Brief injury update

As promised in my previous update, here's a quick roundup of how the injuries seem to have played out.

Henry's injury will keep him out for around 10 days, Pep has commented on this in the press so it's 100% certain he won't play tonight.

Zlatan's injury doesn't seem to be as bad as first believed, but don't expect Pep to risk him if there's any major trouble. In light of this, I expect Pep's forward three will be as follows:

(If Zlatan is fit)

Pedro--Zlatan--Messi

However, if he isn't fit, which I still think to be the case, I expect the following;

Pedro--Bojan--Messi  or, if Messi needs to be rested in the second half; Iniesta--Bojan--Pedro 

(though the latter isn't the ideal forward line for us, so is perhaps slightly dubious).

Of course my preferred forward line would have been Iniesta--Bojan--Messi,  though I'm not sure this is how Pep will go. The reason for my preference of Bojan over Pedro this is simply down to Pedro's inexperience. He's played some great games so far, but this is a particularly important one, and Bojan has showed in the Copa Del Rey final that he can play in the biggest games.

Elsewhere, David Villa done some light training with Valencia during the week. Like I said previously, I expect him to make an appearance at some point, perhaps only as a sub.

Let's hope for a good result tonight!