10.04. (Wed) 20:45 Barcelona - Paris Saint Germain

PROBABLE LINEUPS

BARCELONA
Valdés
Alves • Piqué • Song • Alba
Xavi • Busquets • Iniesta
Pedro • Fàbregas • Villa

PARIS SAINT-GERMAIN
Sirigu
Jallet • Alex • Silva • Maxwell
Moura • Beckham • Chantôme • Pastore
Ibrahimovic • Lavezzi

Barcelona forward Lionel Messi is racing to recover from a hamstring strain in time for the crunch encounter against Paris Saint-Germain at Camp Nou.

Cesc Fabregas is likely to be preferred in attack if Messi fails to return, while Pedro is also in contention for a starting berth after recovering from a calf injury.

Blaugrana boss Tito Vilanova may deploy either Sergio Busquets or Alex Song in central defence in place of the inexperienced Marc Bartra to counter the attacking threat of the visitors.

PSG captain Thiago Silva is expected to play despite missing the weekend win at Rennes with a bruised knee.

Thiago Motta (groin) and Alex (thigh) should also be fit, but Blaise Matuidi is suspended after picking up his third booking of the competition in the first leg.

DID YOU KNOW?

Barcelona are on a 20-match unbeaten run at Camp Nou in the Champions League, winning 16, since a 2-1 defeat against Rubin Kazan in October 2009.

The Blaugrana's overall home record against French opposition is W5, D1, L1, with their most recent encounter against a Ligue 1 club ending in a 5-2 second-leg victory over Olympique Lyonnais in the 2008-09 Champions League round of 16.

Barcelona have gone on to win 18 of 23 European ties in which they have drawn the first leg away from home.

Paris Saint-Germain have won three of their four away matches in the Champions League this season.

The Ligue 1 leaders have never lost a two-legged European tie to Spanish opponents before. Their overall away record against clubs from Spain is W4, D1, L3.

Zlatan Ibrahimovic is the only player to have scored for six different clubs in the Champions League: AC Milan, Ajax, Barcelona, Inter, Juventus and PSG.

Prediction
Barcelona may not have missed Messi against Mallorca at the weekend, but the Catalans suffer without their talisman against quality opposition and they would dearly love to have him back for this game. Still, the Blaugrana have two precious away goals in the bag and will start as favourites to overcome PSG at Camp Nou - although it should be a much tighter contest than their four-goal hammering of Milan in the previous round.

Editor's Prediction
Barcelona 2-1 PSG

10.04. (Wed) 20:45 Juventus - Bayern Munchen

PROBABLE LINEUPS

JUVENTUS
Buffon
Bonucci, Barzagli, Chiellini
Padoin, Pogba, Pirlo, Marchisio, Peluso
Vucinic, Quagliarella

BAYERN MUNICH
Neuer
Lahm, Van Buyten, Dante, Alaba
Martinez, Schweinsteiger
Robben, Muller, Ribery
Mandzukic

Juventus will be without Stephan Lichtsteiner and Arturo Vidal for the second leg clash in Turin following their first-leg bookings, as the Bianconeri look to overturn a 2-0 deficit against newly-crowned German champions Bayern Munich.

The bulk of the Old Lady's starting XI were rested at the weekend which means there could be up to seven changes to the side that beat Pescara 2-1. Gianluigi Buffon should return, while Andrea Barzagli and Giorgio Chiellini are welcomed back from their domestic suspensions, meaning the back four that has served Juve so well this season will be unchanged.

Federico Peluso is likely to start ahead of Ghanaian Kwadwo Asamoah, who has suffered indifferent form since returning from the Africa Cup of Nations. Simone Padoin could fill the right wing-back slot while Paul Pogba is in contention to start in place of the suspended Vidal.

Mirko Vucinic has fully recovered from illness but Sebastian Giovinco will miss the match after being stretchered off on Saturday, leaving Fabio Quagliarella and Alessandro Matri to battle it out for the remaining place upfront.

Javi Martinez is available again for Bayern after being suspended for the first leg, but Toni Kroos injured his adductor in Munich which means there is likely to be a reshuffle in attack, with Arjen Robben wide on the right, Thomas Muller drifting inside to occupy the No.10 role and Franck Ribery wide left.

Mario Mandzukic was rested against Frankfurt at the weekend but he is likely to start again against Antonio Conte's men.

DID YOU KNOW?

Juventus' 2-0 loss to Bayern Munich in the first leg encounter ensured their 18-game undefeated sequence came to an end in the Champions League.

The Bianconeri have not lost in their last five games at Juventus Stadium and Emmanuel Cascione's strike at the weekend for Pescara ended Juve's 465-minute run without conceding at home.

Juventus managed a 2-0 comeback earlier in the group stages when they came from behind to salvage a 2-2 draw against Chelsea. Fabio Quagliarella got the equaliser 10 minutes from time.

Bayern Munich wrapped up their 22nd Bundesliga (23rd title) with a record six matches to spare thanks to their 1-0 win over Frankfurt on Saturday.

Die Roten have won 13 of 14 away games in their domestic league this season, conceding only twice and their only away defeat in the Champions League was a 3-1 loss to BATE Borisov.

Bayern have won 14 of their 15 games in 2013, with the defeat to Arsenal in the second-leg of their last 16 clash their only loss so far this year.

Prediction
Bayern showed their class in the first leg and in truth there was a bigger gulf in quality than Juventus fans would perhaps like to admit. However, die Roten have shown their vulnerability already in this campaign when they held a commanding position against Arsenal and will have to be wary of this sort of complacency in this encounter, but should do enough to seal their place in the last four.

Editor's Prediction
Juventus 1-2 Bayern