Barcelona play one of their most important games of the season when they travel to the Basque Country to face Real Sociedad at Anoeta on Thursday night.
After two bad losses to inferior teams at home in a span of four days the Blaugrana are in desperate need of a reaction and a big victory to boost their confidence and stay in control of their fate in the race for the La Liga Top 4.
Because of other results in the week Xavi Hernández and his troops can pretty much guarantee a Champions League spot if they win this one, but La Real are always a brutal opponent in their home stadium and will not make things easy.