Elche vs Barcelona: La Liga – prediction, team news, lineups

Who: Elche vs Barcelona What: Spanish football’s La Liga Where: Manuel Martinez Valero Stadium, Elche, Spain When: Sunday, August 23, at 9:30pm (19:30 GMT) How to follow: Al Jazeera Sport will bring you all the build-up from 16:30 GMT ahead of our live text commentary streamHansi Flick’s second season at Barcelona built on the success of his first, with the German coach guiding the Catalan giants to a second straight La Liga title.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemslist 1 of 4Man Utd humiliated at Hull to open Premier League accountlist 2 of 4Fans and police injured in pitch invasion during ‘high risk’ German Cup tielist 3 of 4Usain Bolt’s 100m record broken at World Humanoid Robot Gameslist 4 of 4Former world champion boxer Zolani Tete shot and killed in South Africaend of listHis third campaign, however, brings significant structural changes to the team as Barcelona look to maintain their domestic dominance and handle the threat of Jose Mourinho’s Real Madrid, while aiming to end their wait for Champions League glory.Barca begin their campaign at Elche on Sunday in the Spanish top flight, a day after Mourinho’s Los Blancos visit Espanyol in the Catalan capital.Al Jazeera Sport ta...