Good afternoon and welcome to Eurosport's LIVE coverage of the Spanish Liga fixture between Barcelona and Real Betis. We'll bring you all the action as it happens at the Camp Nou. Kick off is at 15:15 GMT.

I'm Graham Ruthven and you can catch me on Twitter ahead of the match to let me know your thoughts. How will Barcelona cope without Messi? Is this an opportunity for Betis? Tweet me!

Messi has certainly played within himself so far this season, but it's a massive call from Koeman if he has decided to drop the Argentine to the bench on the basis of tactics and form rather than an injury.

NO MESSI! There's no doubting where the big team news is this afternoon. Messi has been dropped to the bench by Koeman! Is that down to an injury? Resting him? Surely it can't be tactical?!

TEAM NEWS: Barcelona - Ter Stegen, Roberto, Pique, Lenglet, Alba, Busquets, de Jong, Dembele, Pedri, Fati, Griezmann. /// Real Betis - Bravo, Emerson, Bartra, Mandi, Moreno, Carvalho, Rodriguez, Joaquin, Canales, Tello, Sanabria.