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. . Barcelona will look to return to winning ways after consecutive defeats to Cadiz and Juventus last week. Sportsmail's KIERAN LYNCH will provide live text commentary

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Posted: 18:55 GMT, Jan.. December 2020 | Updated: 19:58 GMT, Jan.. December 2020

Barcelona desperately need a win against Levante to close the gap to the top of LaLiga to nine points.

Ronald Koeman’s side have had a disappointing week, defeating Cadiz in the league and Juventus in the Champions League.

Levante is now in the relegation zone, but knows that a breathtaking win at Nou Camp could push her out of the bottom three.

Sportsmail’s KIERAN LYNCH will have live coverage of the Barcelona v Levante, including score, line-up and build-up.

Just one pre-match fact, Barcelona have played 14 home games against Levante, scoring all 48 goals and conceding nine goals.

Apologies for Barcelona are 12 points ahead of LaLiga are slim right now. The best ones come up so far were « Koeman should play 4-3-3, not 4-2-3-1 » and « Messi’s contract situation worries the squad ». . Neither really washing – it’s time for certain players to stand up to save the season.

Philippe Coutinho, Ousmane Dembele and Antoine Griezmann stand on the podium of Barcelona’s most expensive signings, earning gold, silver and bronze the kind of responsibility their price tags suggest.

Coutingo and Griezmann start today while Dembele is unavailable. After Messi became unsettled and Suarez left the club, the trio had to start justifying their transfer fees.

You could look at your position in the standings and think this should be an easy win for Barcelona but Levante has made it difficult for his opponents in recent weeks.

They are actually undefeated in their last six La Liga games – although their problem is winning games as the first five games all ended 1-1.

Barcelona should be of enough quality with the line-up they put up but Levante have the ability to make it uncomfortable for the hosts.

Both groups of players want to warm up for the game. The starting shot will be given in just under 20 minutes.

Great milestone for Sergio Busquets, who is 593rd today. Has to compete with the club legend Carlos Puyol.

Only 81 left to catch up with the next man on the list and another of his former teammates, Andres Iniesta.

It is believed that there are more off-field problems for Barcelona and Ronald Koeman allegedly accused Riqui Puig of losing information.

Before the season started, Koeman told the 21-year-old that he would not get regular time.

And it was reported by the Spanish press that Koeman was furious when the news was published and Puig said outside the locker room in Barcelona that you are a leak.

Barcelona’s impressive 2-1 loss to Cadiz last week means this is the club’s worst start to the season in 32 years.

They are 12 points ahead of leaders Real Sociedad and Atletico Madrid, and Ronald Koeman’s side have lost as many games this season as they have won in LaLiga.

And after a disappointing 3-0 loss to Juventus in the final group game of the Champions League, the failure against Levante will raise even more questions about Koeman, who joined the club last summer.

So there are a number of changes for the hosts, from the 3-0 midweek loss to Juventus in the Champions League.

Phillipe Coutinho, Martin Braithwaite and Sergio Busquets come to the bench with Pedri, Francisco Trincao and Miralem Pjanic.

Hello everyone – and welcome to Sportsmail’s coverage of today’s La Liga game between Barcelona and Levante.

There are still a lot of games to be played this season, but it’s already so far that every game in Barcelona is a must.

After their impressive 2-1 loss to Cadiz last week, they are now 12 points ahead of the top of the table.

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