BARCELONA --Barcelona will be on a mission to bounce back after the defeat in El Clasico by Real Madrid. The Blaugrana will travel to the Spanish capital again, to face Rayo Vallecano, Thursday (28/10) early morning.

There is some bad news from Ronald Koeman's squad. Frenkie de Jong is sidelined with a hamstring problem, which has ruled him out for several games. De Jong followed Pedri, Ronald Araujo and Martin Braithwaite who were injured first.

Ousmane Dembele has recovered from a knee injury and is back in training. But still not able to join the squad. Ansu Fati is back in the squad, despite knee concerns.

Although Koeman said that Ansu Fati might not be taken down. Therefore, Sergio Aguero, who scored a goal against Real Madrid, could be a starter.

The following are the names of the players that will be brought by Koeman against Rayo Vallecano, quoted from Barcablaugranes, Wednesday (27/10):


Goalkeeper : 1. Marc-André ter Stegen, 13. Neto, 26. Iñaki Peña

Defender : 2. Sergiño Dest, 3. Gerard Piqué, 15. Clément Lenglet, 18. Jordi Alba, 22. scar Mingueza, 23. Samuel Umtiti, 24. Eric García, 31. Alejandro Balde

Midfielders : 5. Sergio Busquets, 6. Riqui Puig, 11. Yusuf Demir, 14. Philippe Coutinho, 20. Sergi Roberto, 28. Nico González, 30. Gavi

Forwards : 9. Memphis Depay, 10. Ansu Fati, 17. Luuk De Jong, 19. Sergio Agüero

Predicted starting XI (4-2-3-1)

Ter Stegen; Dest, Garcia, Piqué, Alba; Roberto, Busquets; Gavi, Coutinho, Memphis; Agüero.