Sporting Gijon vs Barcelona

Competition: La Liga

Date: 17 February, 2016 Wednesday 

Venue: El Molinón

Kick off: 17:30 BST 

Live Stream: Watch Sporting vs Barcelona live 

All eyes will be on Lionel Messi and whether he can reach the milestone of 300 La Liga goals when Barcelona travel to El Molinon to face Sporting Gijon on Wednesday evening.

Lionel Messi could reach 300 @LaLiga goals when @FCBarcelona face @RealSporting live on Sky Sports this evening. pic.twitter.com/kLYI7paCoP

— Sky Sports News HQ (@SkySportsNewsHQ) February 17, 2016

Barcelona are looking simply unstoppable at the moment. The Blaugrana are unbeaten in their last 30 games and could extend their lead at the top of table to six points, should they win against Sporting tonight.

Sporting, 16th in the table, have managed only three victories in their last 15 games, but Abelardo Fernández’s side are heading into this tie on the back of a decent form, after remaining unbeaten in their last four La Liga games.

Sporting Gijon vs Barcelona Team News

Former Barcelona academy player Antonio Sanabria and Dani Ndi will miss out for Sporting due to injury. 

Alen Halilovic may start against his parent club, while Alberto Lora is expected to start at right back. 

Barcelona may look to give Dani Alves some rest and Aleix Vidal may start in his place. 

Arda Turan could start this match in place of Iniesta, while Jeremy Mathieu likely to deputise in Alba’s absence. 

Sporting Gijon vs Barcelona: Starting Lineups

Possible Sporting starting lineup: 

Cuellar, Lora, Hernandez, Mere, Lopez, Cases, Mascarell, Menendez, Halolovic, Perez, Guerrero 

Possible Barcelona starting lineup: 

Bravo, Mathieu, Pique, Mascherano, Vidal, Turan, Busquets, Rakitic, Neymar, Suarez, Messi 

Key Stats: Sporting Gijon vs Barcelona

4 – Sporting are unbeaten in their last four La Liga matches

6 – Barcelona have won their last six La Liga games 

7 – Barcelona have won seven of their last eight matches against Sporting in all competitions 

Prediction: Sporting 1-2 Barcelona