Past points to close contest at Camp Nou

Holders FC Barcelona will go into their Group F home game against FC Dynamo Kyiv as strong favourites to collect three points but the history between the sides suggests the evening may not prove so straightforward.

• Barça were held to a goalless draw at FC Internazionale Milano on Matchday 1, when late goals from Ayila Yussuf, Gérson Magrão and substitute Oleh Gusev gave Dynamo a 3-1 home win against Russian champions FC Rubin Kazan.

Previous meetings
• The clubs have met eight times previously with Barcelona winning four and Dynamo three.

• Dynamo would be delighted with a repeat of their last result at the Camp Nou, a 4-0 triumph in the UEFA Champions League group stage on 5 November 1997. Andriy Shevchenko was the hero with a first-half hat-trick.

• Dynamo, who progressed to the quarter-finals that season, had beaten Barcelona 3-0 in Kiev a fortnight earlier.

• Barcelona's most recent victory against Dynamo came in the 1993/94 first round when they overturned a 3-1 first-leg deficit with a 4-1 home success through goals from Michael Laudrup, José Maria Bakero (2) and Ronald Koeman.

Match background
• Barcelona lost their last Camp Nou contest against Ukrainian opposition, going down 3-2 against FC Shakhtar Donetsk in last term's group stage, although Josep Guardiola's side had already secured qualification for the next phase.

• Dynamo defeated another Spanish side, Valencia CF, in the UEFA Cup round of 32 last season. Two goals from Artem Kravets earned them a 2-2 draw at Mestalla and victory on away goals after a 1-1 home draw.

• Dynamo conceded just one goal in three matches and collected four points on their travels in the UEFA Champions League group stage last term.

Team ties
• As a player, Barcelona coach Guardiola featured in home and away wins for the Catalan club against Dynamo in the group stage of the 1991/92 European Champion Clubs' Cup. Guardiola was also in the Barcelona team that beat Dynamo in the first round two seasons later.

• Shevchenko is not the sole survivor of the sides' last encounter at the Camp Nou in 1997. Goalkeeper Olexandr Shovkovskiy also featured in the Dynamo lineup while Carles Puyol was an unused substitute for Barcelona.

• Shevchenko was also in the Milan side that lost to Barcelona in the 2005/06 UEFA Champions League semi-final.

• Shovkovskiy was the Ukraine goalkeeper beaten four times by Spain in a 4-0 defeat in the countries' opening match at the 2006 FIFA World Cup.

• Barcelona forward Thierry Henry had mixed fortunes against Dynamo with former club Arsenal FC in the 2003/04 group stage. He was in the side beaten 2-1 in Kyiv, scoring Arsenal's goal, but also took part as the Gunners won the home return 1-0 to gain revenge.

• Zlatan Ibrahimović struck twice for FC Internazionale Milano when they overturned a two-goal deficit to earn a 4-2 win against Dynamo coach Valeri Gazzaev's former club PFC CSKA Moskva in the 2007/08 group stage – a result which eliminated CSKA.