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Welcome to Standard Sport's LIVE coverage of Barcelona vs Bayern Munich.
Bayern outlined why they are the team to beat in this season's Champions League with a stunning 8-2 quarter-final demolition of Barcelona in Lisbon.
The German champions blitzed Barca with four goals in the opening 31 minutes, adding four more in the second, to set up a semi-final with Manchester City or Lyon.
It was a mesmerising performance, helped by a horror show from Barca as a brace from Thomas Muller was complemented by goals from Ivan Perisic and Serge Gnabry put them 4-1 up at the break.
Joshua Kimmich, Robert Lewandowski and a brace from Barca loanee Philippe Coutinho inflicted a heaviest ever European defeat on the Catalans as Hansi Flick's side ran riot.
In Pictures | Barcelona v Bayern Munich, Champions League | 14/08/2020
Boss Quique Setien will pay the price for this embarrassment, coming after a limp end to their league campaign - and Standard Sport understands Mauricio Pochettino is the favourite to land the job as Barca plan an emergency meeting on Monday.
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Date, time and venue
Barcelona vs Bayern Munich is scheduled for an 8pm BST kick-off tonight.
The match will be played behind closed doors at Estadio do Sport Lisboa e Benfica 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 1, with coverage starting from 7pm.
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, Alba; Sergi Roberto, Vidal, Busquets, De Jong; Messi, Suarez
Subs: Neto, Inaki Pena, Rakitic, Dembele, Griezmann, Junior Firpo, Riqui Puig, Ansu Fati, Ronald Araujo, Monchu, Mingueza, Reis
Bayern XI: Neuer; Kimmich, Boateng, Alaba, Davies; Goretzka, Thiago; Gnabry, Muller, Perisic; Lewandowski
Subs: Ulreich, Hoffmann, Odriozola, Sule, Javi Martinez, Coutinho, Cuisance, Hernandez, Tolisso, Coman, Zirkzee, Musiala
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Team news coming up!
We've already had one memorable tie at Benfica's Estadio da Luz, with PSG sealing a last-gasp 2-1 win over Atalanta.
Are we in for another night of drama in Lisbon? Confirmed team news for both teams will be arriving shortly.
Photo: Reuters
How we expect Bayern Munich to line up
Predicted XI (4-2-3-1): Neuer; Kimmich, Boateng, Alaba, Davies; Goretzka, Thiago; Gnabry, Muller, Perisic; Lewandowski
Bayern Munich injuries and suspensions
Hansi Flick will be boosted by the return of Kingsley Coman and Niklas Sule to fitness after their injury problems.
Photo: AFPBoth players were on the bench after Coman struggled with a muscle problem, while Sule is still regaining fitness following a serious ACL injury sustained in October.
Benjamin Pavard looks to be the Bundesliga champions' only absentee for the quarter-final clash, with Joshua Kimmich likely to start at right-back again.
How Barcelona could line up
Predicted XI (4-3-3): Ter Stegen; Semedo, Pique, Lenglet, Alba; Vidal, Busquets, De Jong; Messi, Suarez, Griezmann.
Barcelona injuries and suspensions
Ousmane Dembele has been given the green light to return for Barcelona after nine months on the sidelines and the French forward will be on the bench for the Champions League quarter-final against Bayern Munich on tonight.
Photo: ReutersDembele was injured in the Champions League group game versus former club Borussia Dortmund in November and suffered a serious hamstring injury as he closed in on a comeback in February.
Midfielders Sergio Busquets and Arturo Vidal are available after suspension, but Arthur Melo has been left out of the squad following his recent disciplinary problems and will not play for the Catalan club again ahead of summer switch to Juventus.
Centre-back Samuel Umtiti remains sidelined, while striker Martin Braithwaite is ineligible and can only feature in the final phase if a number of his team-mates test positive for coronavirus.
Classic encounters
2012/13 | Semi-final Barcelona 0-3 Bayern Munich (0-7 on aggregate)
Photo: GettyNo Lionel Messi, no hope. Barcelona were handed one of their most humiliating defeats in Europe having already lost the first leg 4-0 in Germany.
Arjen Robben, Thomas Muller and an own goal from Gerard Pique did the damage, with Messi an unused substitute at Camp Nou.
The Bavarians went on to claim an incredible Treble, beating Dortmund in the 2013 final at Wembley.
Classic encounters
2014/15 | Semi-final Bayern Munich 3-2 Barcelona (3-5 on aggregate)
Photo: AFPTrailing 3-0 from the first leg, Pep Guardiola's Bayern revived their hopes of a comeback when Medhi Benatia's headed home early on.
But Barcelona levelled when Luis Suarez squared for a tap-in from Neymar, who then added a second when the pair combined once again.
Despite late strikes from Robert Lewandowski and Thomas Muller, Barca progressed with some comfort - leaving Guardiola to lick his wounds after defeat against his former club.
Road to the quarter-finals | Barcelona Group stage
MD1 - D 0-0 vs Dortmund (a)
MD2 - W 2-1 vs Slavia Prague (a)
MD3 - W 2-1 vs Inter (h)
MD4 - D 0-0 vs Slavia Prague (h)
MD5 - W 3-1 vs Dortmund (h)
MD6 - W 2-1 vs Inter (a)
Last 16
1st leg: D 1-1 vs Napoli (a)
2nd leg: W 3-1 vs Napoli (h)
Road to the quarter-finals | Bayern Munich Group stage
MD1 - W 3-0 vs Red Star (h)
MD2 - W 7-2 vs Tottenham (a)
MD3 - W 3-2 vs Olympiacos (a)
MD4 - W 2-0 vs Olympiacos (h)
MD5 - W 6-0 vs Red Star (a)
MD6 - W 3-1 vs Tottenham (h)
Last 16
1st leg: W 3-0 vs Chelsea (a)
2nd leg: W 4-1 vs Chelsea (h)
Coutinho set to start on the bench for Bayern
Barcelona midfielder Philippe Coutinho, who is on loan at Bayern Munich this season, is set to start on the bench for the German champions tonight.
The Brazilian's future remains undecided and his agent, Kia Joorabchian, has admitted he could be back at the Catalan club next season.
"At the moment the player is very focused on getting through in the Champions League," he told talkSPORT.
Photo: Getty Images