Los azulgranas aterrizan en Girona para afrontar el derbi catalán en el Montilivi / | Germán Bona / Valentí Enrich
Lionel Messi comes back after skipping Sevilla defeat and being a sub last weekend
FC Barcelona have an important date at Montilivi. The battle between Eusebio's Girona and Barca is key for the Catalans to keep adding points in their title defence and maintain the 5 point gap on Diego Simeone's Atletico Madrid who are trying to bite it back.
Ernesto Valverde has called on his best side, perhaps with the exception of Arthur, to deliver three points. Marc-Andre ter Stegen in goal, Semedo, Pique, Lenglet and Alba at the back, Sergio Busquets returns to the line-up in midfield with Rakitic and Arturo Vidal ahead of him, while Coutinho joins Lionel Messi and Luis Suarez in the line of attack.
