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The two sides have met regularly over the last decade, indeed there have been 10 matches - of which Barcelona have won just four.
Last season saw the two do battle in the group stages, with each winning their home clash, Tony Watt famously striking the winner for Celtic at Parkhead.
Celtic warmed up for the game with a 5-2 hammering of Kilmarnock at the weekend, while Barcelona maintained their perfect start to the season under new boss Tata Martino with victory over Almeria.
Lionel Messi is out after suffering a thigh injury in Saturday's win over Almeria.
Messi scored his 11th goal of the campaign before being forced off after 28
minutes and scans on Sunday confirmed he would miss "two to three weeks".
Barcelona are already without a large chunk of their defence for the clash.
Javier Mascherano was ruled out last week with a hamstring problem to join Jordi Alba, who is suffering the same injury. Veteran centre-back Carles Puyol is still recovering from his long-term injury problems.
It's difficult to compare [Bar?a this year and last year]. They're unbeaten domestically and had a great start in the group. People say they have defensive problems with injuries but they're keeping clean sheets. It helps that you can't get the ball off them and they have sustained periods of pressure.
We'll try to limit Barcelona to as few chances as we possibly can and capitalise on the chances we get like we did last year. For me, Barcelona are a class above Milan ¨C no disrespect to Milan ¨C in the way they pass the ball, in the way they create chances, in the pace they have.
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