Barcelona a lump will have to be placed get up impressive record at home when they face La Liga this afternoon if they are to maintain their perfect start to the season.
The hosts have won six in a row at the Estadio Ciudad de Valencia and are a formidable force on their own patch.
Luis Castro’s side are in good form after picking up five points in the last three games.
Barça are leaders after winning their first four, but are level on points with Real Madrid, who beat Rayo Vallecano yesterday.
The Catalans will travel with plenty of confidence after hammering Feyenoord 5-1 in the Champions League in midweek.
LEVANTE TEAM NEWS
Levante striker Karl Etta-Eyong has missed out with a thigh injury.
East: Ryan; Toljan, Dela, Mandi, Manu; Sotelo, Requena, Brugui, Olasagasti, Victor; Ratkov
Levant substitutes: Camps, Ndukwe, Romero, Musuayi, Cabell, Tape, Bardeli, Rei, Thiago, Cortes, Perez, Santos
BARCELONA TEAM NEWS
Hansi Flick made five changes to the side that beat Feyenoord with Eric Garcia, Xavi Espart, Gerard Martin, Fermín López and Anthony Gordon.
Jules Kounde, Andreas Christensen, Joao Cancelo, Dani Olmo and Karim Adeyemi drop to the bench.
Gordon is likely to start in attack with Raphinha on the left flank.
Frenkie de Jong (knee) and Roony Bardghji (knee) are out for Barcelona.
Barcelona: Joan Garcia; Espart, Cubarsi, Eric Garcia, Martin; Rodri, Pedri, Yamal, F Lopez, Raphinha; Gordon
Barcelona substitutes: Cancelo, Balde, Gavi, Jesus, Szczesny, Adeyemi, Christensen, Olmo, Bernal, Kounde, Livakovic, Abdelkarim
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position 1, 2, 3, 4: Champions League stage
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position 5: League phase Europa League
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position 6: Playoffs of the ECL
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position 18, 19, 20: Descent
Statistics Llevant-Barcelona, form of the League
- All six of Levante’s wins against Barcelona have come at home, the most recent a 3-1 victory in November 2019 through second-half goals from Jose Campana, Borja Mayoral and Nemanja Radoja after Lionel Messi’s first-half penalty had opened the scoring.
- The last four editions of the match in Levante have scored an average of five goals, including 3-2 wins for Barcelona in their last two visits, in 2025/26 and 2021/22.
- Only Barcelona (35), Madrid (36) and Betis (38) have committed fewer fouls in La Liga this season than Levante (39).
- With four yellow cards each, Levante and Barça have accumulated two fewer bookings than any other team in the 2026/27 division.
- No goalkeeper has made more La Liga saves this season than Llevant’s Mathew Ryan (17, same as La Sociedad’s Alex Remiro and Athletic Club’s Unai Simon before the last game)
- Messi’s 24 goals against Levante make Barça’s all-time top scorer the top marksman in the game’s history by a margin of 18
- Raphinha’s six goals in La Liga make the Blaugrana striker the top scorer in the top division, one ahead of Vallecano Sergio Camello.
- Only Raphinha and Camello have surpassed the Blaugrana’s Fermin López and Lamine Yamel (4 each). Winger Roger Brugue (2) is the only Levante player to have scored twice
- Barcelona’s total of 36 goals is the most ahead of Madrid (35), while Levante’s equivalent of 14 is only better than Celta (12), Valencia (11), Malaga (7) and Getafe (6).
- They are unbeaten in seven games against Levante (W6), winning the last four and scoring exactly three times in each of the last five.
Where to watch Levante-Barça: TV channel, live online broadcasts
Kick-off on Sunday is at 15:15 BST (10:15 ET / 07:15 PT), with live coverage in the UK on Premier Sports 1 and streaming is available on a wide range of devices via the Premier Sports app.
A Premier Sports subscription it costs £120 a year, £11.99 a month on a 12-month contract or £16.99 a month with 30 days’ notice to cancel.
Here is the full list of International broadcasters of the League.
