalkeeper: Joan Garcia

Defenders: Conde, Kubasi, Eric Garcia, Balde

Midfielder: Olmo, Casado, Fermin

Forwards: Yamal, Lewandowski, Ferran Torres