Barcelona vs Getafe preview, team news & H2H: Nigerian fufu man eyes rare start

Barcelona host Getafe at the Spotify Camp Nou on Saturday (17:30 WAT) in LaLiga Matchweek 8, with Karim Adeyemi, the German-born forward of Nigerian descent, in line for a rare start.

Hansi Flick’s side have won all seven of their LaLiga matches this season to sit five points clear at the summit on 21 points, while José Bordalás brings a Getafe team languishing in 12th on eight points with just four goals scored in seven games.

Match Facts · Barcelona vs Getafe

Competition: LaLiga, Matchweek 8

Date: October 10, 2026

Kickoff: 17:30 WAT (18:30 CEST)

Venue: Spotify Camp Nou, Barcelona

Broadcast: SuperSport La Liga / StarTimes

League positions: Barcelona 1st · Getafe 12th

Last meeting: Getafe 0-2 Barcelona, April 25, 2026

Nigeria connection: Karim Adeyemi (Barcelona, of Nigerian descent); Christantus Uche (Getafe, Nigerian forward, out for season)

Form guide: Barcelona vs Getafe

Barcelona have not dropped a single point this season, and the margins have been anything but narrow.

Flick’s side demolished Valencia 5-0 away in their most recent LaLiga outing before returning to Camp Nou to thrash Feyenoord 5-1 in the Champions League, extending a winning run that also includes a 4-2 victory at Levante, a 7-2 dismantling of Racing Santander at home and a 3-1 win at Sevilla.

Those five results across all competitions produced 24 goals scored and just six conceded, an average of 4.8 per match, with Barcelona’s LaLiga tally of 31 goals in seven games reflecting a team capable of overwhelming opponents from any starting position.

Raphinha has been central to that firepower, registering 12 goals and three assists in 555 LaLiga minutes, a goal involvement roughly every 37 minutes of playing time.

Getafe’s campaign reads as the polar opposite. Bordalás’ side have managed only four goals in seven LaLiga matches, losing to Osasuna and Real Betis by identical 1-0 scorelines and drawing at home to both Celta Vigo and Deportivo de La Coruña, each time 1-1.

The gap in quality is laid bare by the numbers: Barcelona’s goal difference sits at +24 while Getafe’s is -3, and the visitors have failed to score in three of their seven league fixtures this term, including all three of their away matches against Alavés, Osasuna and Real Betis.

Head-to-Head: Barcelona vs Getafe

Barcelona have won four of the last five meetings between these sides, the one exception being a 1-1 draw at the Coliseum Alfonso Pérez in January 2025.

The reverse fixture in April 2026 produced a routine 2-0 away victory for Barcelona, while the previous season’s encounters saw Flick’s team take all three points in both directions: a 3-0 home demolition in September 2025 followed by a 1-0 win at Getafe.

Across the past 32 meetings, Barcelona hold 23 wins to Getafe’s two, with seven draws between them.

Adeyemi’s direct running against Getafe’s low block

Karim Adeyemi has made just two LaLiga starts across seven appearances this season, but his two goals and two assists in only 242 minutes demonstrate the kind of threat that could unpick Getafe’s compact defensive shape.

His father, Abbey, hails from Nigeria, and the 24-year-old spent formative years at a football foundation in Ibadan before his career took him through Salzburg and Borussia Dortmund to Barcelona.

Should Raphinha miss out due to the fitness concern he is nursing, Adeyemi would likely start on the left of a front three and run directly at a Getafe backline that has conceded seven goals in seven LaLiga matches.

Yamal’s dribbling against Mojica’s flank

Lamine Yamal’s position on the right wing places him in direct opposition to Johan Mojica, the Colombian left back who will be tasked with containing one of Europe’s most exciting young attackers.

Barcelona’s 4-3-3 under Flick pushes both full-backs high: Cancelo on the right and Gerard Martín on the left, creating overloads that force the opposition’s wingers to track back constantly, a demand that could leave Getafe’s five-man midfield block stretched.

Ünal isolated against Cubarsí and Eric García

Enes Ünal will lead Getafe’s line as the lone striker in Bordalás’ 4-5-1, shielded by a five-man midfield block but starved of service if the pattern of this season continues.

The Turkish forward has managed just one goal in 540 minutes across seven appearances, a reflection of the supply-line problems that have plagued Getafe this season.

He faces a centre-back pairing of Pau Cubarsí and Eric García, both comfortable in possession and disciplined enough to hold a high line, leaving Ünal little room to operate between the lines.

Team News: Barcelona vs Getafe

Barcelona

Barcelona’s headline concern is Raphinha, their 12-goal LaLiga top scorer, who carries a fitness doubt into the weekend.

Should the Brazilian miss out, Adeyemi is the natural replacement on the left side of Flick’s front three, alongside Lamine Yamal on the right and Gabriel Jesus through the middle, with Fermín López, Pedri and Rodri forming the midfield trio.

Joan García is expected to start in goal after completing his recovery from a right-knee meniscus injury sustained against Racing Santander on September 16, having returned to full training this week.

Roony Bardghji, Andreas Christensen and Frenkie de Jong remain sidelined.

Predicted XI (4-3-3): Joan García; Cancelo, Cubarsí, Eric García, Gerard Martín; Fermín López, Rodri, Pedri; Yamal, Gabriel Jesus, Adeyemi

Getafe

Getafe are without Juanmi and Christantus Uche, the latter a Super Eagles forward who is out for the season after a knee ligament injury sustained during pre-season.

Doubts hang over defender Abdel Abqar and forward Martin Satriano, while Ünal is expected to lead the line as the lone striker.

Predicted XI (4-5-1): David Soria; Andrés García, Djené, Romero, Mojica; Mario Martín, Mangala, Gudelj, Terrats, Azón; Ünal

The Verdict

Barcelona 3-0 Getafe Barcelona's 31-goal haul from seven LaLiga matches and Getafe's zero away goals this season make a one-sided outcome almost inevitable, with the only question being the margin of victory. Flick's side have won four of the last five meetings between the teams, three of them by two or more goals, and a Getafe attack that has managed just four goals all campaign is unlikely to breach a defence that has conceded only seven in seven league games. Likely scorers: Raphinha (if fit), Yamal, Adeyemi