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Confirmed Barcelona v Tottenham line-ups: Walker-Peters starts, Lucas on the bench

A General view of the stadium during the La Liga match between Barcelona and Real Sociedad at Camp Nou on May 20, 2018 in Barcelona, Spain. (David ...
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Tottenham Hotspur take on Barcelona in the Champions League tonight.

Barcelona starting line-up: Cillessen; Semedo, Lenglet, Vermaelen, Miranda; Rakitic, Arthur, Alena; Coutinho, Dembele, Munir.

Barcelona substitutes: Ter Stegen, Pique, Busquets, Suarez, Messi, Alba, Vidal

Tottenham Hotspur starting line-up: Lloris; Walker-Peters, Alderweireld, Vertonghen, Rose; Winks, Sissoko; Eriksen, Dele, Son; Kane.

Tottenham Hotspur substitutes: Gazzaniga, Davies, Dier, Skipp, Lamela, Lucas, Llorente.

Tottenham head into the game knowing they really need to win to stand any chance of going through to the knockout stages, with third placed Inter Milan taking on bottom team PSV Eindhoven.

After convincing wins over Southampton and Leicester City, Spurs face a much sterner test tonight, and boss Mauricio Pochettino has named a suitably strong side for tonight’s daunting trip to the Camp Nou.

Hugo Lloris starts in goal, with Jan Vertonghen and Toby Alderweireld at centre back in front of him, and whilst Danny Rose starts at left back, Kyle Walker-Peters is forced into a rare start with both Kieran Trippier and Serge Aurier unavailable.

Harry Winks and Moussa Sissoko start in midfield, with Christian Eriksen, Dele Alli and Son Heung-min starting in support of returning striker Harry Kane.

Erik Lamela is available on the bench, alongside Paulo Gazzaniga, Ben Davies, Eric Dier, Oliver Skipp, Lucas Moura and Fernando Llorente.

Barcelona go with a slightly weakened side, as Jasper Cillessen lines up in goal, behind a back four of Nelson Semedo, Clement Lenglet, Thomas Vermaelen and Juan Miranda.

Arthur, Carles Alena and Ivan Rakitic start in midfield, with Philippe Coutinho and Ousmane Dembele supporting Munir El Haddadi in attack, meaning Lionel Messi is only on the bench.

He is joined by Marc-Andre Ter Stegen, Gerard Pique, Sergio Busquets, Denis Suarez, Jordi Alba and Arturo Vidal in a star-studded bench for Ernesto Valverde.