Huesca vs. Barcelona: Date, Time, Live Stream, TV Info and Preview

Barcelona kick off their Copa del Rey campaign on Wednesday with a trip to face Segunda B side Huesca, and Luis Enrique's men will be eager to make it six wins on the bounce in all competitions in the fourth-round first leg.

The Catalan giants come into the encounter on the back of a narrow 1-0 away win against Valencia in La Liga on Sunday with Enrique set to make several changes to his starting line-up.

Huesca will be looking to put on a strong performance in front of their home fans at the Estadio El Alcoraz and have themselves won each of their last four matches.

Barca are obviously heavy favourites to build a healthy lead in the tie on Wednesday, but the Copa del Rey has thrown up its fair share of surprises in the past. Read on for all the details of Wednesday's cup encounter.

Date: Wednesday, Dec. 3

Time: 9 p.m. GMT, 4 p.m. ET

TV Info: Sky Sports 5 (UK), beIN Sports (US)

Live Stream: Sky Go, beIN Sports Connect

Preview

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Attacking trio Lionel Messi, Luis Suarez and Neymar will all be missing from the Barca side on Wednesday after being left out of the squad, with Enrique looking to try out some new players against the third-tier side, per a club statement.

However, Andres Iniesta returns to the squad for the first time since he picked up an injury in October's El Clasico against Real Madrid in La Liga, per AS:

The Camp Nou boss has also called up four Barcelona B players: defender Edgar Ie, defensive midfielder Sergi Samper and forwards Sandro and Munir El Haddadi.

There is still set to be plenty of quality on show for Barcelona, and the La Liga giants will be eager to get their Copa campaign off to strong start and take a convincing lead back home for the second leg.

Last season they were beaten in the final of the competition by Real Madrid, partly contributing to their lack of major trophies from the 2013-14 season.

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Enrique is predicting a tough match in north-east Spain and has urged his side to go all the way in this term's Copa, per the Barcelona website: "Huesca will be very motivated to take on Barça and for that reason we have to be at our most intense. The Spanish Cup is a competition in which we want to get as far as possible."

They are certainly in decent form, having beaten the likes of Valencia and Sevilla in recent weeks, but Huesca will offer a wholly different task on Wednesday.

Patience will be the name of the game for Barca against their hosts with Luis Tevenet's men likely to sit deep despite the home advantage.

They have a decent defensive record in Segunda B, having conceded 12 from 14 matches, and they currently sit third in the division, only relinquishing the top spot at the weekend as they did not play.

The reason for their lack of action was that their pitch was waterlogged for the visit of Fuenlabrada, but they have made assurances that the surface will be perfect for the visit of Barca, per Sky Sports.

Thus, Huesca will have the advantage of fresh legs on their side, but they will need luck to fall their way on Wednesday and will need to be clinical if they get any sight of goal.

Over two legs, Barca are the heavy favourites and even with their attacking trio missing on Wednesday—along with the likes of Xavi, Sergio Busquets, Gerard Pique and Javier Mascherano—Enrique's side should pick up a win.

However, Huesca are in fine form and will be looking to make things competitive against their auspicious visitors.