Barcelona's attack makes it a prime target for Villa to score against, however Villa will take heart from Barcelona's recent defense. In fact Barcelona have now kept a clean sheet in just 1 of their last 18 Champions league games. Prior to that they had allowed PSG to find the back of the net as many times as Barcelona did when they lost to Real Madrid after conceding 4.

Meanwhile Villa go into this match off the back of a perfect start in Europe where they are yet to lose having won all 3 of their previous Group stage encounters and having scored 12 goals in total. Their current run of form is bolstered by the impressive goal-scoring exploits of Emiliano Buendía who has now found the net in all of his last 4 big European outings. A threat in attack is also offered by Nicolas Jackson and Johan Manzambi.

This could give Villa opportunities to create chances on the break if Barcelona struggle to maintain an organized defense due to a number of injuries which include; Koundé, Eric Garcia, Christensen and Xavi Espart.

With Barcelona averaging almost 3 goals per Champions League game under Hansi Flick, and Villa showing a consistent scoring form, both teams have good opportunities to find the net today.