Barcelona and Borussia Dortmund will do battle in the first leg of their Champions League quarter-final tie at Estadi Olimpic Lluis Companys on Wednesday night.
The bookmakers have Barcelona among the favourites to conquer the continent for the first time in a decade.
The Catalan giants placed second in the league phase before brushing aside Benfica in the round of 16, with the second leg seeing me deliver a clean sweep of winners.
After seeing their eight-game winning run brought to an end in a 1-1 draw with Real Betis on Saturday, Barcelona will look to get back up and running this midweek when they meet Borussia Dortmund.
Former European champions Dortmund will be aiming to go one better in the Champions League this year after finishing as runner-up to Real Madrid last season.
Niko Kovac’s side will come into this clash off the back of a thumping 4-1 win away at Freiburg in the Bundesliga on Saturday afternoon.
How the bookies view it: Barcelona to boss first leg
Barcelona are red-hot 1/3 favourites on Boylesports to take top honours from Wednesday night’s first leg.
Borussia Dortmund are as big as 13/2 on Boylesports to secure a first leg lead, while the draw is also deemed unlikely at 4/1 with the same bookmaker.
Head to head: Barcelona bidding for repeat
The two teams have already crossed paths in this season’s Champions League, with Barcelona claiming a thrilling 3-2 win back on matchday 6 of the league phase. Another Barca victory alongside BTTS looks worthy of interest at 7/5 on Boylesports.
Players to watch: Lean on Lewandowski
Former Borussia Dortmund striker Robert Lewandowski is a 4/5 shot on Boylesports to make the net bulge against his former club this midweek and that price holds plenty of appeal.
Serhou Guirassy has struck 10 times across his 12 Champions League outings this season, including a brace against Barcelona. The Borussia Dortmund forward is as big as 5/2 on Boylesports to repeat the trick on Wednesday night.
Predicted line-ups
After starting Saturday’s 1-1 draw with Real Betis on the bench, Barcelona ace Raphinha will almost certainly be restored to the starting XI on Wednesday night.
Borussia Dortmund will be unable to call upon the services of Marcel Sabitzer, but apart from that they have a clean bill of health.
Barcelona: Szczesny; Kounde, Cubarsi, Inigo Martinez, Balde; De Jong, Pedri; Yamal, Ferran Torres, Raphinha; Lewandowski
Borussia Dortmund: Kobel; Ryerson, Anton, Schlotterbeck, Svensson; Can, Ozcan, Brandt; Adeyemi, Guirassy, Beier
Anything else catch the eye?
Look to Daniel Svensson to commit two or more fouls during Wednesday night’s first leg at 13/8 with PaddyPower.
The Borussia Dortmund left-back has made multiple misdemeanours in two of his three outings in this season’s Champions League.
Svensson could be in a direct battle with Barcelona boy wonder Lamine Yamal , who is drawing an average of 1.92 fouls per game in the Champions League this season.
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