Welcome to the Evening Standard's La Liga coverage of Levante vs Barcelona LIVE.
Barca are back in action on Saturday afternoon as the Spanish champions head to Levante looking to stay top of La Liga.
Lionel Messi was at his irrepressible best on Tuesday night with two goals and two assists in a 5-1 demolition of Real Valladolid to send Barca top of the table.
Prediction: Levante 0-3 Barcelona - it is difficult to look beyond a routine away win if Messi is in form, but Barca are slow starters this season.
Live stream/TV channel: No UK TV coverage due to 3pm kick-off TV blackout rules.
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Team news
Levante XI: Aitor; Miramon, Postigo, Vezo, Clerc; Radoja, Melero, Campana; Bardhi, Morales, Mayoral
Subs: Cardenas, Coke, Duarte, Vukcevic, Hernani, Roger, Sergio Leon
Barcelona XI: Ter Stegen, Roberto, Pique, Lenglet, Semedo, Arthur, De Jong, Vidal, Suarez, Messi, Griezmann
Subs: Neto, Rakitic, Sergio, Todibo, Jordi Alba, Perez, Ansu Fati
Head to head (h2h) history and results
Barca thrashed Levante 5-0 in this fixture last December with Messi starring with a hat-trick, but only edged the home game 1-0 in April thanks to - you guessed it - Messi.
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