Tonight will be the 14th meeting between Barcelona and Chelsea in the Champions League - only two fixtures have been played more often in the competition - Bayern v Real Madrid (18) and Barcelona v Milan (15).
This is arguably the game of the season for Chelsea who would love to get one against the Catalan giants.
Chelsea winger, Willian who scored the opening goal at Stamford Bridge expressed the team's desire to repeat the feat of 2012.
He said, "We trust in our team, we believe in ourselves and we know that we can do a job in Barcelona. Every team has their history. That Chelsea team [in 2012] had theirs, and now this is a chance for us to make ours."
Chelsea have an impressive record against Barcelona, winning 4 and drawing 6 of their previous 13 meetings.
However, if Chelsea hope to make it through to the next round of the competition, they have to first stop Lionel Messi and co.
The little Argentine is a force and has the ability win these sort of games on his own. Chelsea will have to score in Spain, and attempt to keep a clean sheet, though it is impossible to limit the Argentina superstar. "You cannot stop Messi has been described as unstoppable and while you can stop Barcelona, Messi is difficult.
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