Good afternoon and welcome to Eurosport's LIVE coverage of the Spanish Liga clash between Barcelona and Levante. We'll bring you all the action as it happens. Kick off is at 3.15pm.

Barcelona get the job done to establish a 17 point lead at the top of La Liga ahead of Barcelona's game against Celta Vigo later this evening. Messi was the man man for the Catalans, but they were impressive all over the pitch. Barca look re-energised by the winter break.

FULL TIME: Barcelona 3-0 Levante

GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAL! Barcelona 3 (92 mins - Paulinho) Levante 0. And there's the finishing touches on the win for Barcelna! Messi dribbles past one, two, three defenders and fires a pass across the face of goal for Paulinho to turn into the empty net from close range.

Levante are still looking for a consolation goal. They have shown drive and energy at points over the course of the match, but they don't have the quality of their Catalan hosts.

Four minutes of stoppage time to be played at the end of the 90 minutes.

Alba is back on the pitch now but he is still limping. Why would you take the risk? This game is already won for Barcelona. Surely Valverde should have just taken him off?

INJURY CONCERN? This doesn't look so good for Alba. The Barcelona left back is on the ground in pain. He seems to have picked up a knee injury. He's off the pitch, now.

OFF THE POST! Messi rattles a shot off the near post, but the flag was up when the pass was played over the top by Rakitic. The goal from the Argentine wouldn't have stood anyway.

Arnaiz makes his Liga debut. The youngster has impressed for Barcelona in the Copa del Rey this season, but this is his first opportunity to show what he can do on the league stage.

Indeed, Valverde makes the change and throws on Arnaiz for the final moments of the match.

Rober goes in late on Rakitic and sees a yellow card for his foul.

Will Valverde make one final change to his Barcelona team? Arnaiz has been called to the touchline. The youngster has scored three goals in just three starts for Barca this season.

More changes for Levante and Jason comes off for the away side.

Indeed, Gomes has been a real conundrum since joining Barcelona from Valencia, but he is playing with confidence again and that will give Valverde another option in the midfield.

Good play from Gomes, but he couldn't find a teammate with his pass into the centre of the area. The Portuguese midfielder has actually shown his worth for Barca in recent weeks.

It hasn't been Messi's day from freekicks. This time, he smacks one right into the wall. That's not the first time he has done that this afternoon. He's been thwarted every single time.

As has become a weekly tradition now, Iniesta comes off to be given a standing ovation from the Camp Nou crowd. The playmaker very rarely lasts the full 90 minutes now.

Iniesta's afternoon is over and he comes off to be replaced by Gomes.