Benjamin Pavard is set to miss the tie after suffering a sprained ankle in last weekend’s loss to Roma. He had played the most Champions League minutes of any outfielder in Simone Inzaghi’s squad and scored what proved to be the winning goal as Inter edged Bayern Munich 4-3 on aggregate in the quarter-finals.

Meanwhile, Raphina is 9/5 with Paddy Power and Betfair to score for Barca and Lautaro Martinez is 14/5 with Unibet and BetMGM to do so for Inter. • Mirra Andreeva is a rising star in tennis and she can write another impressive entry in her CV by beating Coco Gauff at the Madrid Open at 4/5 with SpreadEx and Sporting Index.

Strange things happen when Inter Milan plays Barcelona in the Champions League semifinals. The last time the two teams met in the final four of Europe’s elite club competition, in 2010, Barcelona had to make a 15-hour journey by bus to Milan and lost that first leg 3-1.