Good evening and welcome to Eurosport's LIVE coverage of the Spanish Liga fixture between Athletic Club and Barcelona. We'll bring you all the action as it happens at San Mames. Kick off is at 7.45pm.

Athletic Club have a history of raising their game when the big clubs come to visit them. This won't be easy for Barcelona.

The players are walking out on to the pitch. The home fans are really up for this one.

Not long until kick off at San Mames. The atmosphere is building. This has to be one of the best stadiums in Europe. It really adds to the spectacle when the big teams visit.

Barcelona come into this game on the back of a Copa del Rey semi final draw against Real Madrid. They were unlucky not to win that game. They have been in good form of late.

I'm Graham Ruthven and you can catch me on Twitter ahead of the match to let me know your thoughts. Is there any way that Athletic can spring a surprise here? Tweet me!

Messi starts! The Argentinean has been struggling with an injury of late, but Valverde has decided that he is fit enough to make the Barcelona starting lineup for this game tonight.

TEAM NEWS: Athletic Club - Herrerin, De Marcos, Yeray, Inigo, Balenziaga, Benat, Garcia, Susaeta, Garcia, Yuri, Williams. /// Barcelona - Ter Stegen, Semedo, Pique, Lenglet, Roberto, Busquets, Rakitic, Vidal, Messi, Coutinho, Suarez.