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Lawrence Ostlere, Harry Latham-Coyle

Lyon vs Barcelona LIVE – Stream, score, goals and latest updates from the Champions League

Barcelona meet Lyon in the last 16 of the Champions League as the continue to chase a spectacular treble. 

Barca came through the group stage undefeated, are top of La Liga and are into the Copa del Rey semi-finals, but they have been through mixed form in recent weeks.

Lyon managed to beat Manchester City in the group stages and will surely need a similar result here at home in order to come through the tie at the Camp Nou. Follow it live:

Welcome along to our live coverage of perhaps the most mouth-watering contest of the round-of-16: Liverpool vs Bayern Munich. The match kicks off at 8pm GMT, and in the meantime we'll have all the build-up and team news right here. First up, here's Simon Hughes on how Liverpool have been making waves in Germany:
 Where to watch, head-to-head, team news and odds:
Eight goals in the Champions League so far for this man. Will Robert Lewandowski find the net tonight?
The Polish striker has five goals against English clubs in the Champions League (Arsenal 4, Manchester City 1).
Lewandowski will be buoyed by Liveprool's issues in the heart of the defence.
 
Joe Gomez is a long-term absentee and Dejan Lovren is not fit to play a part this evening. VIrigl Van Djik's suspension leaves Jurgen Klopp in a bit of a hole, with Fabinho likely to be called upon once more to deputise alongside Joel Matip.
 
The game at Anfield is not the only Champions League action of the evening.
 
Barcelona are in Lyon to face a side they have never lost to. With Lionel Messi desperate for another Champions League win and La Liga looking increasingly sewn up, the Catalans are preparing themselves for a serious tilt in this year's competition.
 
Lyon are a sticky opponent at this stage, however, and showed their quality in both group stage fixtures against Manchester City. Team news for both games will be here shortly...
Team News - Liverpool vs Bayern Munich 
 
As anticipated, Fabinho starts in the centre of the Liverpool defence. 
 
Team News - Lyon vs Barcelona
 
Ernesto Valverde selects a typically strong side for the visitors, with Luis Suarez, Ousmane Demble and Lionel Messi all starting.
Team News - Lyon vs Barcelona
 
And Bruno Genesio's Lyon XI looks like this. 
Team News - Liverpool vs Bayern Munich
 
No Jerome Boateng, but a nonetheless impressive Bayern Munich starting eleven.
A player with many strings to a very impressive bow, Joshua Kimmich is oft-mentioned as a player to build around as Bayern Munich look to the future. The versatile 24-year-old is expected to start at right-back tonight.
 
He sat down with Ed Malyon to talk about captaincy, Pep Guardiola and how emotion fuels him:
 
Kimmich's battle with Andrew Robertson is just one of many battles-within-the-battle to watch this evening.
 
Mark Critchley picked three that may be telling...
 
Jurgen Klopp: 
 
"Dejan [Lovren] had no chance for the game today. For us it was clear that Fabinho and Joel [Matip] had to play tonight."
 
A huge night for the pair. Plenty of attacking resources in the Bayern team.
 
Game faces on. It hasn't been their best season, but make no mistake - Bayern are star-studded...
 
Anfield is, of course, spectacular under the lights on nights like these, but Lyon's Groupama Stadium isn't half bad either!  
We pointed you in the direction of this excellent Simon Hughes piece earlier, but if you missed it, it's well worth your time:
 
The view that welcomes the players on to the Anfield pitch. Bayern Munich have never played here in the Champions League era. 
 
15 minutes until it all gets underway in Liverpool and Lyon...
 
Late team news from Lyon.
 
Ferland Mendy has taken a bang in the warmup and will not start.
 
Fernando Marcal replaces him at left-back.
 
His task? Marking Lionel Messi...

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