Barcelona playing their Champions League group closer with Borussia Monchengladbach at the Camp Nou will give Lionel Messi the chance to leapfrog Cristiano Ronaldo is one of the many battles between the pair.
Confirmed as starting the game, the Argentine knows that his Ballon d'Or rival holds that goalscoring record for the first stage of the competition and can surpass the tally on Tuesday night.
With nine goals already bagged in Group C, Messi can overtake Ronaldo's best of 11 with a hat-trick against Borussia, a feat all the more remarkable given that he missed the return trip to Germany through injury.
Los Blancos, meanwhile, play at the Estadio Santiago Bernabeu on Wednesday night needing a win to finish top of their group, by which time Ronaldo will know if his 2015/16 goalscoring return will be enough to hold onto the record, although he's only bagged twice this time around.
