Barcelona host Feyenoord as Champions League campaign begins at Camp Nou
Barcelona begin their UEFA Champions League league-stage campaign against Feyenoord at Camp Nou on 9 September, with matchday one offering an early test of how the two sides have started their respective seasons.
The hosts arrive in excellent form, having won all five of their most recent matches, a run that puts them ahead of Feyenoord's own solid sequence of three wins and two draws from their last five outings.
Neither side has lost recently, but Barcelona's unbroken run of victories marks them out as the side with the greater momentum heading into the tie, even if Feyenoord's own record shows they have not been beaten either.
The fixture also arrives just a day after Barcelona completed the signing of goalkeeper Dominik Livaković from Fenerbahçe, giving the club a fresh option between the posts as they open their European campaign.
For Feyenoord, the trip to Camp Nou represents a stern opening assignment in the league phase, against a Barcelona side unbeaten in their last five matches and playing on home soil.
How both teams translate their domestic form into a continental setting will go some way to shaping the early picture of Group standings in this season's competition.