Shakhtar Shake Up? There's about a 2% chance, but it could be enough.

Of course, Barca are overwhelming favourites for Barca v. Shakhtar, and rightly so after the way they've played this season. The question then is: do Shakhtar have any chance at all?

It is all too easy for us in the west of Europe to overlook the quality of a team like Shakhtar. The Ukrainian champions have a good recent history. They won the UEFA Cup in 2009 and are currently dominating the Ukrainian Premyer-Liha. They have a host of starlets at their disposal and experience at the back in their established captain Darijo Srna and full-back Razvan Rat. They have an abundance of Brazilian youth going forward with Douglas Costa, Fernandinho, Willian, Luiz Adriano and Alex Texeira. Their win ratio in this Champions League campaign is 87.5%, beating the likes of Roma, Braga and Arsenal along the way. (Barca's record is 62.5%). 

Arsenal fans will remember Eduardo for a controversial dive and a poor scoring record. Although he didn't do too well for the Gunners, Wenger is a man who knows a talent when he sees one. The Brazilian-born striker seems to have found his feet at Shakhtar, with a series of good displays in the Champions League and on the domestic scene. Eduardo has netted an impressive 19 times in 36 games for Croatia. 

Having said all of this, giant-killing doesn't come often at this stage of the Champions League, and Shakhtar will have to get gritty to get anything out of the tricky first leg at the Nou Camp. 

17 million euro signing Willian told the press: "We have to stay calm. The stadium will be packed, but fear doesn't exist. We are going to acquit ourselves and hit them on the break." Read this quote, then watch the Shakhtar players hilarious reaction to the draw:

The last time they played in 2009, Barca won 1-0 in the Super Cup.