FC Barcelona V Lyon - Champions League

Tonight the might Barcelona will face Lyon in the Champions League in a bid to reach the quater finals of the competition.

Barcelona will be without their inspirational captain Carlos Puyol who has been ruled out for three weeks after spraining his left ankle in the 2-0 win over Athletic Bilbao. The absense of Puyol is a blow to Barca and an in form Lyon will be looking to expose any weeknesses.

The biggest threat for Barca will undoubtedly be coming from Juninho with his dead ball skills. Barca will be looking to their midfield for deffensive cover and don't want to be giving any gifts of a goal away easily.

"Juninho is a massive danger at set-pieces because some of his free-kicks are impossible to defend against," said Guardiola.

"He has all the time in the world to decide where to put the ball and enough talent to pull it off. We have to be smart and not give away fouls in the last third of the pitch.

"Now I expect my team to push Lyon back, create more chances and score. The best way to defend is to attack well."

Barca should be confident of finishing the job on home soil following their 1-1 draw a fortnight ago, although Pep Guardiola's side haven't looked as sturdy in recent weeks.

They have lost two out of their last three Primera Liga matches and now lead Real Madrid by only six points with 12 games remaining.