Olympique Lyonnais vs Barcelona : 5 talking points ahead of Champions League first leg

#3 Teams current form

FC Barcelona v Real Valladolid CF - La Liga

Barcelona have looked out of form and have been struggling to win matches and score goals. In the last 5 games, they have just won twice, dropping points on three occasions. In the last league match for Barcelona they were not able to create much chances and finishing was quite poor. Surely they will try to change it and score as many away goals as possible.

Lyon on the other hand have been in good form, winning 4 of their last 5 games and also defeating the Ligue 1 giants PSG by 2-1. They would be going into the match with much more confidence than Barcelona.

#2 MSD is back

FC Barcelona v RC Celta de Vigo - La Liga

After a few weeks on the treatment table, Ousmane Dembele was back on pitch starting Barcelona's last game. With the poor form of Philippe Coutinho, Dembele is more likely to start the match. Dembele has been terrific this season will complete the trio with Messi and Suarez.

Messi, the best player in the world and the top scorer for Barcelona both in the La Liga and the Champions League, will be looking to continue his form and keep scoring. He has scored 6 goals in Champions League this season and will surely like to add more.

Luis Suarez has not been in good form in the Champions League for the past 2 seasons. He has indeed just scored once this season in the tournament. Although because of his extraordinary finishing skills, he is likely to end his goal drought soon .

With Dembele's pace, Suarez's finishing and Messi's superpowers it will be almost impossible for Lyon to stop these three.