Barcelona 3-1 Napoli LIVE! Champions League result and reaction after Messi & Co. advance to quarter-finals

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Ben Hayward9 August 2020

Barcelona vs Napoli LIVE!

Barcelona return to Champions League action tonight as Napoli visit Camp Nou for their last-16 second-leg contest.

The tie is finely poised at 1-1 after goals from Dries Mertens and Antoine Griezmann in the initial pre-lockdown fixture played all the way back in February.

Head coach Quique Setien's Barca future could depend on European success after his side were beaten to the LaLiga title by fierce rivals Real Madrid this term.

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Date, time and venue

Barcelona vs Napoli is scheduled for a 8pm BST kick-off on Saturday, August 8, 2020.

The match will be played behind closed doors at Camp Nou with no fans due to be present due to government guidelines regarding coronavirus.

How to watch

TV channel: The match will be televised live on BT Sport 2, with coverage starting from 7:30pm.

Live stream: BT Sport subscribers will be able to stream the match online via the video player and the BT Sport app.

Team news

Barcelona XI: ter Stegen; Semedo, Pique, Lenglet, Jordi Alba; Rakitic, Roberto, De Jong; Messi, Suarez, Griezmann

Prediction: Barcelona 1-0 Napoli (2-1 on aggregate)

Barca have thrown away numerous second-leg ties in recent years, and Setien's job depends on going all the way this year.

Head to head (h2h) history and results

The two sides have only met once previously in Uefa competitions - in the first leg of this last-16 tie in Naples.

Antoine Griezmann sealed a draw with an away goal after Dries Mertens opened the scoring for Napoli.

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Confirmation of Barcelona XI

Photo: Twitter (FC Barcelona)

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Napoli team news

Starting XI: Ospina, Di Lorenzo, Manolas, Koulibaly, Mario Rui, Fabian, Demme, Zielinski, Callejon, Mertens, Insigne

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Barcelona team news

Starting XI: Ter Stegen, Semedo, Pique, Lenglet, Alba, Roberto, De Jong, Rakitic, Messi, Suarez, Griezmann

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Team news

Barcelona XI: ter Stegen; Semedo, Pique, Lenglet, Jordi Alba; Rakitic, Roberto, De Jong; Messi, Suarez, Griezmann

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How to watch Barcelona vs Napoli

TV channel: The match will be televised live on BT Sport 2, with coverage starting from 7:30pm.

Live stream: BT Sport subscribers will be able to stream the match online via the video player and the BT Sport app.

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Predicted Napoli XI

And here's how we believe Napoli will shape up at Camp Nou...

Napoli predicted XI: Ospina; Lorenzo, Manolas, Koulibaly, Rui; Ruiz, Denme, Zielinski; Callejon, Mertens, Elmas

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Predicted Barcelona XI

Here is how we see Barcelona lining up this evening...

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Barcelona team news

Meanwhile, midfielder Arthur is back in Barcelona after telling the Catalan club he had planned to stay in Brazil, but the 23-year-old will play no part in this match and is unlikely to represent the Blaugrana again as he seeks to rescind his contract before joining Juventus in the summer.

Samuel Umtiti is still sidelined, but fellow centre-back Ronald Araujo is back after suffering an injury playing for Barca B in their recent promotion play-off defeat to Sabadell.

American winger Konrad de la Fuente is in the senior squad for the first time and the 19-year-old will be on the bench at Camp Nou, along with a number of other young players.

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Barcelona team news

Photo: Getty Images

Barcelona have just 13 first-team players available for tonight’s match.

Coach Quique Setien is without midfielders Sergio Busquets and Arturo Vidal, who are both suspended, and could hand a start to youngster Riqui Puig in the Camp Nou clash.

Antoine Griezmann, who scored for Barca in the sides’ 1-1 draw in the first leg back in February, looks set to feature after recovering from a muscle injury which saw him miss the end of LaLiga.

Setien also has 17-year-old Ansu Fati as an alternative alongside Lionel Messi and Luis Suarez, but Ousmane Dembele is not quite ready after a long-term injury and is not in the squad.

Dembele has been out since November and is closing in on a return to action, with Setien saying on Friday that he will feature if Barcelona make it through to the final phase in Portugal next week.

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