FIFA Club World Cup Final 2015: Barca vs. River Plate Live Stream, Form Guide

Barcelona take on River Plate in the 2015 FIFA Club World Cup final on Sunday at the International Stadium Yokohama as they seek to win their fifth trophy of the year.

The Blaugrana have already won La Liga, the Copa del Rey, the UEFA Super Cup and the UEFA Champions League—the tournament that allowed them to qualify for the Club World Cup—in 2015, and they can make it almost a clean sweep of silverware for the calendar year if they beat the Copa Libertadores champions.

There will be plenty of South American flair on show when these two sides meet, and that's just from Barca's sublime attacking trio of Lionel Messi, Luis Suarez and Neymar.

The pair are comfortably the two strongest teams of the competition, so Sunday's final—dubbed as "South America's artists vs. South America's workmen" by Reuters (h/t Eurosport)—should be a fascinating encounter.

Here are the viewing details you need, along with a closer look at the shape these two teams find themselves in.

Date: Sunday, Dec. 20

Time: 10:30 a.m. GMT (5:30 a.m. ET, 7:30 p.m. local)

TV: Fox Sports 1 USA

Live Stream: Fox Sports Go

Form Guide

The Catalan giants secured passage to the final with a comfortable 3-0 win over Chinese Super League champions Guangzhou Evergrande, thanks to a magnificent hat-trick from Suarez that extended their unbeaten streak to 15 games.

Barca will be hoping for a repeat performance from their potent Uruguayan hit man on Sunday.

Coach Luis Enrique was full of praise for the 28-year-old after Thursday's win, per the club's official Twitter feed:

Indeed, the hat-trick against Guangzhou showcased his many talents perfectly.

His first goal—a tap-in following a rebound from Ivan Rakitic—showed great predatory instincts, while his volleyed second required great movement and technique to pull off. Suarez rounded out the trio of strikes with a coolly struck penalty.

Football journalist Rafael Hernandez was in awe of the forward:

Of course, Barca will be hoping to have at least one of Messi and Neymar back in the starting lineup, as the former has been absent due to illness and the latter has been on the bench following an injury.

The club confirmed on their official website that Messi missed Friday's training session, but the Brazilian continues to work his way back to fitness:

The Blaugrana players are well aware of the challenge they face from River Plate—none more so than Javier Mascherano, who grew up supporting them.

Per Barca's official website, he said:

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We want to win the final, but it will not be easy. Our opponents are very competitive and they are used to playing in and winning finals. Let’s hope it is a good game.

In that sense, I am cool. At the moment I am a Barça man and I want to win. I don’t like playing against River [his boyhood club] but we are excited about playing well and winning.

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River had a more difficult time in their semi-final against Sanfrecce Hiroshima, but the Argentinians nevertheless prevailed, 1-0.

The win was just their fourth in their last 12 games, but their players will likely put that aside when they take the field in the showpiece event on Sunday.

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Per Eurosport, Lucas Alario, who headed home the decisive goal against Sanfrecce, said: "All of this is new to me. It's a dream for someone like me, who's always had to fight their way up from the bottom."

Marcelo Gallardo's side will likely attempt to make life difficult for Barca by sitting back and trying to threaten on the break and nick a narrow win.

The approach looked to be going fairly well for Guangzhou in the early stages of the match on Thursday as they defended resolutely, but once the first goal went in, it was fairly straightforward for Barcelona from there.

Even missing their two best players, the Blaugrana then made short work of the Chinese side. With at least Neymar likely to be restored to the starting XI on Sunday, they'll have yet another pick to unlock River's defence.

Expect a motivated Barcelona to see out the win here.