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Chelsea vs Barcelona, Champions League: team news, injuries, suspensions and latest odds

The first leg takes place at Stamford Bridge tonight - Getty Images
The first leg takes place at Stamford Bridge tonight - Getty Images

What is it?

It's Chelsea vs Barcelona, the first leg of the Champions League Round of 16 tie.

When is it?

Tuesday February 20 - ie tonight.

What time is kick-off?

It's a 19:45 GMT start at Stamford Bridge.

What TV channel is it on?

You can watch the clash on BT Sport 2 and BT Sport 4K UHD. Alternatively, you can follow the match live right here with JJ Bull from 7pm.

What is the team news?

Chelsea

David Luiz and Tiemoue Bakayoko missed the final Chelsea training session and look likely to miss out, but Marcos Alonso and Ross Barkley did feature.

Pick your Chelsea team to play Barcelona
Pick your Chelsea team to play Barcelona

Barcelona

Philippe Coutinho cannot feature because of his involvement with Liverpool earlier in the competiton. Nelson Semedo is serving a one-match ban, but Thomas Vermaelen is fit again.

What are they saying?

Antonio Conte:

"On one hand you know this team is one of the best in the world – maybe they are favourites to win this competition," he said.

"On the other hand we must be excited because we have a great opportunity to play a massive game against a really strong team and to show which is our level.

"... We have to try to have the perfect game, the perfect game to try to make the best decisions. For this type of team... they have fantastic characteristics with the ball. But they can have weaknesses without the ball and we have to try and exploit this."

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Ernesto Valverde 

"It is clear that the English teams this year are in incredible form, much better than previous years, and Chelsea might be the same.

"Because the English have such a strong league they will all be up there competing. We saw the results last week, huge wins, City are playing incredible this year.

"We obviously wish Chelsea were first in their group so we didn't have to play them."

What are the odds?

  • Chelsea win - 14/5

  • Barcelona win - 11/10

  • Draw - 5/2

What's our prediction?

Chelsea will do well to stop Barcelona scoring an away goal, while defeat would be immensely difficult to overcome in the second leg. Expect both teams to score, with either a score draw or a 2-1 Barcelona win.