Barcelona's Iniesta out of Catalan derby due to injury

The Spain universal will sit out Saturday's conflict as Luis Enrique's side hope to keep the weight up on Liga title matches Real Madrid 

Andres Iniesta will miss Barcelona's derby at Espanyol on Saturday because of an abductor harm, the club have affirmed. 

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Iniesta was an uncertainty for the Liga coordinate subsequent to missing preparing on Friday and he has not possessed the capacity to demonstrate his wellness so as to make Luis Enrique's squad. 

[SQUAD ANNOUNCEMENT 📋] Iniesta, misses out through injury. Find out who is in the squad for the Barcelona derby 👉 https://t.co/EyhkCvDBBA pic.twitter.com/59LQntRV4c

— FC Barcelona (@FCBarcelona) 29 avril 2017

Rafinha, Aleix Vidal and Jeremy Mathieu are the other harm non-attendants for Barca, who have included 19-year-old Carles Alena in their matchday 18 and welcome back Neymar after the Brazilian served a three-coordinate boycott. 

Iniesta has begun only 10 Liga diversions in a stop-begin season for the 32-year-old, with Denis Suarez and Andre Gomes the contenders to have his spot in the Barcelona midfield. 

Barcelona lead the Liga table through their better head-than head record against Real Madrid, who have the opportunity to go best when they have Valencia on Saturday.