Barcelona are without injured Samuel Umtiti, Ronald Araujo, Philippe Coutinho and Marc-Andre ter Stegen in Vitoria, while Koeman opted to travel without Riqui Puig.
Probable line-ups for Alaves vs Barcelona
Alaves: Fernando Pacheco; Ximo Navarro, Florian Lejeune, Victor Laguardia; Edgar Mendez, Rodrigo Battaglia, Jota, Tomas Pina, Ruben Duarte; Joselu and Deyverson.
Barcelona: Neto; Sergi Roberto, Gerard Pique, Clement Lenglet, Jordi Alba; Sergio Busquets, Frenkie de Jong; Ousmane Dembele, Antoine Griezmann, Ansu Fati and Lionel Messi.
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