Barcelona: Six first-team players in Supercopa de Catalunya squad

There may not be any Champions League, LaLiga or Copa del Rey action for Barcelona this midweek, but the Blaugrana will be contesting the Supercopa de Catalunya against local rivals Espanyol.

For the match - to be held at Gimnastic de Tarragona's Nou Estadi - Luis Enrique has called up six members of his first team squad, while youth teamers complete the list.
Jordi Masip, Denis Suarez, Arda Turan, Paco Alcacer, Andre Gomes and Jeremy Mathieu are the only members of the senior squad not to be given the midweek off.

As such, the squad list is as follows: Masip, Suarez, Arda, Alcacer, Gomes, Mathieu, Jose Aurelio Suarez, Sergi Palencia, Rafa Mujica, Nili Perdomo, Marlon Santos, Moises Delgado, Jose Antonio Martinez, Ferran Sarsanedas, Carles Alena, Jesus Alfaro, Gerard Gumbau and Alex Carbonell.

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