Good afternoon and welcome to our live text commentary of Barcelona v Levante!

Lovely football from Barca, as a cheeky dummy lets the ball on to Maxwell on the left flank who crosses deep to Villa. Villa leaps to head the ball back across goal, but the ball is cleared

Iniesta plays a short ball forwards to Bojan, whose touch is heavy and he loses possession. Levante have never won at the Nou Camp in La Liga - it's hard to see them changing that to be honest... Early days though!

Levante give Villa too much space 20 yards out, and the former Valencia man charges inside from the left channel before SHOOTING! Dragged wide of the left post from the edge of the area.

Xavi tries a long diagonal ball towards Bojan from the right wing, but Reina is out sharply again to pluck the ball out of the sky.

Jorda is leading the line for Levante at the moment, but he's rather isolated. Maxwell plays inside from the right to Iniesta, who lays off to Xavi. Fast passing across the midfield from the hosts

Abidal forgets that he's a centre-back for a moment, trying to dribble through two challenges in his own half. He loses out, but Dani Alves spares his blushes with a timely header to clear the ball

Mascherano tries a long ball towards Pedro, but Reina is out quickly to gather the ball. Relentless start by the champions, but Levante are holding them off...

The ball drops to Iniesta, who takes a shot 20 yards out and SHOOTS! TIPPED OVER THE BAR BY REINA! Lovely shot from the little Spaniard, looping into the top corner before Reina's brilliant intervention

David Villa cuts inside from the right wing, but his shot is blocked

Xavi tries a Hollywood diagonal to Bojan on the left wing, but it's a yard too long and Levante have a throw

Abidal plays back to Valdes, who give the ball to Xavi

Defensive tactics from Levante early on. The two wide midfielders are tucking back in as much as possible, effectively giving them a flat back six at times

Lovely feet from Iniesta on the left wing, before switching possession to the right

As you might expect, Levante have yet to get a touch on the ball! Possession football from Barca

Barca get us up and running at the Camp Nou!

There's no place for Afellay then, as Guardiola selects Busquets and Abidal for the middle of his defence. La Liga's first match of 2011 has already come to a close, by the way. See how Athletic Bilbao got on at home to Deportivo la Caruna

LEVANTE: Reina, Cerra, Robuste, Nano, del Horno, Xavi Torres, Larrea, Xisco Nadal, Pallardo, Juanlu, and Jorda. Subs: Ballesteros, Ruben Suarez, Sergio, Munua, Xisco, Valdo, Stuani.

BARCELONA: Victor Valdes, Dani Alves, Busquets, Abidal, Maxwell, Mascherano, Xavi, Iniesta, Pedro, Villa, and Bojan. Subs. Pinto, Keita, Milito, Correia, Thiago, Vazquez,and Bartra.

For Levante, Felipe Caicedo and Javi Venta are both out injured, and but Ruben Suarez looks set to feature

Barcelona face Levante deprived of both their regular centre-backs: Gerard Pique is suspended, and club captain Carles Puyol is injured. Lionel Messi is also expected to be absent, having been granted an extended break in Argentina by Pep Guardiola. Jeffren, and Gabriel Milito are, however, expected to be fit, and new signing Ibrahim Afellay could feature.

The visitors were given a footballing lesson in their last outing - suffering an 8-0 defeat at the hands of Barca's bitter rivals Real Madrid in the Copa del Rey. Can Levante put up more of a fight against the league-leaders?