Given.

Unbelievable. That has to be the softest penalty I've seen in ages.

The referee has pointed to the spot for a potential Huesca penalty, but it is one for VAR check. It is a supposed trip on Rafa Mir. It would be so, so so soft.

The ball is played in from the right from Pablo Maffeo following a quick Huesca counter-attack after a Barcelona corner.

Mir fails to get a touch on the low cross then, with the ball heading out of play, goalkeeper Marc-Andre ter Stegen sticks out an arm with Mir falling to the ground.

Huesca just can't cope with Barcelona. Jordi Alba sneds in a cross from the left, Frenkie de Jong has made a storming run up from defence and he meets the pass and flicks it against the bar. Barcelona have scored two and hit the bar twice.

Huesca in damage-limitation mode already.

Messi has a goal and nearly has an assist. He sends in Jordi Alba and the defender, aiming for his fourth goal of the season, strikes at goal but only the crossbar denies the hosts a 2-0 lead.

Don't let him get it on his left foot. Don't let him get it on his left foot. Too late.

This is the only goal of the night in Barcelona so far.

It's a corner from the training ground as Antoine Griezmann sends it to Lionel Messi standing well outside of the area. He has a go, but it is deflected wide and the next corner comes to nothing.

A chance for an equaliser. Pablo Maffeo does well on the right hand side, makes his way into the box and shoots low at goal. It is saved, but spilled by Marc-Andre ter Stegen, but the keeper gets lucky as there is no Huesca man to follow it up.

We're seeing a close up of Lionel Messi's calf and he has some stud marks on his leg following some close attention from a Huesca defender. One to watch, but Messi is still out there at the moment.

Eighteen minutes in and Barcelona have already completed more than 200 passes. Huesca chasing shadows as Barca play keep ball.

Messi has got 48 hat-tricks in his Barcelona career and he's looking for another large haul tonight. He tries to get his second after only 15 minutes but this time shoots just over the top.

Chris Albas-Martin: Our only two visits to the Nou Camp have seen us concede eight on both occasions. If Huesca concede only seven, then it means we’re improving!

Huesca keeper Alvaro Fernandez is probably expecting a busy night and he's just made his first save of the night, diving full length to his right to parry Serginho Dest's strike from the edge of the penalty area.

Huesca are aiming for their first win over Barcelona tonight after one draw and four losses in their previous five matches.

Huesca have been on the end of a couple of hidings too as they lost 8-1 in the Copa del Rey in December 2014 and an 8-2 thumping in September 2018, which remains their heaviest La Liga defeat.

Defender Clement Lenglet gets into the Huesca penalty area, but he doesn't look too comfortable up there as he pulls the ball back but can't find a team-mate and Huesca clear.

The first chance of the game doesn't come for the hosts, but instead bottom of the league Huesca.

Rafa Mir runs at his man, twisting and turning to create some space and he shoots low at goal from a tight angle but it is a routine stop for home goalkeeper Marc-Andre ter Stegen.

Here we go at the Nou Camp.

Obviously no fans at this one, so Barcelona have covered up some of the seats with this wonderful painted banner.