Barcelona vs Newcastle Champions League preview: Where to watch, predicted line-ups, form, coaches' thoughts

A quarter-final place is up for grabs at Camp Nou as Barcelona host Newcastle on Wednesday.

Where to watch on TV

Fans can find their local UEFA Champions League broadcast partner(s) here.

What you need to know

Lamine Yamal's added-time penalty in the first leg denied Newcastle a famous victory, but the Magpies can take comfort in some progress: they had lost both of their previous two home games against Barcelona, including one in this season's league phase. Now they have to win at the Camp Nou for the first time if they are to progress.

Barcelona beat Newcastle 1-0 at home in 1997 and 3-1 in 2002, and have not lost at home against English opponents in 14 games (W9 D5), since a 2-1 Champions League defeat to Liverpool in 2007. The pace of the first-leg encounter at St James' Park did not necessarily suit Barcelona, and they may look to impose a more leisurely tempo back at home.

Possible line-ups

Barcelona: Joan García; Eric García, Cubarsí, Gerard Martín, João Cancelo; Bernal, Pedri; Yamal, Fermín López, Raphinha; Ferran Torres

Newcastle: Ramsdale; Trippier, Thiaw, Burn, Hall; Tonali, Joelinton; Murphy, Woltemade, Barnes; Gordon

Form guide

Barcelona

Form: WDWWW (most recent result first)
Latest: Barcelona 5-2 Sevilla, 15/03, Spanish Liga

Newcastle

Form: WDLWL
Latest: Chelsea 0-1 Newcastle, 14/03, English Premier League

Views from the camps

Hansi Flick, Barcelona coach: "Newcastle are a physical team that goes man-to-man and they’re dangerous in transition. We need to play a perfect game and we’ll try to do that."

Pau Cubarsí, Barcelona defender: "Their intensity at their home ground is spectacular, we already knew that. Tomorrow, at home with our fans, it will be different. We'll come out with renewed energy. They have high-quality players, but we are not focused on them, we are focused on ourselves."

Eddie Howe, Newcastle coach: "The details of this game are going to be important, dealing with their strengths and also trying to produce our best moments. I think when you consider the two games we've had against Barcelona, we've had some really good passages of play, some good opportunities to score, but we haven't beaten them so that's the challenge."

Kieran Trippier, Newcastle defender: "We feel really confident. We've had a mixed season; the Chelsea result was massive for us. Seeing players come back, there's a really good feeling around the place. So we come here calm, relaxed, looking forward to the game tomorrow. It's a big opportunity and we know the rewards that we can get if we put in a good performance."

Reporter's view

Graham Hunter, match reporter
Coaches constantly remind us that each new match is a fresh odyssey unto itself, but it can have done no harm to Newcastle’s self-belief to win at Chelsea ahead of this game – the very place where Barcelona suffered their worst Champions League defeat of the season. Eddie Howe has some fitness issues to deal with amongst key players, while Barcelona welcomed back Gavi to match action after 203 days out injured and hit five against Sevilla to stay four points clear at the top of La Liga.