Lionel Messi and Neymar are set to start together

90minutecheck September 12, 2014

Spanish La Liga

Venue: Nou Camp
Date: Saturday, 13 September
Kick-off: 15:00 BST

Lionel Messi and Neymar are set to start together for the first time this season as Barcelona look to maintain a winning La Liga start at home to Athletic Bilbao.

Brazil's Neymar has been struggling with an ankle problem while Messi missed Argentina's win over Germany due to a groin strain.
"Messi is ready, he has trained with the group," said boss Luis Enrique.
"Neymar is a special player. He is in the right condition to play."
Enrique added: "He (Neymar) has already been subjected to incredible pressure in his country and in his club career and I hope that from that base he can become one of the best players in the world."
Barca are the only team in the Spanish top flight to have won their opening two games as they seek to improve on last season's second-placed finish to Atletico Madrid.

Barca's front two - stats last season
	Messi	Neymar
League appearances	31	26
League goals	28	9
Champions League appearances	7	10
Champions League goals	8	4
Other goals	5	2
Total goals	41	15

Messi has started the season in form, helping Barca to back-to-back victories over Elche and Villarreal.
Neymar, who broke a bone in his back during a World Cup quarter-final against Colombia, returned from captaining Brazil for the first time in victories over Colombia and Ecuador without a recurrence of his injury problems.
"Pressure and strategy are two of Bilbao's great weapons," Enrique added. "We will try to counteract that and the players have been warned.

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"They don't hesitate. They go on the attack and dominate many aspects of the game."
Bilbao finished fourth last season and are one of four Spanish teams competing in the the Champions League group stages, starting at home to Ukraine's Shakhtar Donetsk on Wednesday.
Barcelona are in Champions League action on the same night, at home Cyprus's Apoel Nicosia.