Birmingham City fans will flock to St Andrew's on Friday night for a glamour pre-season showdown with Barcelona.
This blockbuster clash represents the Blues' final outing before they kick off their competitive campaign against Swansea in the EFL Cup next week, ahead of the opening weekend of the Championship season, when they visit Sheffield United.
Chris Davies' side will be hoping to build on last season's 10th-place finish by mounting a genuine promotion push this time around.
There have certainly been plenty of encouraging signs during pre-season, with Birmingham arriving on the back of four successive victories, but this contest marks a significant step up in class given the calibre of opposition.
Barcelona, meanwhile, are still in the embryonic stages of their pre-season preparations, having played just one friendly so far, a 2-1 victory over CE Europa.
Friday night's encounter at St Andrew's is the first of four warm-up matches before the Catalan giants begin the defence of their La Liga title next month.
How the bookies view it: Barcelona big favourites
This looks a huge mismatch on paper, with Barcelona unsurprisingly installed as odds-on 4/6 favourites with bet365.
Birmingham are 16/5 outsiders, while the draw is priced at 29/10.
Head to head: History book dormant
Birmingham and Barcelona have faced each other on five previous occasions, with all of those meetings taking place in the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup between 1957 and 1960. Barcelona won three of those five clashes, while Birmingham have claimed one victory and the other encounter ended level.
Players to watch: Adeyemi angle appeals
Karim Adeyemi has been included in the Barcelona squad for this friendly and looks good value to find the back of the net at 13/8 with bet365.
At the other end, Birmingham will look to Jay Stansfield for inspiration on Friday night, with the Blues forward also available at 13/8 in the anytime goalscorer market.
Predicted line-ups
Marc Leonard will miss out for Birmingham after suffering a serious injury towards the end of last season while on loan at Scottish Premiership side Hearts.
Barcelona will go into this clash without a number of their World Cup representatives, who have yet to return to the squad after being given extra time off following their involvement in the tournament.
Birmingham: Beadle; Osayi-Samuel, Cochrane, Klarer, Fry, Campbell; Iwata, Solis, Vicente; Gray, Stansfield
Barcelona: Szczesny; Fort, Araujo, Martin, Balde; Bernal, Casado, Espart; Kluivert, T. Fernandez, Adeyemi
Anything else catch the eye?
Backing Barcelona to overcome a -0.75 hurdle on the Asian handicap market holds plenty of appeal at 10/11 with bet365.
This selection would prove profitable provided Hansi Flick's side win the game.
The 11/10 available with bet365 for Barcelona to score in both halves could also be worthy of interest.
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