Getafe vs Barcelona Preview: Team News & Prediction
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Getafe, with Jose Bordalas at the helm, are as painful to watch for a neutral as ever as the Madrid-based club welcome a Barcelona side looking to rebuild in the second-half of the campaign following Supercopa success in Saudi Arabia last weekend.
Kick-off date/time: Saturday 18th January, 2025: UK – 8:00pm / US ET – 3:00pm / US PT – 12:00pm
How to watch on TV: UK – ITV / US – ESPN have the exclusive rights to La Liga games in the USA, so Getafe vs Barcelona may be televised on one of their affiliated channels
How to watch online: UK – ITVX / US – ESPN+
Getafe Team News: Nyom a doubt
Getafe have a small squad at the moment and Jose Bordalas is desperate for reinforcements in the January transfer window, having to consistently play players out of position
Former Watford and West Bromwich Albion full-back Allan Nyom is an injury doubt for this one, whilst experienced midfielder Yellu Santiago is a doubt due to illness.
Predicted XI (4-4-2): David Soria; Djene, Domingos Duarte, Omar Alderete, Jorge Iglesias; Carles Alena, Luis Milla, Mauro Arambarri, Alex Sola; Uche, Yildirim
Unavailable:
Questionable: Nyom (Injured), Yellu Santiago (Illness)
Barcelona Team News: Uncertainty but getting on with it
For the time being, Joan Laporta and Barcelona have won the war with the league and both Dani Olmo and Pau Vitor have been registered for the time being, albeit uncertainty remains.
Centre-back Ronald Araujo is the subject of Juventus interest but the Uruguay international captained Barca at the end of their win against Real Madrid last week and now looks set to stay.
Predicted XI (4-2-3-1): Inaki Pena; Kounde, Ronald Araujo, Pau Cubarsi, Alex Balde; De Jong, Pedri; Lamine Yamal, Dani Olmo, Raphinha; Lewandowski
Unavailable: Ter Stegen (Injured), Inigo Martinez (Injured), Marc Bernal (Injured)
Questionable: Christensen (Injured), Ferran Torres (Injured)
Getafe vs Barcelona Prediction
The slayers of Real Mallorca and Villarreal in this season’s Copa del Rey, Pontevedra, were blunted by Getafe as Jose Bordalas’ side enjoyed a 1-0 win in the Round of 16 of the competition during the week. That followed up a return to La Liga action with a 2-1 win in the Canary Islands against Las Palmas last weekend. They face a Barcelona side that went into the turn of the year on the back of just one win in five league games but they have returned by defeating Athletic Club in the Supercopa semi-finals before a 5-2 demolition of Real Madrid in the final last week. They then hammered Real Betis by five goals to one the other day and they appear to have halted their slide with the Blaugrana now overwhelming favourites for this one.
Getafe vs Barcelona Tip: Barcelona to win -1 handicap
