UEFA Champions league: Barcelona V Dynamo Kyiv Preview/ Playing 11

 After the debacle in the la liga this weekend Barcelona will look to have a positive result against the Ukrainian  side at home in the Champions league

Barcelona faces Dynamo Kyiv at home in a Group G match day 3 in the Champions league with having won the previous 2 ties and are currently at top of the Group table with 6 points out of 6, while the Ukrainians  have lost 1 and drew their first two ties, loss at Juventus and a draw against Ferencvaros seees them 3rd in the table and currently in the Europa league spot.

Ter Stegen Back with the Squad for Barceloan

The new regime of Ronald Koeman and his plans were put to a question when the Catalans were held to a 1-1 draw away at Deportivo Alaves in the La Liga which saw Barcelona end up on 12th place in the league table their worst start since the 2003/04 season, questions are being asked by the fans for the performances and if this continued Ronald Koeman can see the exit door at Barca.

Positive news currently for Barca is that Marc Andre Ter Stegen is back fit and included in the squad against Dynamo Kyiv in the Champions league which will assure defensive solidity at the back also P.Coutinho will be back from a hamstring injury next week for training. 

In the Pre-match conference the youngster Pedri answered a few question and also spoke about concentration on field and his recent performances. " I have tried to treat it as normal from the start. I have to keep working to improve and keep growing alongside the best. I take in all my strides as my family have taught me,"

" We have to continue as we have done in the last few days but improving in front of the goal. We have to get all three points to help is qualify."

With a win Barcelona would secure their qualification for the knockout stages of the Champions league and then turn their attention to La Liga where they have been struggling to get a momentum going.

Playing 11 for Barcelona - Neto, Pique, Lenglet, J.Alba, S.Dest, F.De Jong, Pjanic, Pedri, A.Fatti, A.Girezmann and Lionel Messi

Playing 11 for Dynamo Kyiv - Nescheret, Kedziro, Zabarnyi, Popov, Shabanov, Andriyevskyi, Shepelyev, Tshyankov, Buyalskyi, De Pena, Supriaha.

Prediction: 

Barcelona to win by 3-0 with Lionel Messi, Greizmann and Fatti on the score sheet for the Catalan giants thus ensuring their progress in the knockout phase of the Uefa Champions league, It won't be a walk in the park for Barcelona as the Ukrainian side is well capable of hitting them on the counter attacks and Barcelona have had their problems defensively this season.