Slavia Prague vs Barcelona: Messi returns to a stadium of happy memories

take on the Czech leaders on Wednesday night.

On November 1, 2011, Barcelona took on Viktoria Plzen in this ground and they won 4-0, with the No.10 netting a hat-trick in addition to a Cesc Fabregas goal.

Messi will be looking to score his first Champions League goal of this season in Wednesday’s match, after only managing half an hour against Borussia Dortmund and after impressing without scoring as he completed the match against Inter.

After scoring and assisting against Eibar on Saturday, it seems the Argentine is back to his best and he found some chemistry in attack along with Luis Suarez and Antoine Griezmann in the Basque Country.

It remains to be seen if that front three will play together again or if Ousmane Dembele – who can’t play in domestic competition for another week and a half due to a suspension – is given minutes.

With five wins in a row, Barcelona approach this fixture in their best form of the season, although they’ll come up against another team in good form as Slavia Prague have won 11 and drawn two of their league matches so far this season.