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UEFA Champions League Starting XI: FC Barcelona vs Olympiacos

UEFA Champions League Starting XI: FC Barcelona vs Olympiacos

Spanish giants FC Barcelona host Greek side Olympiacos in the UEFA Champions League on Wednesday night. Here is how the two teams will line up!

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UEFA Champions League

Teams: Barcelona vs Olympiacos

Venue: Camp Nou

Date: 18 October 2017

Time: 8.45pm

It is a battle between top and bottom in Group D, with the home side having won both of their opening clashes in the Champions League, while Olympiacos have lost both of their two matches.

The Catalans go into the game having kept three clean sheets in their past three UCL matches, while Olympiacos have a torrid record of zero wins in Spain from 14 attempts, drawing twice and losing 12 times.

Barca are unbeaten in their past seven matches against Greek opposition, while there is another interesting twist in Wednesday's tale as Ernesto Valverde will be up against one of his former teams.

The Spaniard guided Olympiacos to three league titles in two separate spells with the Greek giants, with his most recent stint ending in June 2012.

Another positive for Barca is their unbeaten record at home in the competition of 22 games, but 44-time Greek champions Olympiacos will be looking at ways to end their spectacular form.

Rafinha, Ousmane Dembele and Arda Turan are the only confirmed absentees for Barca, while the away side's manager Takis Lemonis is said to have a full squad to choose from.

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Here is how the teams will line up:

Barca: Ter Stegen; Sergi Roberto, Piqué, Umtiti, Digne; Paulinho, Busquets, Iniesta; Messi, Suárez, Deulofeu.

Olympiacos: Proto; Koutris, Botía, Nikolaou, Elabdellaoui; Androutsos, Romao; Carcela, Gillet, Odjidja; Zdjelar.

Do you think the away team will trouble Barca tonight? Let us know in the comments section below. 

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