Hello everyone and welcome in to this Real Mallorca vs Barcelona live blog, with club football well and truly back and with Xavi's side trying to secure the three points that would allow them to sleep at the top of the table.
Barcelona have a few injury issues, having lost Jules Kounde, Ronald Araujo, Frenkie de Jong and Memphis Depay to issues during the international break, so Xavi will need to find some solutions.
Real Mallorca are a tough team and will look to put up a fight, having secured clean sheets in half of their LaLiga Santander matches so far this season.
It should be a fun one at Son Moix and we'll be bringing you pre-match updates and then minute-by-minute coverage of this game right here on our live blog, with the most recent updates the ones nearest the top. So, follow along with us!
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The confirmed Barcelona starting XI
This is Xavi's line-up, with several changes to the team, some forced and some not. Barcelona will start with: Ter Stegen; Balde, Pique, Christensen, Jordi Alba; Busquets, Kessie, Gavi; Dembele, Lewandowski, Ansu Fati.
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Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
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Barcelona's recent record against Real Mallorca
Barcelona have faced Real Mallorca four times over the past three years and they've won each of those games, scoring 12 and conceding four. The most recent was a 2-1 home win towards the end of last season.
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The Real Mallorca vs Barcelona kick off time
This clash kicks off at 21:00 CEST, which is the local time in Spain. That translates to 20:00 BST in the UK or 15:00 ET / 12:00 PT in the USA.
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The Barcelona squad list
Even though they have some injuries, it's still a very impressive Barcelona squad. This is the list of players they've taken to the island.
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This, then, is our Real Mallorca vs Barcelona live blog, where we'll have details of what is happening in the game on the island of Mallorca.
We'll bring you details of the predicted line-ups too and then also the confirmed starting XIs as soon as they come up.
This match is scheduled to get up and running at 21:00 CEST, the local time on Mallorca, which is 20:00 BST in the United Kingdom or 15:00 ET on the east coast of the United States of America.
With major updates at Real Mallorca's stadium of Son Moix, a great atmosphere is expected and this could prove to be one of Barcelona's tricker away days of the season.
They'll hope to take the three points and to avoid any more injuries, especially since the Catalan side have an important Champions League match coming up against Inter on Tuesday.