The line-ups for Wednesday night’s UEFA Champions League quarter-final first leg tie at the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys are in. Niko Kovac has made two changes to his Borussia Dortmund team that won 4-1 at Freiburg on Saturday with Felix Nmecha and Serhou Guirassy replacing Pascal Groß and Maximilian Beier.
Carney Chukwuemeka has now started successive games for Borussia Dortmund following his move from Chelsea in the summer, while Guirassy – BVB’s top scorer this season – starts for the first time since March 15 against RB Leipzig.
Hansi Flick meanwhile has made three changes to the team that drew 1-1 against Real Betis with Pau Cubarsí replacing Ronald Araujo, Fermin López coming in for Pedri and Raphinha – the top scorer in this edition of the Champions League – returning to the starting line-up ahead of Ferran Torres.
Barcelona vs Borussia Dortmund Starting Line-ups
Barcelona: Szczesny – Koundé, Cubarsí, Martinez, Balde – De Jong, Fermin, Pedri – Yamal, Raphinha, Lewandowski
Borussia Dortmund: Kobel – Ryerson, Can, Anton, Bensebaini – Nmecha, Chukwuemeka – Adeyemi, Brandt, Gittens – Guirassy
GGFN | Daniel Pinder
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