Barcelona and Viktoria Plzen will meet live on Digi Sport 3, Prima Sport 3 and Orange Sport 3 in the UEFA Champions League Group C first leg match on Wednesday 7 September at 22:00.

FC Barcelona are looking better and better under Xavi, picking up 10 points from four La Liga matches (a solid draw, even in the first leg at home to Rayo Vallecano), but the real test is the Champions League, where the Catalans are in a fierce a group that also includes Inter Milan and Bayern Munich.

A win against Viktoria Plzen would be important both to continue the good run, but especially for morale ahead of a fiery run against Cadiz, Bayern Munich and Elche.

Xavi managed to bring in top-quality players in the summer despite financial problems, including Robert Lewandowski, who has scored five goals in his last three La Liga games.

Viktoria Plzeň comes to Camp Nou undefeated in all official matches of the current season.

The Czech champions, who have been coached by Michal Bilek, a former midfielder with three caps for the national team since the summer of 2021, advanced to the UEFA Champions League groups after beating HIK Helsinki in the previous round (2-1 away and 5-0 at home). ) and Sherif Tiraspol (2-1 away and also 2-1 at home), then won in the playoff against the Azerbaijanis from Karabakh (0-0 away and 2-1 at home).

In the domestic championship, Viktoria Plzeň is in 2nd place with five wins and a draw, level on points (16) with leaders Slavia Praha, but with one game in hand.

The last time these two teams met was in the 2011-2012 Champions League season, when FC Barcelona won both legs against Viktoria Plzeň in Group H, 2-0 at home and 4-0 away.

Superbet offers odds of 2.35 on the penalty in the match FC Barcelona – Viktoria Plzeň.

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