After their win over Brest in the UEFA Champions League, FC Barcelona are set to return to La Liga action on Saturday as they face UD Las Palmas at the Estadi de Montjuïc.

Hansi Flick will be keen to get the full three points from this game as his team has been unable to do so in the last two league matches, and the Blaugranes’ margin at the top of the table has reduced to 4 points now, with Real Madrid having a game in hand.

After the game against Brest, the team will be in better morale for this game. Furthermore, Flick’s chances of getting a good result from this game will be improved as some previously injured players are also going to return for this game.

One such player can be Lamine Yamal, as Fabrizio Romano reports that the Barcelona head coach revealed in his press conference ahead of this game that the youngster is ‘back and ready to play’ on Saturday:
“Lamine Yamal is back and he’s ready to play… We haven’t decided yet if he will start, but he will play. That’s the plan.”

Lamine’s return will be a significant boost for FC Barcelona, as the team has sorely missed the €150m-rated winger whenever he has been absent in La Liga.

So far this season, the three matches in which Barcelona has dropped points in La Liga — against Osasuna, Real Sociedad, and Celta Vigo — have all been games in which the La Masia graduate was either absent due to injury or not included in the starting lineup by coach Hansi Flick.

In the case of the Osasuna match, Lamine did feature, but Flick chose to rest him and did not start him in the game.
Although he might not be able to start just yet, Yamal’s return for this game will still be important as he can still come on later in the game, and allow Flick to rest one of his other key forwards, most likely Raphinha who has also been playing a lot of minutes this season.