Barcelona and Celta Vigo have confirmed their starting teams for their La Liga meeting at Camp Nou on Wednesday.
The hosts are playing for the first time since their Champions League quarter-final exit to Atletico Madrid and start six points clear of second-placed Real Madrid with a match in hand in the Spanish top flight.
Seventh last season, sixth-placed Celta Vigo are two points behind Real Betis in fifth but have lost four of their last five matches in all competitions.
101GreatGoals.com has the line-up news from Barcelona vs Celta Vigo in the 2025/26 La Liga, as well as details on how to watch.
Barcelona confirmed starting team vs Celta Vigo
Barcelona make one change from their 2-1 win at Atleti on April 14, bringing in Pau Cubarsi for Fermin Lopez, who has been training in a protective face mask after requiring stitches to an injury.
Defender Andreas Christensen (knee) and Raphinha (hamstring) are sidelined.
Frenkie de Jong remains on the bench following his return to fitness and fellow midfielder Marc Bernal is still out with a left-ankle sprain.
Barcelona starting XI: Joan Garcia; Kounde, Cubarsi, Martin, Cancelo; Pedri, Eric Garcia; Yamal, Olmo, Gavi; Torres
Barcelona substitutes: Balde, Araujo, Lewandowski, Rashford, Fermin, Casado, Bardghji, De Jong, Szczesny, Kochen, Espart, Tommy
Celta Vigo full line up vs Barcelona
Celta Vigo make three changes from their 3-1 home defeat to Freiburg in the Europa League, bringing in Hugo Alvarez, Pablo Duran and Sergio Carreira for Borja Iglesias, Oscar Mingueza and Matias Vecino.
Sweden centre-back Carl Starfelt will miss a sixth straight game. “We’re worried,” said coach Claudio Giraldez, via AS.
“It’s not ideal; he’s not recovering well from the injury. He’s not training with the group at all. His back is bothering him.
“We’re taking it day by day, seeing how he is, and hopefully he can be back as soon as possible. He’s the one who’s most worried.”
Javi Rodriguez is fit to play as part of a back three, but winger Hugo Alvarez (ankle), wideman Mihailo Ristic (muscle) and midfielder Miguel Roman (foot) are injured.
Celta Vigo starting XI: Radu; Rodriguez, Lago, Alonso; Rueda, Lopez, Moriba, Carreira; Duran, Jutgla, Alvarez.
Celta Vigo substitutes: Aidoo, Antanon, Aspas, El Abdellaoui, Fernandez, Iglesias, Mingueza, Nunez, Sotelo, Swedberg, Vecino, Villar.
Where to watch Barca v Celta Vigo: TV channel, live online streams
Barcelona vs Celta Vigo starts at 20:30 BST / 15:30 ET / 12:30 PT on Wednesday, with live coverage in the UK on Premier Sports 1 and streaming available on a vast range of devices via the Premier Sports app.
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Barcelona v Celta Vigo stats
- Barcelona are unbeaten in the last five editions of the fixture (D1) and have won the last four as the home team since a 2-1 defeat in May 2021
- A 4-2 Barca win at Celta Vigo last November ended a run of six meetings between the teams to have been draws or decided by no more than a goal, although the hosts equalised twice
- Both teams have scored in each of their last six games against each other (a total of 28 goals) and nine of the last 10 such matches
- The last 47 matches between Barca and Celta Vigo have each featured at least one goal, since a draw at Celta Vigo in February 1999
- Barca have won their last eight domestic matches, including five wins by exactly three goals along the way
- Only Liga top scorer Kylian Mbappe (23 goals and four assists) has more direct goal involvements in this season’s top flight than Barca’s Lamine Yamal (15 goals, 11 assists)
- Having conceded more than once in one of their preceding eight matches in all competitions (a 2-1 defeat at home to Real Madrid), Celta Vigo have conceded at least twice in each of their last six games
- All four of their wins in their last 10 matches have been away from home, going unbeaten in their last five in La Liga (W2)
- Marcos Alonso has attempted (1,948) and completed (1,756) the third-most passes in this season’s Liga
- Pau Cubarsi leads the way in both respects (2,339 attempted, 2,213 completed), ahead of Barca teammate Eric Garcia (1,972 attempted, 1,817 completed)
