Official: Barcelona starting lineup against Porto

The fixtures for the 2023/24 season continue to come hard and fast as Barcelona now turn their attention towards the Champions League, where they will take on Porto for the second round of the group stages.

Xavi has made two changes to the starting lineup that took on Sevilla on the weekend, with Ronald Araujo coming into central defence to replace Andreas Christensen, firstly. The Uruguayan is paired up with Jules Kounde, screening Marc-Andre ter Stegen in goal.

Alejandro Balde and Joao Cancelo round off the back-four as the left and right-backs respectively.

Ahead of them, Oriol Romeu returns to the fold after being benched in the league, with Ilkay Gundogan and Gavi ahead of in central midfield.

With Raphinha injured, Lamine Yamal gets the nod to start as the right-winger, while Joao Felix retains his spot on the left side. Robert Lewandowski is the final piece of the puzzle, spearheading the attack as the no. 9.

Confirmed Barça XI: ter Stegen; Cancelo, Araujo, Kounde, Balde; Gundogan, Romeu, Gavi; Yamal, Lewandowski, Felix