Good afternoon and welcome to Eurosport's LIVE coverage of the Spanish Liga fixture between Celta Vigo and Barcelona. We'll bring you all the action as it happens at Balaidos. Kick off is at 16:00 GMT.

That last Celta Vigo chance was a reminder to Barcelona that funny things tend to happen at Balaidos when they are there. Ter Stegen does not like this venue at all!

Big mistake by Ter Stegen! The Barcelona goalkeeper plays a pass straight to Smolov, his first shot is blocked by Pique and then the block is also made to stop Aspas from finding the net.

GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAL! Celta Vigo 0 Barcelona 1 (21 mins - Luis Suarez). What a smart opening goal from Barcelona! Celta Vigo had two players back on the line to protect the goal from a Messi freekick, but he clipped a clever cross into Suarez at the back post instead and the Uruguayan heads into the back of the net!

Foul on Vidal 25 yards out from goal and Celta Vigo know what is coming here. Messi has placed the ball carefully on the turf. Can the Argentine open the scoring from the set piece?

Of course, Denis is facing his former side this afternoon. The midfielder has hinted that he feels he never got a fair chance at the Camp Nou and so he is surely filled with motivation.

Chance for Semedo! That was a good opportunity for Barcelona to open the scoring, with Messi picking out Semedo. The right back should have taken on the shot himself, but his pull back is cut out.

This is slightly more ambitious from Celta Vigo. They are having more joy on the counter attack now, but they are still being rather cautious. Not sending too many players forward.

That was an opportunity for Celta Vigo to build an attack, with Aspas surging forward from the halfway line, but the move breaks down with Denis taking a poor touch 25 yards out.

Alba is shown the first yellow card of the match for a flailing arm on an opponent. It was Brais.

Celta Vigo are camped inside their own half at the moment, but they did a good job of keeping Real Sociedad in their last game, so this might just be part of their match plan.

Shot wide! The ball falls to Puig inside the opposition penalty area, but he can only shoot wide. This has been a strong start from Barcelona. They are well on top at the moment.

Rakitic scored his first goal of the season to win the game against Athletic Club during the week. There are still a lot of Barcelona fans who want the Croatian out of the club. Strange.

It's interesting that Umtiti has been picked to start over Lenglet at the back for Barcelona this afternoon. The Frenchman has struggled for form and fitness this season, but this is a chance.

Close to an early goal! Off the crossbar! Messi's in-swinging corner kick was wicked, Pique got across his man at the near post, but his glancing header comes back off the underside of the bar and away!

There is no Arthur in the Barcelona starting lineup this afternoon. The Brazilian midfielder is widely believed to be on his way to Juventus and so he is only on the bench.

Messi is already dropping very, very deep to pick up the ball and spin it forward. This is a role the Argentine is increasingly playing for Barcelona. He is becoming more of a creator.

Ansu and Puig make a good impression for Barcelona off the bench against Athletic Club during the week. They gave an ageing side some life. Setien needs some of their verve.

This is the second big game since the resumption of the Spanish Liga season that Griezmann has been on the bench. He was also dropped for the away game against Sevilla.