Barcelona V Olympiakos - Preview and possible line-ups

Barcelona:

Ernesto Valverde received a late blow ahead of the visit of his former side with the news that Jordi Alba will be unavailable after pulling an adductor muscle in his thigh during training. Lucas Digne will step in to replace the Spaniard, whilst Gerard Deulofeu is also expected to be drafted in to start. Other than Alba, it's as you were for Barca, with only long-term absentees Ousmane Dembele (hamstring), Arda Turan (metatarsal) and Rafinha (knee) still sidelined. Aleix vidal and Thomas Vermaelen will play no part after being left out of the squad, but Paco Alcacer returns to the fold after taking Alba's place.

Olympiakos:

The Greek side will be without Diogo Figueiras, Seba, Emmanuel Emenike and El Fardou Ben Nabouhane for the game, though experienced Serbian defender Jagos Vukovic should return from injury. Figueiras and Seba played 90 minutes against Panionios at the weekend but haven't travelled with the squad, whilst Emenike and Ben Nabouhane are both struggling with hip and leg injuries respectively.

Did you know? The match will mark the first ever meeting between the two sides. Though the stats don't bode well for the visitors, who have yet to win in their 14 previous away games against spanish sides (D2, L12).

Possible line-ups:

Barcelona: Ter Stegen, Roberto, Pique, Umtiti, Digne, Busquets, Rakitic, Iniesta, Messi, Suarez, Deulofeu.

Olympiakos: Kapino, Elabdellaoui, Romao, Botia, Milic, Odjidja-Ofoe, Gillet, Carcela, Fortounis, Marin, Djurdjevic