Barcelona vs Elche match preview

Brcelona start the league with their first match against Elche on sunday at 19.00 GMT in Camp Nou.
The expectd squad for Barcelona:

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Bravo

Alves- Mathieu - Bartra - Alba

Rakitic - Bosquets

Rafinha - El-Haddadi - Iniesta

Messi

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Suarez and Pique will miss this match for ban, and Neymar and Aderiano for injury. There's doubts about Pedro to play this match.

It's expected that Enrique will bench Xavi and let Rakitic play instead of him, and that he'll get back to 4-3-3 formation.

Match referee is Fernando Tiexeira.