{"id":15457,"date":"2025-10-03T20:07:00","date_gmt":"2025-10-03T20:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wpinitiate.com\/echo-test\/demo76e71539\/2025\/10\/03\/christensen-and-lewandowski-to-start-4-2-3-1-barcelona-predicted-lineup-vs-sevilla\/"},"modified":"2025-10-03T20:07:00","modified_gmt":"2025-10-03T20:07:00","slug":"christensen-and-lewandowski-to-start-4-2-3-1-barcelona-predicted-lineup-vs-sevilla","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wpinitiate.com\/echo-test\/demo76e71539\/2025\/10\/03\/christensen-and-lewandowski-to-start-4-2-3-1-barcelona-predicted-lineup-vs-sevilla\/","title":{"rendered":"Christensen And Lewandowski To Start | 4-2-3-1 Barcelona Predicted Lineup Vs Sevilla"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Barcelona will face off against Sevilla at the Ramon Sanchez-Pizjuan Stadium on Saturday afternoon as they hope to earn a victory on the road in La Liga. The Catalan club suffered a 2-1 loss at the hands of Paris Saint-Germain recently, so they would be keen on getting back to winning ways this weekend.<\/p>\n<p>Hansi Flick will probably opt for the 4-2-3-1 formation once again and is expected to make a few changes to his first team for this clash. Robert Lewandowski and Andreas Christensen could both play from the start of this game versus the Andalusian club.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Defence<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Wojciech Szcz\u0119sny will function in between the sticks for Barca after conceding two goals in his last appearance. Pau Cubarsi will operate alongside Andreas Christensen at the heart of Barcelona\u2019s backline as they look to keep the opposition at bay during the 90 minutes.<\/p>\n<p>Jules Kounde will try to impress as the right-back, while Gerard Martin looks to give a good account of himself on the other side as the left-back. Both of them would try to go forward and join in on the attack at every chance they get.<\/p>\n<p>Ronald Araujo and Eric Garcia will be named on the bench as they offer cover for the defensive positions.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_333156\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-333156\"><img loading=\"lazy\" data-lazyloaded=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/the4thofficial.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/fc-barcelona-v-paris-saint-germain-uefa-champions-league-2025-26-league-phase-md2-11-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Barcelona\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1753\" srcset=\"https:\/\/the4thofficial.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/fc-barcelona-v-paris-saint-germain-uefa-champions-league-2025-26-league-phase-md2-11-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/the4thofficial.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/fc-barcelona-v-paris-saint-germain-uefa-champions-league-2025-26-league-phase-md2-11-300x205.jpg 300w, https:\/\/the4thofficial.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/fc-barcelona-v-paris-saint-germain-uefa-champions-league-2025-26-league-phase-md2-11-1024x701.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/the4thofficial.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/fc-barcelona-v-paris-saint-germain-uefa-champions-league-2025-26-league-phase-md2-11-150x103.jpg 150w, https:\/\/the4thofficial.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/fc-barcelona-v-paris-saint-germain-uefa-champions-league-2025-26-league-phase-md2-11-768x526.jpg 768w, https:\/\/the4thofficial.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/fc-barcelona-v-paris-saint-germain-uefa-champions-league-2025-26-league-phase-md2-11-1536x1052.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/the4thofficial.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/fc-barcelona-v-paris-saint-germain-uefa-champions-league-2025-26-league-phase-md2-11-2048x1402.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/the4thofficial.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/fc-barcelona-v-paris-saint-germain-uefa-champions-league-2025-26-league-phase-md2-11-613x420.jpg 613w, https:\/\/the4thofficial.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/fc-barcelona-v-paris-saint-germain-uefa-champions-league-2025-26-league-phase-md2-11-1227x840.jpg 1227w, https:\/\/the4thofficial.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/fc-barcelona-v-paris-saint-germain-uefa-champions-league-2025-26-league-phase-md2-11-218x150.jpg 218w, https:\/\/the4thofficial.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/fc-barcelona-v-paris-saint-germain-uefa-champions-league-2025-26-league-phase-md2-11-436x300.jpg 436w, https:\/\/the4thofficial.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/fc-barcelona-v-paris-saint-germain-uefa-champions-league-2025-26-league-phase-md2-11-600x411.jpg 600w, https:\/\/the4thofficial.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/fc-barcelona-v-paris-saint-germain-uefa-champions-league-2025-26-league-phase-md2-11-696x477.jpg 696w, https:\/\/the4thofficial.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/fc-barcelona-v-paris-saint-germain-uefa-champions-league-2025-26-league-phase-md2-11-1392x953.jpg 1392w, https:\/\/the4thofficial.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/fc-barcelona-v-paris-saint-germain-uefa-champions-league-2025-26-league-phase-md2-11-1068x731.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/the4thofficial.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/fc-barcelona-v-paris-saint-germain-uefa-champions-league-2025-26-league-phase-md2-11-1920x1315.jpg 1920w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-333156\">BARCELONA, SPAIN \u2013 OCTOBER 01: Pau Cubarsi of FC Barcelona and Bradley Barcola of Paris Saint-Germain compete for the ball during the UEFA Champions League 2025\/26 League Phase MD2 match between FC Barcelona and Paris Saint-Germain at Estadi Olimpic Lluis Companys on October 01, 2025 in Barcelona, Spain. (Photo by Judit Cartiel\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3><strong>Midfield<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Frenkie de Jong and Pedri will operate as the holding midfielders for <a href=\"https:\/\/the4thofficial.net\/category\/leagues\/la-liga\/barcelona\/\">Barcelona<\/a> as they focus on retaining possession well at the centre of the park and engineering some good chances in the final third.<\/p>\n<p>The talented trio of Marcus Rashford, Dani Olmo and Lamine Yamal will play just ahead of them as part of Flick\u2019s attack. All three of them would have to combine well if Barcelona want to secure maximum points from this La Liga contest.<\/p>\n<p>Marc Casado, Roony Bardghji and Dro Fernandez will make up the numbers on the bench as they wait for their chance to make an impact in the second 45 minutes if needed.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Attack<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Robert Lewandowski will lead the line for the Catalan outfit in the final third. The Polish forward got a rest on the bench versus PSG, so he would be eager to make a difference for Barcelona this weekend.<\/p>\n<p>Ferran Torres will have to be content with a place on the bench despite scoring against PSG earlier this weekend. The Spaniard might come on to make an impact in the final quarter of the game if Barca are in need of a goal by then.<\/p>\n<p><img data-lazyloaded=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/the4thofficial.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/ab5eGcbanD.png\" alt width=\"336\" height=\"515\" srcset=\"https:\/\/the4thofficial.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/ab5eGcbanD.png 336w, https:\/\/the4thofficial.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/ab5eGcbanD-196x300.png 196w, https:\/\/the4thofficial.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/ab5eGcbanD-98x150.png 98w, https:\/\/the4thofficial.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/ab5eGcbanD-274x420.png 274w, https:\/\/the4thofficial.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/ab5eGcbanD-150x230.png 150w, https:\/\/the4thofficial.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/ab5eGcbanD-300x460.png 300w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 336px) 100vw, 336px\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Barcelona will face off against Sevilla at the Ramon Sanchez-Pizjuan Stadium on Saturday afternoon as they hope to earn a victory on the road in La Liga. The Catalan club suffered a 2-1 loss at the hands of Paris Saint-Germain recently, so they would be keen on getting back to winning ways this weekend. Hansi [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12815,"featured_media":15458,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15457","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpinitiate.com\/echo-test\/demo76e71539\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15457","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpinitiate.com\/echo-test\/demo76e71539\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpinitiate.com\/echo-test\/demo76e71539\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpinitiate.com\/echo-test\/demo76e71539\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12815"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpinitiate.com\/echo-test\/demo76e71539\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15457"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wpinitiate.com\/echo-test\/demo76e71539\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15457\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpinitiate.com\/echo-test\/demo76e71539\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15458"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpinitiate.com\/echo-test\/demo76e71539\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15457"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpinitiate.com\/echo-test\/demo76e71539\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15457"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpinitiate.com\/echo-test\/demo76e71539\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15457"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}