The squad for Valencia

Following the setback at home to Granada, Barça travel to Valencia for a crunch Sunday night fixture (9.00pm CEST) where three points are even more essential than ever.

Ronald Koeman announced his list of 23 players on Saturday morning, with Matheus Fernandes returning to the squad. Martin Braithwaite, Philippe Coutinho and Ansu Fati all miss out through injury.

The definitive squad is therefore as follows: Ter Stegen, Dest, Piqué, R. Araujo, Sergio, Griezmann, Pjanic, Messi, O. Dembélé, Riqui Puig, Neto, Lenglet, Pedri, Trincao, Jordi Alba, Matheus, S. Roberto, F. De Jong, Umtiti, Junior, Ilaix Moriba, O. Mingueza and Arnau Tenas.

Final session at Ciutat Esportiva

On a very wet and rainy Mayday bank holiday in Barcelona, the players trained one last time before the trip south to Valencia, which they will be making on the day of the match.