It's Champions League night again and time to stay up late for the best European football has to offer. It's the penultimate round of the group stage, and Europe's best teams will be looking to hit top-form to get to the next stage.
English Premier League leaders - Arsenal are already in the knock-out stage of the Champions League, but when they face Sevilla tonight, they'll make sure the winning streak doesn't leave them. Even a draw will mean the Gunners will qualify at top of their group.
"We want to finish first. It gives us, it gives you a little advantage in the draw and it gives you another advantage that you have a second game at home in the knock-out stages so we would like to take that advantage of course and we are as well a team who is on a good run and we want to keep that going," said Arsene Wenger, the Arsenal manager.
Sevilla too need just a draw to qualify, but they've been in awful form in their domestic league and every game is important to make them gel again as a team.
"They give their best because they are playing in front of their home crowd and they have had two bad results in the Championship and so will want to show tonight that they are a very good side," said Arsene Wenger.
Sevilla have a long list of injuries to contend with striker Ernesto Chevanton is out, though Kanoute and leading score Fabiano will be in the team despite their injuries.
Arsenal on the other hand have no worries with their squad - any combination seems to work under Wenger's expert hands.
Barcelona though are still struggling with their team combination. Star striker Thierry Henry will be out with a groin and back injury when the catalans take on French champions Olympic Lyon but Ronaldinho will be making yet another come-back to the side.
Lyon though will be without Ligue 1 top-scorer Karim Benzema in a game that they must win to have any hope of making the knock-out stage but their resurgent form will be a big factor.
"The way we're performing currently in the French championship gives us hope that we can hurt this Barcelona team. So, of course, we have to counteract against their strong attack and, at the same time, we have to create more danger than we did at the Nou Camp," said Alain Perrin, Olympique Lyon coach.
Barca handed Lyon their biggest defeat in their last encounter at three nil but things have changed since then.
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