Match Facts: Champions League clash Barcelona vs Inter Milan
Barcelona take on Inter Milan in their third Champions League group stage clash as they battle for top spot in group B.
Barca will be without their star player and top scorer of the competition Lionel Messi after being ruled out for three weeks. Messi suffered a nasty fall during La Liga giants win over Sevilla resulting in a fractured arm.
Mauro Icardi and Co will be looking to take advantage of the situation when they arrive at Nou Camp as they sustain their European performance.
Head-to-head
- Barcelona have won three of their six Champions League matches against Inter (D2 L1), with the only defeat coming in the first leg of the semi-final in 2009-10 (3-1).
Barcelona
- At home, Barcelona have won four of their five meetings with Inter in all competitions, including all three in the Champions League without conceding. Their only home defeat against them was in the Fairs Cup in January 1970 (2-1).
- Barcelona are unbeaten in their past 13 Champions League home games against Italian sides (W10 D3), since a 2-1 loss to Juventus in April 2003.
- Barcelona have won 25 of their past 27 home Champions League games (D2) since losing 3-0 to Bayern Munich in May 2013, scoring 85 goals and conceding just 13 in those games.
Inter Milan
- Inter are looking to win their opening three Champions League matches in a season for just the second time, also doing so in 2004-05.
- Since winning 4-0 against Werder Bremen in September 2010, each of Inter’s past nine Champions League wins have been achieved by a one-goal margin – of the 12 teams to win 50 Champions League games, Inter have the highest number of victories by one goal (32 of 52, 62%), while opponents Barcelona have the lowest (40 of 140, 29%).
- Inter have won their past two Champions League games despite conceding the first goal in both games; only two clubs have ever won more despite conceding first in consecutive games – Manchester United (three in November 2012) and Real Madrid (four in April 2017).
Barcelona squad
GOALKEEPER
Marc-Andre ter Stegen, Jasper Cillessen, Inaki Pena*, Jokin Ezkieta
DEFENDER
Nelson Semedo, Gerard Pique, Rafinha, Clement Lenglet, Jordi Alba, Samuel Umtiti, Thomas Vermaelen, Juan Miranda*, Jorge Cuenca
MIDFIELDER
Ivan Rakitic, Sergio Busquets, Denis Suarez, Arthur, Sergi Samper, Sergi Roberto, Arturo Vidal, Carles Alena*, Ricard Puig*, Monchu*, Alex Collado*, Oriol Busquets
FORWARD
Philippe Coutinho, Luis Suarez, Lionel Messi, Ousmane Dembele, Malcom, Munir El Haddadi, Abel Ruiz*
*B List players
Inter Milan squad
GOALKEEPER
Samir Handanovic, Daniele Padelli, Tommaso Berni, Vladan Dekic*, Raffaele Di Gennaro
DEFENDER
Sime Vrsaljko, Stefan de Vrij, Andrea Ranocchia, Kwadwo Asamoah, Miranda, Danilo D’Ambrosio, Milan Skriniar, Ryan Nolan*, Gabriele Zappa*, Niccolo Corrado*
MIDFIELDER
Matías Vecino, Radja Nainggolan, Matteo Politano, Borja Valero, Lorenzo Gavioli*, Ivan Perisic, Maj Roric*, Marcelo Brozovic, Antonio Candreva
FORWARD
Mauro Icardi, Lautaro Martinez, Keita Balde