La Liga leader Barcelona faces a potential banana-peel fixture when it travels to face Elche on Saturday.

Barcelona face Albacete in the Copa del Rey quarterfinals, and Raphinha will not be part of the squad. With more than half the season already gone, Barcelona are one of the few teams in Spain still competing on all three fronts: La Liga,

Barcelona reached the semifinals of the Copa del Rey , but only after making hard work of beating giantkillers Albacete 2-1.

The current holders of the Copa del Rey trophy will now face an Albacete side that has knocked out two La Liga teams in the competition already, including Real Madrid, whom they defeated 3-2 at home i...