Hansi Flick is hoping for a winning homecoming as Barcelona play at Camp Nou for the first time in 2026, though he wants his side to stay focused for the full 90 minutes.
Sunday’s contest against Real Oviedo will be Barcelona’s first game at home since the turn of the year.
The Blaugrana head into it having surrendered first place in LaLiga to Real Madrid, who beat Villarreal 2-0 on Saturday.
In both their 2-1 defeat to Real Sociedad in LaLiga and their 4-2 win over Slavia Praha in the Champions League, Flick’s side shipped the opening goal – an issue he acknowledges as a pressing concern.
"We’re back home and we want to win," Flick said.
"Lately, the opposition have always scored first, and we want to avoid that. We’ve made some mistakes, and that’s why the goals have come. Perhaps we need to be more focused, for the full 90 minutes.
"Teams defend with everything they’ve got against us. Defending is more complicated. We have to be prepared. We’ve talked about it, and we have to do it."
Flick also defended his side’s midweek performance against Slavia, with Fermin Lopez, Dani Olmo, and Robert Lewandowski netting to seal victory.
"We don’t have much time to train [set pieces], but we’ve talked about it. In Prague, it was different. I don’t want to make excuses, but it was very cold and they had very tall players," he added.
"It’s important to be well-positioned, and we’ve discussed it. At Barca, we don’t usually have tall players, but they’ve always been able to manage it."
Hansi Flick: ““We’ve made some mistakes and that’s why we’ve conceded goals. We have to stay more focused throughout the full 90 minutes. We’ve talked about it and we’ll do it.” pic.twitter.com/T1xdLCzh4x
— FC Barcelona (@FCBarcelona) January 24, 2026
PLAYERS TO WATCH
Barcelona – Lamine Yamal
Yamal leads the assist charts in LaLiga this season, having provided eight.
Only Michael Olise and Mohamed Salah have registered more assists than Yamal's 21 across the five big European leagues since the start of the 2024-25 campaign.
Real Oviedo – Federico Vinas
Federico Vinas has scored in his last two LaLiga matches for Real Oviedo (one goal against Alaves and one against Osasuna).
He could become just the third player to score in three consecutive games in the competition for the Asturian side this century, after Jaime and Oli both did so back in 2001.