Final session before visit of Athletic Club

Barça fans are looking forward to the return of club competition with the international break now over and Athletic Club de Bilbao are the visitors to the Estadi Lluís Companys on Sunday, kick off 9pm CET.

Another home game comes on Wednesday in the Champions League against Ukrainian outfit Shakhtar Donetsk, kick off 6.45pm CET, and the week ends in style with Saturday seeing the visit of Real Madrid to the Estadi Lluís Companys for the first Clásico of the league season with kick off at 4.15pm CET. 

First of the trio of fixtures is the game against Athletic, an encounter which will be Barça's 3,000th match in La Liga. For Saturday's final session coach Xavi Hernández had all his available players at his disposal as well as Astralaga, Marc Guiu, Unai Hernández, Mbacke and Héctor Fort from Barça Atlètic.