Barcelona vs Bayern Munich LIVE: Champions League latest score, goals and updates from fixture tonight

We, of course, will be bringing you all the updates from this Champions League match and we have also put a piece together to tell you all the key information ahead of kick-off.

The game will get underway in 40 minutes so swat up on all things Barcelona vs Bayern Munich before the action begins.

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Bayern Munich boss Julian Nagelsmann says Barcelona are as much as a threat now as they were with Lionel Messi.

The Argentine international had to leave the Spanish club in the summer due to their financial situation but Nagelsmann says they aren’t ‘worse’ because of it.

He said: “They’ve no longer got someone as extravagant as Messi, but they have other players who can make a difference. We are prepared for everything.

“I’m not of the opinion that they are a lot worse off now. [Whether we are] favourites or not favourites is always more of a media topic. Two world clubs are meeting.

“On the one hand, the form on the day will decide, but on the other hand, [there is] motivation - and that one will be extremely high with us.”

The last time these two clubs met each other Bayern Munich handed Barcelona a humbling 8-2 defeat but Ronald Koeman says his team can ‘cause problems’ in tonight’s match.

Barca are, of course, without Lionel Messi as he transferred to PSG in the summer and it will be there first Champions League campaign without his input since 2004.

But Koeman says his new look team can get a win this evening, he told the club website: “Now we have the chance to turn that [8-2] result around.

“We have to be strong, look for a high tempo game and show off our style. We have great players with a lot of technical ability who can cause Bayern problems.”

Barcelona have named their starting XI for their Champions League clash this evening,

Ronald Koeman has in his starting team: Ter Stegen; Pique, R. Araujo, Sergio, Memphis, Pedri, L. De Jong, Jordi Alba, S. Roberto, F. De Jong, Eric

This sees Barca in a 3-5-2, a different formation than we have seen them in their La Liga matches.

While Bayern have unveiled their squad as: Neuer, Upamecano, Sule, Pavard, Kimmich, Goretzka, Lewandowski, Sane, Davies, Muller, Musiala.

What a thrilling Champions League contest we have awaiting us this evening as two European powerhouses clash.

Barcelona will have the home advantage with the match being staged at Camp Nou and the German team will have to put in a hell of a shift to collect an away win.

The Spanish giants are ready to go and kick-off is coming in just over an hour.

What an occasion, what a humbling.

Bayern Munich eviscerated the Barcelona defence in Lisbon, in the one-off ‘feast of football’ at the end of the resumed 2019/20 season. An 8-2 scoreline was the ultimate outcome, with Barca’s time at the top table of European football summarily ended at that point, a humiliating underlining of the facts that Roma and Liverpool had witten in previous campaigns with improbable comebacks against the fragile Catalans.

Remind yourselves here of what happened when Alphonso Davies’ career ignited, Barca’s defence imploded and Philippe Coutinho scored twice off the bench against his parent club...

Good evening and welcome to the Independent’s live coverage of the Champions League Group E encounter between Barcelona and Bayern Munich.

The Spanish side are still getting to grips with the post-Lionel Messi era but the good form of Memphis Depay at the start of the campaign has helped tremendously - particularly as new arrival Sergio Aguero is still injured, Ansu Fati is yet to recover, Martin Braithwaite is now sidelined and the on-loan Luuk de Jong has yet to feature.

Bayern have no such worries in attack, despite a knock for Serge Gnabry at the weekend, and they will close to full strength as they look to stamp a mark on the group on the opening night. They are favourites, too, per Betfair’s pre-game odds:

Barca to win - 12/5

Draw - 3/1

Bayern to win - Evens