FC Barcelona and Young Boys are going to clash on Thursday the 1st of January at 12:00 am in the 2nd week of the Champions League. The match is going to be staged in Barcelona at the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys. The appointed referee is Erik Lambrechts.
Line-ups predictions
These are the projected line-ups according to our predictions.
FC Barcelona
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-2-3-1 (once).
Hans-Dieter Flick is expected to play against Young Boys with the following players: Iñaki Peña, Alejandro Balde, Iñigo Martínez, Pau Cubarsí, Jules Koundé, Pedri, Marc Casadó, Pablo Torre, Raphinha, Lamine Yamal and Robert Lewandowski.
Assuming that the line up is confirmed, the resulting average age of FC Barcelona would be 24.27.
Hans-Dieter Flick will probably not be able to employ Frenkie de Jong because of injury.
Marc-André ter Stegen, Ronald Araújo, Andreas Christensen, Fermín López, Dani Olmo and Gavi will definitely miss the match.
Hans-Dieter Flick will not be able to have the presence of Eric García who is suspended.
Young Boys
Young Boys has mostly adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up during the season (2 times or 66.67%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-2-3-1 (2 times) and 4-4-2 (once).
Patrick Rahmen is expected to play against FC Barcelona with the following players: David von Ballmoos, Jaouen Hadjam, Mohamed Camara, Tanguy Zoukrou, Zachary Athekame, Sandro Lauper, Darian Maleš, Joël Monteiro, Filip Ugrinić, Meschack Elia and Silvère Ganvoula.
Presuming that this will be the line-up, the estimate average age of Young Boys would be 25.00.
Loris Benito, Saidy Janko, Patric Pfeiffer and Facinet Conte will definitely miss the match.