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Arsenal: Szczesny, Eboue, Djourou, Koscielny, Clichy,
Song, Wilshere, Fabregas
Walcott, Nasri, Van Persie.

sub: Almunia(GK), Gibbs, Squillaci, Denilson, Rosicky, Arshavin, Bendtner

Barcelona: Valdes, Maxwell, Pique, Abidal, Alves,
Busquets, Xavi, Iniesta,
Pedro, Messi, Villa.

sub: Pinto(GK), Milito, Adriano, Keita, Afellay, Mascherano, Thiago, Bojan


Referee: Nicola Rizzoli (ITA)
Assistant referees: Renato Faverani (ITA), Andrea Stefani (ITA)
Fourth official: Paolo Silvio Mazzoleni (ITA)


Arsenal

UEFA milestones
This is the Gunners' 200th match in UEFA competition.

‧ Arsenal have scored 195 UEFA Champions League goals and conceded 196 in
UEFA competition.

UEFA Champions League statistics
‧ Arsenal scored 18 goals in the group stage, the highest total along with
Tottenham Hotspur FC.

Bacary Sagna serves a one-game ban following his red card on Matchday 6;
Emmanuel Eboué will incur a suspension with his next booking.

Latest domestic information
‧ Saturday 12 February: Arsenal FC 2-0 Wolverhampton Wanderers FC (Van
Persie 16 56)

‧ Robin van Persie has scored ten goals in Arsenal's last eight games; he
featured in seven of them.

‧ It marked Arsène Wenger's 550th Premier League game as Arsenal manager
with his 323rd win.

‧ Arsenal are eight games unbeaten, winning seven and drawing one during
that run.

‧ The blip came on 5 February when, leading 4-0 at Newcastle United FC, the
Gunners had Abou Diaby sent off and were held to a 4-4 draw. Diaby
subsequently received a three-match ban.

Wenger's side are yet to concede in the opening 15 minutes of a league
game this season.

‧ The Gunners will face Birmingham City FC in the League Cup final on 27
February.

Injury news
‧ Denilson (hamstring, out since 30 January), Alex Song (knee, 1 February)
and Johan Djourou (knee, 5 February) overcame injuries to feature against
Wolves.

‧ Thomas Vermaelen has not played since 7 September due to an Achilles
problem.

‧ Samir Nasri has not featured since picking up a hamstring injury against
Huddersfield Town FC on 30 January.

‧ Lukas Fibianski is likely to miss the remainder of the season after
sustaining a shoulder injury during the warm-up before Arsenal's game with
Manchester City FC on 5 January.

‧ Emmanuel Frimpong has not played since damaging knee ligaments in training
in August.

UEFA Champions League squad changes
In: Damián Martínez
Out: Håvard Nordtveit (VfL Borussia Mönchengladbach)


Barcelona

UEFA milestones
‧ Barcelona have scored 746 goals in UEFA competition.

UEFA Champions League statistics
‧ Lionel Messi is Barça's all-time leading scorer in the competition with
31 goals in 50 games. He overtook Rivaldo (25 in 45) on Matchday 1.

‧ Barcelona committed 55 fouls in the group stage, fewer than any other side
in the round of 16.

‧ Thiago Alcántara, Marc Bartra and Andreu Fontàs made their UEFA
Champions League debuts against FC Rubin Kazan on Matchday 6, Fontàs
scoring his first goal for the club in the 2-0 victory.

Gerard Piqué is within a booking of suspension.

Latest domestic information
‧ Saturday 12 February: Real Sporting de Gijón 1-1 FC Barcelona (Barral 16;
Villa 80)
Valdés; Alves, Piqué, Milito (Keita 66), Maxwell; Xavi, Mascherano
, Iniesta (Bojan 80), Afellay (Pedro 46); Messi, Villa

‧ The draw halted Barcelona's record 16-match winning run in the Liga, since
drawing with RCD Mallorca on 3 October. They passed Real Madrid CF's
1960/61 mark of 15 with a 3-0 victory over Club Atlético de Madrid on 5
February.

‧ Before Saturday the Catalan outfit had won all ten of their away games in
the Liga this season, a club record.

‧ The goal from David Barral, once on Real Madrid's books, left Barcelona
behind for the first time in 16 Liga games.

‧ Messi hit his fourth hat-trick of the season against Atlético, and has
scored 24 goals in 20 Liga games this term.

‧ Messi has scored 43 goals in 39 games for club and country this season.

‧ Barça's club record 28-match unbeaten run in all competitions ended when
they lost 3-1 at Real Betis Balompié on 19 January in the Copa del Rey
quarter-final, second leg. They had won the first meeting 5-0, however,
and after an 8-0 aggregate victory over UD Almería they will now face Real
Madrid in the final on 20 April.

‧ Xavi Hernández played his 550th game for Barcelona on 5 January,
surpassing Migueli's club record.

‧ The 8-0 win at Almería on 20 November equalled Barça's record for a Liga
away victory. The Camp Nou outfit triumphed by the same scoreline at UD
Las Palmas on 25 October 1959.

Injury news
Jeffrén (left thigh, 20 January) and Carles Puyol (left knee, 22 January)
have been sidelined.

UEFA Champions League squad changes
In: Ibrahim Afellay (PSV Eindhoven), Martín Montoya*
Out: Martí Riverola*
* from B list

Miscellaneous
‧ On 8 February Barcelona announced that Josep Guardiola has agreed a
one-year contract extension, tying him to the club until summer 2012.

‧ Six Barcelona players were named in the UEFA.com users' Team of the Year
2010: Piqué, Puyol, Xavi, Andrés Iniesta, Messi and David Villa.

‧ Messi won the 2010 FIFA Ballon d'Or in January, with Iniesta and Xavi
finishing second and third.

‧ Bojan Krki and Sergio Busquets signed new deals in January tying them to
the club until June 2015


以下是西甲積分榜與巴薩進球助攻榜
CLUB P W D L GD PTS
Barcelona 23 20 2 1 59 62
Real Madrid 23 18 3 2 34 57
Valencia 23 14 5 4 13 47
Villarreal 23 14 3 6 18 45
Athletic 23 12 2 9 5 38
Espanyol 23 12 1 10 -1 37
Getafe 23 9 4 10 -2 31

PLAYER GOALS
Lionel Messi 24
David Villa 15
Pedro 12
Andrés Iniesta 7
Xavi 3
Bojan Krkic 3

PLAYER ASSISTS
Lionel Messi 15
Dani Alves 10
Pedro 7
David Villa 5
Xavi 5
Andrés Iniesta 3


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