Cádiz, without Choco Lozano and Barcelona, with rotations due to the proximity of the European duel against Bayern Munich, will face an antagonistic duel this Saturday at the Nuevo Mirandilla between the bottom team, without points or goals, and a team on a roll that seeks his fourth consecutive league victory at the hands of his flagship in this exercise, the Polish striker Robert Lewandowski.
The match between Cádiz and Barcelona, corresponding to matchday 5 of LaLiga Santander, will be played this Saturday at 6:30 p.m. at the Nuevo Mirandilla stadium. The meeting can be seen on television on Movistar LaLiga. You can also follow minute by minute through the La Vanguardia website. Check here the rest of the matches of the day, the classification and the calendar of LaLiga Santander.
Barcelona will face two diametrically opposed away games in just four days, since this Saturday they will face the last classified of LaLiga Santander, Cádiz, and on Tuesday they will find themselves in the Champions League with their great black beast of recent years in Europe, Bayern Munich.
Thus, the Barça coach, Xavi Hernández, will probably take advantage of the visit to the Nuevo Mirandilla to continue making changes as he already put into practice in the 5-1 win against Viktoria Pilsen last Wednesday. Neither will Sergi Roberto, who stays in Barcelona because he has problems and most likely Pedri will not play.
Yes, Robert Lewandowski will play. The Polish striker, who had not scored on the first day of the League against Rayo Vallecano, was the author of eight goals in these four games. Xavi has also called up full-backs Héctor Bellerín and Marcos Alonso for the first time.
The Cádiz stadium is a place that historically has been quite good for Barça. In their 14 visits, they have won eight times, drawn three times and lost three others. But, precisely, in the last two seasons he has had two consecutive setbacks. In the 2020-2021 season, the Barça team fell 2-1 and in the last season they could not go from a goalless draw.
In fact, Barça have not beaten Cádiz in the last four league games they have played. In the duels at the Spotify Camp Nou in the last two seasons, Cádiz won 0-1 in 2021-2022 and won 1-1 in 2020-2021.
Cádiz is the only team that has not yet scored a point or scored a goal for the ten they have received. Cádiz's coach, Sergio González, has progressively recovered the players he had injured at the start of the league competition and, The only thing out of their plans is midfielder Rubén Alcaraz, who is facing the final days of his rehabilitation after an injury.
But this week an important player and starter has fallen so far, Honduran striker Anthony 'Choco' Lozano, who will not be in the game against Barcelona, Sergio González, Cádiz coach, anticipated this Friday. Striker Rubén Sobrino "is here for fifteen or twenty minutes," González warned, due to some discomfort.
Cadiz: Ledesma; Zaldua, Hernandez, Chust, Espino; San Emeterio, Blanco, Álex Fernández; Alejo, Ocampo; Black.
Barcelona: Ter Stegen; Scratch, Christensen, Scratch, Bucket; Sergio Busquets, Gavi, De Jong; Raphinha, Ferran Torres and Lewandowski.
Referee: Carlos del Cerro Grande (Madrid Committee).
Stadium: New Mirandilla.
