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Barcelona Team News: Injuries, suspensions and line-up vs Betis

Barcelona return to action in La Liga this weekend after suffering a first defeat since August as they went down to Espanyol on Wednesday.

Ernesto Valverde's side are top of the Primera Division and are still unbeaten at the halfway stage with 51 points, but the Blaugrana lost 1-0 to their city rivals in the first leg of the teams' Copa del Rey quarter-final on Wednesday.

That was Barca's first loss since double defeat to Real Madrid in the Spanish Supercopa in August and they will look to overturn the deficit in the return at Camp Nou next week.