Barcelona vs Arsenal UEFA Champions League last 16: Team news, TV information, probable line-ups, kick-off time, and odds

Arsenal travel to the Nou Camp on Wednesday night with a two-goal deficit to overturn against Barcelona in the second leg of their Champions League last 16 tie.

Here, Sportsmail provides the definitive run-down of the meeting in Catalonia, including team news, TV information, kick-off time, odds, and stats from Opta's vault...

Arsenal players are put through their paces ahead of the Champions League second leg on Wednesday

Arsene Wenger's side are 2-0 down after losing the first leg at the Emirates Stadium in February

TEAM NEWS

Arsenal

Arsene Wenger's side are unlikely to be at full strength, with injuries to Petr Cech and Aaron Ramsey weakening his hand since the first-leg defeat the Emirates in February.

Laurent Koscielny remains a doubt four games after he was forced to miss the Swansea clash with a calf problem. 

Probable line-up: Ospina, Bellerin, Mertesacker, Gabriel, Monreal, Coquelin, Elneny, Walcott, Ozil, Sanchez, Giroud

Barcelona

Luis Enrique will be without Gerard Pique after he picked up a one-game ban in the dying minutes of the first leg.

Otherwise the Barca boss has a squad with a full bill of health to choose from after Luis Suarez was rested for the 6-0 win over Getafe on Saturday.

Probable line-up: ter Stegen, Alves, Mathieu, Alba, Busquets, Rakitic, Iniesta, Neymar, Messi, Suarez

Lionel Messi scored twice for Barca as the European champions took a giant step towards the quarter-finals

TV Information

BT Sport Europe – 7pm (7.45pm kick-off)

ITV 1 – 10.40pm (highlights)

ODDS (BET 365)

Barcelona 1/4

Draw 6/1

Arsenal 11/1

Aaron Ramsey will be unavailable for Arsenal after suffering a thigh injury against Hull last week

OPTA STATS

Barcelona are in the knockout stages of the Champions League for the 12th consecutive campaign. They have reached the semi-finals in seven of the last eight campaigns.

Barcelona have won the Champions League in four of the last 10 seasons. They could become the first team since AC Milan to win back-to-back European Cup/Champions League titles. The Rossoneri did it in 1989 & 1990.

Arsenal are the only team alongside Real Madrid to have reached the knockout stages of the Champions League every season since the new format in 2003/04. They have gone out in the last 16 in each of the last five seasons.

Barcelona have come out on top in each of their three previous Champions League home & away knockout encounters with Arsenal: 2006 final (2-1), 2009/10 quarter-final (6-3 on agg.) and 2010/11 last 16 (4-3 on agg.).

Arsenal have never beaten Barcelona at the Camp Nou (D1 L2). They’ve conceded seven goals in their last two Champions League trips to Catalonia.

Luis Enrique has a squad with a clean bill of health to choose from despite Gerard Pique's suspension

Only one team has beaten Barcelona by at least two clear goals at the Camp Nou in the Champions League in the last 12 seasons: Bayern Munich in May 2013 (3-0).

Barcelona are one of two clubs still unbeaten in the Champions League this season, the other being Real Madrid. They have won 16 of their 20 Champions League games since last season (D2 L2), scoring in all 20 games.

Luis Enrique has won all nine of his Champions League games at the Camp Nou as Barcelona manager (24 goals scored, 4 conceded). A 10th win in a row would set a new record for the Blaugranas in the competition.

Arsenal and Barcelona’s eight previous Champions League encounters have produced 29 goals, an average of 3.6 per game.

Lionel Messi and his Barcelona team mates were put through their paces during a training session on Tuesday

Arsenal are unbeaten in their last three away games in the knockout stages of the Champions League (W2 D1).

Lionel Messi, Luis Suarez and Neymar have scored 39 of Barcelona’s 48 Champions League goals since last season.

Messi has scored eight goals in five Champions League games against Arsenal, his favourite opponent in the competition alongside AC Milan.

Alexis Sanchez has been directly involved in 58% of Arsenal’s Champions League goals this season, scoring three times and delivering four assists.