Xavi's first match in charge of the Catalan giants ended in a 1-0 win over Espanyol at the weekend, with Memphis Depay's second-half penalty proving to be the difference between the two sides.

There are three changes to the side that took to the field for the first whistle at the weekend, with Ronald Araujo, Clement Lenglet and Yusuf Demir coming in.

Oscar Mingueza, Eric Garcia and Ilias Akhomach are the three players to drop out of the side, with the latter not eligible to feature in the Champions League.

Fit-again Ousmane Dembele is back in the squad, with the France international, who continues to be linked with a move away from Camp Nou, making the bench.

Araujo will seemingly feature at right-back for Barcelona this evening, although there is a chance that Xavi's side could line up in a back three.

Barcelona XI: Ter Stegen; Araujo, Pique, Lenglet, Alba; F de Jong, Busquets, Nico; Gavi, Memphis, Demir body check tags ::

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	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	PTS
1	Real Madrid	31	24	6	1	67	20	47	78
2	Barcelona	31	21	7	3	62	34	28	70
3	Girona Girona	31	20	5	6	63	39	24	65
4	Atletico Madrid Atletico	31	19	4	8	59	36	23	61
5	Athletic Bilbao	31	16	9	6	51	29	22	57
6	Real Sociedad	31	13	11	7	45	33	12	50
7	Valencia	31	13	8	10	34	32	2	47
8	Real Betis Betis	31	11	12	8	38	37	1	45
9	Villarreal	31	10	9	12	49	54	-5	39
10	Getafe	31	9	12	10	37	43	-6	39
11	Osasuna	31	11	6	14	36	44	-8	39
12	Las Palmas Las Palmas	31	10	7	14	29	35	-6	37
13	Sevilla	31	8	10	13	39	44	-5	34
14	Alaves Alaves	31	8	8	15	26	38	-12	32
15	Mallorca	31	6	13	12	25	36	-11	31
16	Rayo Vallecano	31	6	13	12	25	38	-13	31
17	Celta Vigo	31	6	10	15	33	46	-13	28
18	Cadiz Cadiz	31	4	13	14	21	41	-20	25
19	Granada	31	3	8	20	32	60	-28	17
20	Almeria	31	1	11	19	30	62	-32	14