Rubin Kazan vs. FC Barcelona: a remake not necessarily positive

For the second match of Champions League, Barça will find Rubin Kazan.Le Barça has triumphed in his first European game this season, 5-1 against Panathinaikos at home. While the Russians were defeated 1-0 against FC Copenhagen in Denmark.
Namely
Rubin has seen Europe in 2004, excluding the UEFA Cup preliminary rounds. This is only the 7th European match at home the Russian club. Last season, 3 matches in the group stage of UEFA Champions League played in Kazan gave rise to zero.
Pep's team lost only away game in Champions, 3-1 in the semifinals on the lawn of Inter Milan. Previously, players remained undefeated in 11 trips. The Catalans have finished 1st in their group during the last three editions and reached the 8th finals eight times in the last 9 seasons.
The referee of the event will be Turkish, Cüneyt Cakir.
History of recent confrontations
The second European match of the season will oppose to 6:30 p.m. (16:30 GMT), Barca at Rubin Kazan in the Central Stadium of Kazan, 30 133 seats. Rubin did not recall fond memories of the players or the fans of Barcelona. Indeed, last year the two teams clashed for the first time at Camp Nou and Barça had lost 1-2 (goals Ryazantsev Karadeniz and cons of a goal now Milan Ibrahimovic), the first defeat of the last season. In the return match, both teams were separated on a goalless draw with a temperature of -5 °.
The team fielded in Kazan November 4, 2009 was as follows:
Valdés, Alves, Piqué, Puyol, Abidal, Toure (transferred), Keita (Henry-transferred, 83rd), Xavi, Iniesta, Ibrahimovic (transferred), Messi. The Catalans will therefore be keen to avenge that Russian team that had made him so much misery last year.
State Form
In the league, the Russians currently have 46 points, 13 wins, 7 draws and 2 defeats. On their last 5 games, the men coached by Kurban Berdyev scored 9 goals and have conceded 3. The Russian team won by the narrowest of margins (1-0) their last match against Alania Vladikavkaz. Rubin is ranked second, four points behind but with two games Zenith and more. Obafemi Martins teammates remain unbeaten in 7 games (5 wins and 2 draws).
For their part, the Catalans are also second with 12 points, 4 voictoire and one defeat, against 13 for the leader, Valencia. On their last 5 games, Guardiola's men have scored 11 goals and conceded five.
The invited
Pep Guardiola will be without Brazilian Adriano for this match but can count on Messi and Abidal who resumed training and réeintègrent the group of 19 players:
Valdés, Pinto, Alves, Piqué, Puyol, Milito, Maxwell, Abidal, Busquets, Mascherano, Keita, Xavi, Iniesta, Thiago Pedro, Jeffren, Bojan, Messi and Villa. One of these 19 players will be eliminated before the match.