Barca squad for the next match against Sporting Gijon

Josep Guardiola has picked 18 players for the game on Sunday evening in Gijón. The list includes captain Carles Puyol, who is back working with the squad and Barça B’s Isaac Cuenca, but Cesc is out through injury.

18 players will travel to Gijón on Sunday for a tricky match against Sporting, where Barcelona only drew last season (1-1). Seventeen members of the first team travel, following the injury to Cesc Fàbregas today Carles Puyol is also in the side after recovering from a rib injury sustained against Borisov midweek, plus Isaac Cuenca, of Barça B.

Four absentees
The injured Afellay, Alexis and Cesc are all put through injury, and although Andrés Iniesta did join today’s training session, he is also left behind.

The players will travel to Asturias on Sunday at midday, arriving in Gijón around 11.45, eight hours before kickoff.