The FC Barcelona squad for El Clásico

The La Liga title race is hotting up and Quique Setién's men face a fresh test as leaders in the shape of Sunday's El Clásico against second placed Real Madrid in the Santiago Bernabéu, kick off 9pm CET. The Barça coach has named the following 18 man squad for the game: Ter Stegen, N. Semedo, Piqué, I. Rakitic, Sergio, Arthur, Messi, Neto, Lenglet, Griezmann, Jordi Alba, Braithwaite, F. De Jong, Vidal, Umtiti, Junior, Collado and Ansu Fati. Sergi Roberto, Luis Suárez and Dembélé are still missing due to injury.

Final session at the Ciutat Esportiva with Jordi Alba passed fit 

This Saturday saw the final training session ahead of the trip to Madrid with all the available first team players involved with Jordi Alba also taking part. Also present were Morer, R. Araujo, Matheus, Collado and Ansu Fati from Barça B. After the session Jordi Alba was declared fit and the left back was included in the squad for the trip to Madrid.