We have 8 fixtures to look forward to on Wednesday night in the UEFA Champions League. One of which takes place in Group G as Barcelona welcome Dynamo Kiev to the Camp Nou.
The hosts come into the game sitting top of the group on 6 points while the visitors are in third place on 1 point.
Barcelona have made a strong start to their 2020/21 Champions League campaign. They started with a home match against Hungarian club Ferencváros and came away with a 5-1 victory. Barcelona were 2-0 up before half time and despite conceding themselves in the second half went on to score a further 3 goals to secure maximum points.
Their second game of the group saw them travel to Juventus. Barcelona made a good start to the match and opened the scoring after only 14 minutes. The game remained tight following that goal but Barcelona secured the points via the penalty spot, with Lionel Messi converting in injury time.
However, Barcelona continued to struggle in La Liga and were forced to settle for a point in a 1-1 draw at Deportivo Alaves on the weekend. Barcelona were 1-0 down after 37 minutes but equalised in the second half. Despite playing against ten men for over 20 minutes, Barcelona could not find the winning goal.
Trends show Barcelona are undefeated in 10 of their last 11 Champions League matches. They have achieved 3 wins by 2 or more goals in their last 5 home games in the Champions League.
Dynamo Kiev travel to Catalonia having picked up a point in their previous Champions League match at Ferencváros. However, they will be disappointed not to have won the game as they opened a 2 goal lead in the first half. Ferencváros came back well in the second half and Dynamo Kiev conceded 2 goals to draw the game.
Their first match of the group was at home against Juventus and Dynamo Kiev suffered a 2-0 defeat. With the score 0-0 at half time, it appeared as though Dynamo Kiev could take something from the match but conceded immediately after the interval and again at the end of the game.
A win at Dnipro-1 on the weekend ensured they remained top of the Ukraine Premier League table.
Trends show in their 6 most recent matches in the Champions League, Dynamo Kiev have been undefeated 5 times, that includes their last 2 away matches.
Team news and Barcelona are without Philippe Coutinho, Ronald Araujo, and Samuel Umtiti who are injured. Goalkeeper Marc-Andre ter Stegen is a doubt due to a knee injury.
Dynamo Kiev are without Serhiy Sydorchuk following his late red card at Ferencváros last week. Denis Harmash could start in his place.
Barcelona have been inconsistent so far this season and that will give Dynamo Kiev some hope. However, the La Liga club should have too much for the visitors and could come out on top with a narrow victory.