Barcelona will book their spot in the knockout stage of the Champions League with two games to spare if they avoid defeat against Shakhtar Donetsk on Tuesday night.
The Catalan outfit have been excellent in Group H thus far, topping the section with nine points from three matches, while Shakhtar are third, collecting three points from their opening three games.
Marino Pusic's side will have been pleased with their performance against Barcelona in their third game in the section on October 25, but they suffered a 2-1 defeat, with three points from three games leaving them in third position, three points behind second-placed Porto.
Shakhtar cannot be eliminated from the competition on Tuesday, but a defeat would leave them in a very difficult spot ahead of their final two games, so there is huge pressure on the Ukrainian outfit.
Pusic's team will enter this match off the back of a 1-0 win over Dynamo Kyiv in Ukraine's top flight on Friday, with the result leaving them in third position in the table on 24 points.
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