Shakhtar welcome Barcelona to the Donbass Arena with a mountain to climb if they are to turn the tide in this tie and reach the semi-finals of the Champions League against all the odds.

Here come the teams into the impressive Donbass Arena, where Shakhtar lost for the first time at the weekend to finally end their home record.

One final stat before kick-off: In 11 Champions League games versus Ukrainian opposition, Barcelona have never recorded a draw: six wins and five defeats.

Don't forget, this isn't the only match on tonight - there's the small matter of Manchester United's clash with Chelsea also to be resolved.

Shakhtar have won two of their 12 games v Spanish opponents in all European competitions, both against Barcelona in the Champions League.

Shakhtar are unbeaten in their last 13 home games in European competitions, conceding just four goals; this season Mircea Lucescu’s men have won all four home games, shipping just one goal in the process. But it might be a different story tonight.

Shakhtar have none of their starting back four available, with Daijo Srna, Dmytro Chygrynskiy and Olexandr Kucher out injured and Razvan Rat suspended. Not the best of times to be dealing with a defensive crisis....

So, Guardiola is true to his word and fields his strongest possible side, with just one change from his team a week ago - an enforced one with the suspended Iniesta being replaced by Ibrahim Afellay.

And tonight's referee is Florian Meyer (Germany).

Teams: SHAKHTAR: Pyatov, Kobin, Ischenko, Rakitskiy, Shevchuk, Hubschman, Mkhitaryan, Douglas Costa, Jadson, Willian, Luiz Adriano. Subs: Khudzamov, Fernandinho, Eduardo, Gai, Alex Teixeira, Kryvtsov, Moreno /// BARCELONA: Valdes, Dani Alves, Busquets, Pique, Adriano Correia, Xavi, Mascherano, Keita, Afellay, Messi, Villa. Subs: Pinto, Jeffren, Pedro, Milito, Maxwell, Fontas, Thiago

Yet despite the aggregate scoreline, Barca boss Pep Guardiola has insisted he won't be taking anything for granted and will name his strongest possible side.

Andres Iniesta, Gerard Pique, Xaxi, Seydou Keita and Dani Alves were all on target in Catalunya as Barca rolled over Shakhtar to effectively ensure their progress.

The Ukrainian side fell to a 5-1 defeat in last week's first leg at the Nou Camp and tonight's match appears to be nothing more than a formality for the Spanish giants, for whom a last-four clash with old foes Real Madrid beckons.