The La Liga 2025\/26 season is heating up, and the clash between Levante UD and FC Barcelona on August 23, 2025, at the Estadi Ciutat de Val\u00e8ncia promises to be an exciting encounter. With Barcelona looking to maintain their early-season dominance and Levante aiming to make a statement in their return to the top flight, this match is a must-watch for football fans.<\/p>\n
India<\/strong>: Streaming live exclusively on FanCode<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n United States<\/strong>: Available on ESPN+<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n United Kingdom & Ireland<\/strong>: Broadcast via Disney+<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n Australia<\/strong>: Shown on beIN Sports 1<\/strong>. Both teams are coming off contrasting results in their opening matches of the 2025\/26 La Liga season. Levante suffered a 2-1 defeat to Alav\u00e9s, while Barcelona cruised to a 3-0 victory over a nine-man Mallorca side. Here\u2019s a look at the potential lineups for both teams, based on recent performances and injury updates.<\/p>\n Levante, under coach Juli\u00e1n Calero, is expected to deploy a defensive 5-4-1 formation to counter Barcelona\u2019s potent attack. The lineup may include:<\/p>\n Goalkeeper<\/strong>: Pablo Campos<\/p>\n<\/li>\n Defenders<\/strong>: Manu S\u00e1nchez, Jorge Cabello, Adri\u00e1n de la Fuente, Unai Elgez\u00e1bal, Jeremy Toljan<\/p>\n<\/li>\n Midfielders<\/strong>: Roger Brugu\u00e9, Oriol Rey, Pablo Mart\u00ednez, V\u00edctor Garc\u00eda<\/p>\n<\/li>\n Forward<\/strong>: Iv\u00e1n Romero<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n Barcelona, managed by Hansi Flick, will likely stick with their attacking 4-2-3-1 formation, which overwhelmed Mallorca in the season opener. The potential lineup is:<\/p>\n Goalkeeper<\/strong>: Joan Garc\u00eda<\/p>\n<\/li>\n Defenders<\/strong>: Eric Garc\u00eda, Ronald Ara\u00fajo, Pau Cubars\u00ed, \u00c1lex Balde<\/p>\n<\/li>\n Midfielders<\/strong>: Frenkie de Jong, Pedri<\/p>\n<\/li>\n Attacking Midfielders<\/strong>: Lamine Yamal, Dani Olmo, Raphinha<\/p>\n<\/li>\n Forward<\/strong>: Ferran Torres<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n Barcelona enter this match as overwhelming favorites, given their dominant form and historical advantage over Levante. The Catalans have won 25 of their 34 meetings with Levante, including seven of the last ten, with an average of 3.68 goals per game in these encounters. Their 3-0 win over Mallorca showcased their attacking prowess, with Raphinha, Ferran Torres, and Lamine Yamal all finding the net.<\/p>\n Levante, however, are no pushovers at home. Despite their 2-1 loss to Alav\u00e9s, they showed resilience and scored through Jeremy Toljan. Their counter-attacking style, led by quick players like Roger Brugu\u00e9 and Iv\u00e1n Romero, could exploit Barcelona\u2019s high defensive line, especially given Bar\u00e7a\u2019s tendency to concede one goal per game on the road last season.<\/p>\n That said, Barcelona\u2019s quality and depth should prove too much for the newly promoted side. Hansi Flick has emphasized intensity and focus after a lackluster second half against Mallorca, and his team is expected to deliver a complete performance.<\/p>\n Our Prediction<\/strong>: Levante 1-3 FC Barcelona<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The La Liga 2025\/26 season is heating up, and the clash between Levante UD and FC Barcelona on August 23,\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":217,"featured_media":36956,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[661,2770],"class_list":["post-15936","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-football","tag-barcelona","tag-levante"],"reading_time":"3 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15936","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/217"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15936"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15936\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/36956"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15936"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15936"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15936"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
Fans worldwide can also follow the action through La Liga\u2019s official global broadcast partners.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\nPotential Lineups for Levante vs FC Barcelona<\/h2>\n
Levante Predicted Lineup (5-4-1)<\/h3>\n
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FC Barcelona Predicted Lineup (4-2-3-1)<\/h3>\n
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Score Prediction: Levante vs FC Barcelona<\/h2>\n