Match Preview: Barcelona - Napoli

This one is very much open. Barcelona can be happy as Luis Suarez is back from injury and this will surely boost their chances of going through. Napoli, however, are no pushovers and will be hoping to get a result this season as they didn’t qualify for the next season of the Champions League. It is quite likely they will lose some of their key players (Milik, Koulibaly) in the transfer window so this is one last chance for a big result.

PREDICTED LINEUPS:

Ter Stegen; Semedo, Pique, Lenglet, Alba; Rakitic, De Jong, Sergi Roberto; Messi, Griezmann, Suarez

Meret; Di Lorenzo, Koulibaly, Manolas, Hysaj; Ruiz, Zielinski, Demme; Callejon, Milik, Insigne

OUR PREDICTION:

It will be a tight affair, but Barca should be able to overcome Napoli. They will be very dependant on Messi’s magic, but the return of Suarez will help, no doubt. If the defence holds,  which is very likely, given the top form of Ter Stegen, Barcelona will go through to the Last 8. Result: 2:0