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La Liga 2015-2016: Celta Vigo vs FC Barcelona, Preview, Prediction & Predicted Lineup

| Sep 22, 2015 12:47 AM EDT

Argentina's Lionel Messi and Brazil's Neymar both play for FC Barcelona.

League leaders FC Barcelona (4-0-0, 12 points) will try to continue its dominance in the 2015-2016 La Liga season as they visit Celta Vigo at the Estadio Municipal de Balaídos on September 23, Wednesday.

Barça is gunning for a fifth straight victory against the second-running Os Célticos as Lionel Messi, Neymar, and the rest of Luis Enrique's crew continue to overcome the departure of substitute forward Pedro to English Club Chelsea.

So far, Barcelona shock troopers Munir El Haddadi and Sandro Ramírez are ably filling the Spaniard's role to keep their club on top of the league table.

Led by Messi's double, the Catalonian giants dispatched Levante, 4-1, at the Camp Nou last Sunday. The game was goalless until five minutes after halftime when defender Marc Bartra opened the scoring, as per SkySports.

Meanwhile, Celta Vigo managed to stay at par with Real Madrid and Villarreal at the no. 2 spot in the overall standings as they remained undefeated after four games.

Their last game was a 2-1 win over cellar-dweller Sevilla at the Estadio Ramón Sánchez-Pizjuán also last Sunday, via Sports Mole.

Eduardo Berizzo's men will face their first real test of the season against Barça's star-studded lineup and they have to play a perfect game if they are to overcome Enrique's trio of attackers Messi, Neymar, and Luis Suarez.

The prediction is a 4-0 rout for Barcelona.

Celta Vigo starting lineup (4-2-3-1 formation): Alvarez; Mallo, Cabral, Gomez, Jonny; Wass, Fernandez; Orellana, Bergara, Nolito; Aspas

FC Barcelona starting lineup (4-2-3-1 formation): ter Stergen; Alves, Bartra, Mascherano, Adriano; Rakitic, Busquets; Suarez, Messi, Neymar; Sandro

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