Turkish referee Cuneyt Cakir will officiate Tuesday’s game at Stanford Bridge when Chelsea host Barcelona in the knockout of last 16 tie.
MNET’s Super Sports 3 Chanel will show the match live at 22:45 East Africa Time.
Barcelona will be without central defender Thomas Vermaelen’s services due to hamstring injury and also full back Nelson Semedo will be missing as he serving a two march ban due to a red card he received before he joined the Spanish giants.
Lionel Messi, the five-time Ballon d’or winner had an injury scare against Eibar during their La Liga fixture over the weekend.
Four Chelsea players will not be available due to injury. David Luiz has a knock, Marcos Alonso is nursing an ankle injury, while Tiemoue Bakayoko and Ross Barkley suffer from a hamstring injuries.
The two teams have collided 12 times in the UEFA Champion’s League since 2000, the Blues winning 4 times, drawing 5 and losing 3 of those matches.
In the last meeting between the two teams in 2012, Chelsea won 3-2 over the two legs, after edging out Barcelona 1-0 at the Stanford Bridge thanks to Didier Drogba’s goal in the first half. The sides managed a 2-2 draw in the return leg, knocking the Spanish side out of the competition.
The goals were netted by Sergio Busquet and Andres Iniesta for Barcelona while Chelsea scorers were Ramires and Fernando Torres in injury time.
Barcelona have 5 European titles while Chelsea has won it once when they stunned the German giants Bayern Munich in the 2012 Champion’s League final in Munich.
Other Online Television that have the right to show the game as Fox Deportes, Fox Sports 1 HD.
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