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Barcelona
With eight first-team players all rested, it will be a chance for youth and second string players to put themselves forward for contention against Real Madrid, while Guardiola will also be keen to see how certain members of his squad react to playing at the highest level.
Probable Starting XI: Jorquera, Cácers, Sylvinho, V. Sánchez, Piqué, Keita, Busquets, Gudjohnsen, Pedor, Hleb, Bojan
Shakhtar Donetsk
The visitors still have several players missing, with Ilsinho, Rustam Khudzhamov, Igor Duljaj and Olexandr Kucher all having missed the last few weeks of the campaign.
Probable Starting XI: Pyatov, Srna, Rat, Chygrynskiy, Kucher, Adriano, Hübschmann, Jadson, Willian, Brandao, Moreno
PREDICTION
It does not take a brave person to predict a Barcelona home win each time that they play in Camp Nou, but the fact that so many first-choice players will be missing could mean that Shakhtar have a chance of causing what would be a surprise. But the doubt comes when considering that the visitors have nothing of genuine need to play for, having already settled their place in the UEFA Cup in the new year.
Barcelona 2 - 0 Shakhtar Donetsk
Lucas Brown, Goal.com