FC Barcelona head coach Hansi Flick will make two key changes for a La Liga match that has become must win for the Catalans against Deportivo Alaves on Sunday afternoon.

Barcelona's hopes of muscling back into La Liga's title race surely rest on beating struggling Alaves on Sunday night. The Catalan giants have been brilliant in the Champions League, winning six of their eight league phase matches to finish as runners-up to Liverpool,

Hansi Flick's FC Barcelona will host Alaves on Sunday for a key La Liga clash as the Blaugrana need to continue to win after a disappointing start to the year. Flick's team only won once of the last five league games and are coming off a home draw to Atalanta in midweek Champions League actio.

Hansi Flick has urged caution ahead of Barcelona's LaLiga clash against lowly Alaves on Sunday. ( More Sports News) Alaves, who are 17th and just a point above the relegation zone, have lost only once in six league games since new coach Eduardo Coudet took over in December.

Alaves predicted lineup vs Barcelona (4-2-3-1): Owono; Tenaglia, Mourino, Diarra, Sanchez; Blanco, Guevara; Vicente, Guridi, Conechny; Garcia. Barcelona haven't lost to Alaves since a heavily rotated team including Arda Turan and Lucas Digne were consigned to a shock 2-1 reverse at Camp Nou in 2016.

When Barcelona and Deportivo Alaves met earlier this season, Robert Lewandowski scored a sensational hat-trick to seal the match within 45 minutes.Since then, the opponents’ season has not gone too