FC Barcelona will be hoping to follow up their workmanlike 0-1 win away to Schalke 04 in midweek with another victory over Getafe at the Camp Nou in a bid to try and keep the challenge for the league title going.

Getafe also come into the match off a midweek match away in Germany, where they grabbed an impressive 1-1 at Bayern Munich in the UEFA Cup thanks to substitute Cosmin Contra's late brilliant finish.

With Ronaldinho ruled out for the season, Deco still making his recovery from his own injury problems and Lionel Messi still a few weeks from returning from his injury which he picked up against Celtic in the Champions League, under-fire manager Frank Rijkaard calls up the same squad that he picked for Tuesday's Champions League tie in Gelsenkirchen.

That means on form Bojan Krkic is likely to make another start for Barça as he hopes to carry on his impressive form which has seen him net 4 goals in his last 3 matches.

Rafa Márquez is also in contention for a start after he made his injury comeback last Tuesday without any problems.

Meanwhile for Getafe, their midweek hero Cosmin Contra is out of the match according to Getafe's official website.

This will also be the first time Michael Laudrup will return to the Camp Nou as manager of Getafe. The Dane, a prominent member of Johan Cruyff's Dream Team which won 4 successive league titles and a European Cup before joining Real Madrid in 1994 where he went on to become the first and only player to win 5 successive league titles in Spain, has recently been linked with the role of becoming Barça's manager this summer.

Getafe's form has been poor in the league, where they have lost their last two matches and have picked up just 1 point out of a possible 9 and it seems that their exploits in the Copa del Rey, where they have reached the final for the second successive season and the UEFA Cup has stretched their relatively small squad.

Squads
FCB: Valdés, Pinto, Thuram, Zambrotta, Sylvinho, Abidal, Edmílson, Milito, Puyol, Márquez, Touré Yaya, Gudjohnsen, Xavi, Iniesta, Bojan, Henry, Giovani and Eto'o

Getafe: Ustari, Pato, Galán, Belenguer, Mario, Licht, D. Cortés, Tena, Celestini, Mario Cotelo, Gavilán, De la Red, Sousa, J. Casquero, Pablo Hernández, Granero, Manu, Albín and Uche