4 important fixtures that could have a major impact on Barcelona's season

#2 Barcelona and Manchester United (UEFA Champions League), April 16, 2019 (Camp Nou)

Messi has a good record against Manchester United

Six days later, both teams once more trade tackles in the second leg of this epic clash to determine who progresses to the semifinal.

Depending on results in the first leg, Barcelona would be seeking to consolidate with a home victory, while Manchester United would do all in their power to knock the five-time winners out on their own patch.

However, this is a task that is easier said than done, as the Camp Nou is one of the most legendary stadiums in the world and Barcelona have turned it into some sort of fortress.

To put how daunting United's task is into perspective, Barcelona are unbeaten at the Nou Camp since Bayern Munich's emphatic 3-0 victory way back in April 2013, a run which has seen the Catalans set a new competition record of 30 matches unbeaten (27 wins and 3 draws) since then.

Given that Barcelona are desperate to win the UCL, it stands to reason that they are the favourites to progress in this tie, but as this competition has shown us so far, the less fancied teams have pulled up some major shocks, while United caused an upset of their own in the last round against PSG and Barcelona would do well to watch out.