Antwerp and FC Barcelona will face on Wednesday the 13th of December at 9:00 pm in the 6th week of the Champions League. The match will take place in Deurne at the Bosuilstadion. The chosen referee is Marco Guida.
Antwerp is in the 4th position in the table with 0 points. It comes from a 1-0 loss against Shakhtar Donetsk in its last match in the Champions League. Thus far, it has won twice and lost 5 times.
Antwerp lost the last 5 consecutive matches. The last time it won was on the 30th of August against AEK Athens and the score was 1-2.
FC Barcelona sits in the 1st position in the table with 12 points. It comes from a 2-1 win against Porto in its last match in the Champions League. Up to now, it has won 4 times and lost once.
Line-ups predictions
These are the projected line-ups according to our predictions.
Antwerp
Antwerp has mostly adopted the 4-3-3 line-up most used during the season (4 times or 57.14%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-3-3 (4 times) and 4-2-3-1 (3 times).
Mark van Bommel is expected to play against FC Barcelona with the following players: Jean Butez, Owen Wijndal, Soumaila Coulibaly, Toby Alderweireld, Ritchie De Laet, Arthur Vermeeren, Alhassan Yusuf, Chidera Ejuke, Mandela Keita, Gyrano Kerk and Vincent Janssen.
Granting that the line up is confirmed, the projected average age of Antwerp would be 25.91.
Mark van Bommel will probably not be able to employ Jelle Bataille and Jacob Ondrejka because of injury.
Davino Verhulst, Sam Vines, Michel Ange Balikwisha and Anthony Valencia will definitely miss the match.
Mark van Bommel will not be able to have the presence of Jürgen Ekkelenkamp and Arbnor Muja who are both suspended.
FC Barcelona
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-3-3 (5 times).
Xavier Hernández Creus is expected to play against Antwerp with the following players: Iñaki Peña, Alejandro Balde, Jules Koundé, Andreas Christensen, Sergi Roberto , Oriol Romeu, Pedri, Fermín López, João Félix, Lamine Yamal and Ferran Torres.
Presuming that this will be the line-up, the resulting average age of FC Barcelona would be 23.91.
Marc-André ter Stegen , Marcos Alonso , Iñigo Martínez , Frenkie de Jong and Gavi will definitely miss the match.
