Barcelona vs Shakhtar Donetsk live score, updates, lineups, and result from UEFA Champions League group stage
New Shakhtar Donetsk boss Marino Pusic will attempt to become the first manager to take points off Barcelona in the UEFA Champions League this season when his side pursue an upset in Spain on Wednesday.
Unbeaten in LaLiga, Barca followed up their 5-0 thrashing of Antwerp in their European opener with a 1-0 victory at Porto.
Shakhtar shared nine goals in two Champions League games under former head coach Patrick van Leeuwen, losing 3-1 at home to Porto before winning 3-2 in Antwerp.
The Ukrainian club could win successive group-stage games in the competition for the first time since beating Feyenoord twice in 2017.
The Sporting News is following the match live and providing updates and highlights below.
Barcelona vs Shakhtar odds, tips, prediction
Starting lineups:
Barcelona (4-3-3): Ter Stegen (GK) – Joao Cancelo, Martinez, Ronald Araujo, Alonso – Lopez, Romeu, Gundogan – Felix, Ferran Torres, Yamal
Shakhtar Donetsk (4-1-4-1): Riznyk (GK) – Konoplia, Matviyenko, Bondar, Azarov – Stepanenko – Zubkov, Bondarenko, Sudakov, Kryskiv – Sikan
40 mins to kickoff: This could be the first time Barcelona start a Champions League campaign with three successive clean sheets since 2007/08.
They drew two and won one of their remaining group-stage games that season, then won all of their knockout games until they were beaten 1-0 on aggregate by Manchester United in the semifinals.
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