Confirmed groups, on-line stream, TV channel and full particulars on the place to observe as Anthony Gordon makes debut for La Liga membership in pleasant

Barcelona and Basel have named their beginning sides for his or her pleasant at St. Jakob-Stadion on Sunday.

Stephan Lichtsteiner took over as Basel coach in January and achieved a fifth-placed end with a squad together with Switzerland legend Xherdan Shaqiri.

The Purple-Blue have six factors from their opening three matches within the Swiss Tremendous League, standing three factors behind leaders Lugano and profitable 6-1 at Courtetelle within the Swiss Cup on Saturday.

Reigning Spanish champions Barca’s aggressive season begins away to Elche in La Liga on August 23 (20:30 BST).

The staff has arrived. pic.twitter.com/iLaTgPL9xU

— FC Barcelona (@FCBarcelona) August 16, 2026

Basel confirmed beginning staff vs Barcelona

Basel beginning XI: Renato, Kevin Ruegg, Becir Omeragic, Nicolas Vouilloz, Evann Senaya, Jonas Tougher, Metinho, Jean Doucoure, Aaron Malouda, Philip Otele, Albian Ajete

Basel substitutes: To comply with

Barcelona full line up vs Basel

Barcelona beginning XI: Joan Garcia, Xavi Espart, Gerard Martin, Andreas Christensen, Alejandro Balde, Eric Garcia, Marc Bernal, Karim Adeyemi, Fermin Lopez, Raphinha, Anthony Gordon

Barcelona substitutes: To comply with

The place to observe Basel vs Barca: TV channel, dwell on-line streams

Kick-off on Sunday is at 15:30 BST (09:30 ET / 06:30 PT). The match is just not being proven dwell within the UK, though Barcelona’s official channel can also be displaying the match in Spain. For full particulars, go to Barca Play.

Basel vs Barcelona pleasant stats

• Basel’s pleasant towards a Spanish aspect final season was a 3-3 draw with Villarreal in Altach, taking the lead 3 times by Xherdan Shaqiri, Albian Ajeti and Kevin Carlos
• That was their first assembly with a Spanish membership since 2019, beating Getafe 1-0 away and 2-1 at residence throughout the Europa League group stage, together with targets in every sport by Fabian Frei
• Towards Spanish groups in aggressive fixtures, Basel’s report is W4 D5 L11, together with a five-match winless run (L4 D1) earlier than these victories over Getafe
• Their most frequent opponents from Spain are Actual Madrid, shedding 2-1 residence and away within the 1971/72 UEFA Cup and 1-0 at residence and 5-1 away throughout the 2014/15 Champions League group stage
• Final season, Basel had the worst aim distinction (-3) of any staff within the championship spherical of the Swiss Tremendous League by 14 targets, behind Younger Boys, who have been the one membership to complete beneath them within the part
• Barcelona’s defeat at Udinese on August 4 was their first pre-season loss since Monaco beat them on the Estadi Olimpic Lluis Companys to win the Joan Gamper Trophy in August 2024
• Their final encounter with a Swiss membership was a 5-0 residence win over Younger Boys throughout the league section of the Champions League in October 2024, together with a Raphinha aim
• Barca’s aggressive report towards Swiss golf equipment is W4 D1, with Basel the one such aspect to keep away from defeat due to Eren Derdiyok’s equaliser after Lionel Messi had put Pep Guardiola’s staff forward throughout the second half at Camp Nou throughout the Champions League group stage in November 2008
• The earlier month, Messi scored after 4 minutes and Sergio Busquets and Xavi netted both aspect of Bojan Krkic’s double as Barcelona received 5-0 in Basel
• Each of Barcelona’s earlier conferences with Swiss golf equipment got here throughout the 1968/69 Cup Winners’ Cup, scoring all of their targets after the 74th minute in a 1-0 away win and 3-0 residence victory over Lugano