Barcelona vs Liverpool: meet Wednesday in one of the most highly anticipated Champions League semifinals in recent memory. The first leg is set for 3 p.m. ET at the Camp Nou between two teams that were viewed as contenders when the competition began in August. Barcelona enters this match fresh off of winning La Liga, while Liverpool has been dealing with a heated Premier League title race with favorite Manchester City.
Here's how you can watch the match and what to know:
Champions League: Barcelona vs. Liverpool
Date: Wednesday, May 1
Time: 3 p.m. ET
Location: Camp Nou
TV channel: TNT and Univision
Streaming: fuboTV (Try for free)
Odds: Barca -145 / Liverpool +350 / Draw +320
Storylines
Barcelona: Barca just won La Liga while resting players, so the team will be fresh entering this one. This team has UCL dreams that have fallen short each of the last three seasons, so this is as good a chance as ever as the winner of this tie will be the heavy favorite in the final. But Barca has to be careful to not concede. The defense looks out of sync at times but the attack is so powerful it's hard to notice. Barca is in for a battle.
Liverpool: Will Roberto Firmino play? That's the big question after he was rested on Friday against Huddersfield. If the Brazilian can't go, it changes a bit of what this team will do. Firmino's hold-up play is huge when it comes to creating chances for Mohamed Salah and Sadio Mane. As The Guardian reports, Jurgen Klopp has admitted that Firmino could miss the game, but he did return to training ahead of this match.
Barcelona vs. Liverpool prediction
Barcelona host Liverpool in the first leg of the teams’ Champions League semi-final tie on Wednesday night.
In the quarter-finals, Jurgen Klopp’s side cruised past Porto 6-1 on aggregate, while Barcelona dumped Manchester United out of the tournament with a 4-0 victory over two legs.
Both teams enter the tie in fine form, as Barcelona were crowned La Liga champions on the weekend for the fourth time in five years, while Liverpool stayed one point behind Manchester City in the Premier League title race with a 5-0 thrashing of Huddersfield.
Klopp’s Liverpool will be looking to extend their 19 game unbeaten streak, while Ernesto Valverde’s side continue to pursue a historic treble, with former Liverpool players Luis Suarez and Philippe Coutinho likely to lead the line
Where can I watch it?
The match will be shown live on BT Sport 2, with coverage beginning at 7pm.
Subscribers can also watch the game on BTSport.com and the broadcaster’s app, or in ultra-high definition on BT Sport 4K UHD.
Predicted line-ups
Barcelona: Ter Stegen; Semedo, Pique, Lenglet, Alba; Rakitic, Busquets, Melo; Messi, Suarez, Coutinho
Liverpool: Alisson; Alexander-Arnold, Matip, Van Dijk, Robertson; Fabinho, Henderson, Wijnaldum; Salah, Mane, Origi
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