Good evening and welcome to Eurosport's LIVE Champions League coverage, and the team news is in for Paris Saint-Germain v Barcelona. There is no shortage of star names in both line-ups, including a certain former England captain getting the nod for the hosts...

Alves and Moura are the players to watch so far for each side, making a lot of headway on their respective right-hand sides. But though Barca have had most of the possession, it's PSG who have created the early chances.

ANOTHER PSG CHANCE! The free-kick is half-cleared before Pastore tries just lick just outside the box. His low drive is sneaking inside the near post but Valdes stops it well, recovering the spilled ball just before a PSG team-mate can pounce on the rebound.

This time around Lucas draws the foul from Busquets 30 yards out and it gets the Spanish enforcer a verbal warning from Wolfgang Stark.

Tito Vilanova is back on the touchline, by the way, first time in 10 weeks following cancer treatment.

Alex meets the first flag kick of the game with a header but cannot guide it on target. Goal kick.

The aforementioned duo link up as Beckham feeds Lucas on the flank, but a great challenge from Mascherano stops him in his tracks at the expense of a corner.

Lavezzi gets through on goal again as the hosts break... but the offside flag went up. Valdes blocks the shot anyway.

Iniesta is inches away from picking out Villa with an excellent pass. Very close to a serious chance.

Not much time on the ball so far from Beckham, who is in central midfield with Lucas on the right.

It's back to business other than the woodwork effort with the visitors camped in the Parisian final third.

Interesting take from @pulpkfiction - "Funny How all arsenal fans think Cesc has 'wasted' his career after being benched for two games"

PSG HIT THE POST! Finally getting possession, Lavezzi stylishly enters the Baca box and puts a shot across Valdes onto the far upright. A follow-up from Pastore is closed down well.

The tweets are rolling in now... @millerpaterson says "i reckon 2-1 Paris, the french will really get behind their team as they always do at home" @gbieorjr says " It's gonna be a 2-1 game against PSG and I'm Rufus Gbieor Jr." - follow @liamhappe and keep them coming!

Barca are playing in their infamous orange-yellow away kits and are controlling the early possession as only Barcelona can.

The clean-shorn Dani Alves commits a foul before going for goal leading to a whistle early on. But there was no foul at Bayern when Alaba opened the scoring after just 30 seconds with a superb curling drive!

And we are underway!

The teams are out on the pitch. It's almost time. @eh_mark has the first contribution to @liamhappe on Twitter: "1-1 draw. Barca will be happy to go to the 2nd leg with that result." - we want to hear from more of you throughout the game. Tweet @liamhappe your messages and also follow the website if you don't already @eurosportcom_en

You're spoiled for choice tonight. Bayern Munich v Juventus also kicks off in five minutes in an equally-interesting quarter-final tie. Of course if you're at a desktop, this is the perfect time for two-tab action...

Right. Ten minutes remain until kick-off. I want your predictions and views on the match and the teams. Was starting Beckham the right choice? Would you have left Fabregas on the bench as Barca have? Who will win this first leg? Follow me on Twitter @liamhappe and tweet me your messages and I will publish them here on the matchcast.

Barcelona have always scored against French opposition in the Champions League (10 games), but have only won three of their last 14 away games in the knockout stages of the Champions League. Lionel Messi has scored 58 goals in 76 Champions League games. Only Raul has netted more (71 goals, in 142 games). He’s been directly involved in five of Barça’s six away goals in the Champions League this season (three goals, two assists).

PSG are unbeaten at home in their last 23 games in European competition, qualifiers included (15 wins, 8 draws). Their last defeat dates back to 23 November 2006 in the group phase of the UEFA Cup, against Hapoel Tel-Aviv (2-4). PSG have won 15 of their 21 home games in the Champions League (two draws, four defeats) and are unbeaten in the last six.