The French league leaders are looking to try and book what would be only their second ever appearance in the last four of Europe's elite tournament.
They previously made the semi-finals in 1995, when coincidentally they disposed of Barca in the quarter-finals.
Barca come into the game with relatively poor recent away form - by their own high standards, having won just twice from their last eight matches on the road.
However, the Catalan giants have won their last six Champions League quarter-finals and their last defeat at this stage came back in 2003 against Juventus.
And the Spanish side are also boosted by the return of their coach Tito Vilanova - who will be on the bench for the first time this year after he returned from America last week following cancer treatment.
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- PSG are boosted by the fact that their talismanic striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic is available after his two-game European suspension was reduced to a single-match ban.
- Lucas Moura is fit again following a back complaint and looks certain to start along with Ezequiel Lavezzi, who was rested at the weekend.
- Italian Thiago Motta is ruled out with a groin injury, but compatriot Marco Verratti has also served his European ban and will line up alongside Blaise Matuidi in central midfield.
- David Beckham will look to get some action from the substitutes' bench.
- Javier Mascherano, Sergio Busquets, Andres Iniesta and David Villa were all rested at the weekend - but will all return.
- Xavi and Jordi Alba have also made the trip to the French capital after they recovered from hamstring problems.
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Striker Pedro will be missing through suspension, whilst injury forced Carles Puyol and Adriano to remain in Barcelona.
Victor Valdes will be recalled in goal after being suspended for league action at the weekend.
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