Barcelona must pick themselves up from a dispiriting weekend defeat as they host Slavia Prague in the Champions League on Tuesday evening with the aim to consolidate their spot at the top of Group F

Ernesto Valverde’s side have collected seven points from their three group matches to sit top of the section, while Slavia have only managed to collect a single point from their three fixtures thus far.

Team News

​Barcelona will again be without the services of Samuel Umtiti due to an ongoing knee problem, while Luis Suarez will miss out with a calf problem that he picked up against Levante at the weekend but the likes of ​Ousmane Dembele, Jordi Alba and Sergio Busquets could all return having missed out at the weekend.Slavia Prague are still without long-term absentee David Hovorka, but Ibrahim Traore may be available for manager Jindrich Trpisovsky. 

Head to Head Record 

The sides’ only previous result in a Uefa match was back on matchday three this season, with Barca sneaking a 2-1 win in Czech capital.

Recent Form​

Before their dismal 3-1 defeat last weekend, Barcelona had been in stellar form, winning their previous seven games but Valverde’s side sits top of both ​La Liga and Group F in the ​Champions League, Slavia Prague are comfortably top of the Czech first division, 12 points clear, and most recently beat Banik Ostrava 4-0.

Barcelona possible starting lineup: 

Ter Stegen; Semedo, Pique, Lenglet, Alba; Arthur, Busquets, De Jong; Dembele, Messi, Griezmann

Slavia Prague possible starting lineup: 

Kolar; Coufal, Kudela, Frydrych, Boril; Zeleny, Soucek, Sevcik; Stanciu; Masopust, Olayinka

Prediction:

Barcelona 3-0 Slavia Prague