Good evening and welcome to Eurosport's LIVE coverage of the La Liga fixture between Barcelona and Espanyol. We'll bring you all the action as it happens at the Camp Nou. Kick off is at 20:00 GMT.

'Xavi, Xavi!' The Camp Nou chants the name of their new manager. It's fair to say there are great expectations of the former midfielder as Barcelona boss. Can he live up to them?

Shot is blocked! Akhomach cuts inside on to his left foot just inside the opposition penalty area, but the block is made before the ball could make its way through on goal!

What is notable early on is that Frenkie de Jong is playing in a more advanced position than Ronald Koeman deployed him in. The Dutch midfielder is making attacking runs!

First shot! Memphis tests Lopez with a volley from the edge of the box, but it was always going to be difficult for the Dutch attacker to beat the Espanyol goalkeeper from that situation!

What sort of match will we witness this evening? Can Xavi get his Barcelona tenure as manager off to a winning start? It’s a derby match so anything could happen!

The match is under way! It's Barcelona against Espanyol in this La Liga fixture!

Okay, here we go. We are about to get under way at the Camp Nou. Kick off is moments away!

The players are out on the pitch at the Camp Nou and Xavi has applauded the home fans. He's back!

It will be interesting to see how this Barcelona team respond to their new manager in his first match at the helm!

Not long until kick off at the Camp Nou. There is a great deal of excitement and anticipation around the famous old stadium ahead of this one. How will Xavi start his Barca managerial tenure?

Akmocach starts! We had a sense that Xavi would favour youth and we already have proof of that in form of Ilias Akhomach who has been handed his Barcelona debut this evening!

Xavi is here! At long last, Xavi will take charge of his first match as Barcelona manager. This has felt like a long time in the making. A derby match for the new man in charge tonight!

I'm Graham Ruthven and you can catch me on Twitter ahead of the match to let me know your thoughts. Will Xavi get a win on his debut as Barcelona boss? Tweet me - @grahamruthven!

TEAM NEWS: Barcelona - Ter Stegen; Mingueza, GarcIa, Piqué, Alba; Busquets, Nico, F De Jong; Gavi, Akhomach, Memphis. /// Espanyol - Lopez; Vidal, Gomez, Cabrera, Pedrosa; D. Lopez, Darder; Herrera, Puado, Embarba; De Tomas.