Overview
- The match is at Camp Nou with a 20:00 GMT kick-off on Tuesday, November 3, and will be shown in the UK on TNT Sports 1.
- Aston Villa travel unbeaten in the group with nine points from three wins while Barcelona sit on six, making this a pivotal league-phase fixture for qualification.
- Barcelona face multiple defensive absences, leaving Joao Cancelo, Pau Cubarsí and Gerard Martin as the likely backline options and putting pressure on their attack to compensate.
- Villa are missing long-term absentees Aaron Wan-Bissaka, Matteo Ruggeri and Amadou Onana but otherwise have a largely available squad built around in-form striker Nicolas Jackson.
- Key individual matchups to watch include Barcelona’s Lamine Yamal chasing the teenage Champions League scoring mark and Villa’s Jackson as a counter-attacking threat, with Unai Emery returning to Camp Nou recalling his 2017 PSG loss.