Guardiola gave three players their first-team debuts during last Sunday's match with Real Mallorca having clinched the Primera Division title 24 hours previously when second-placed Real Madrid lost to Villarreal.

And the Barca coach looks set to keep faith with the youngsters after including Jeffren Suarez, Xavi Torres, Abraham, Alberto Botia and Marc Muniesa for tonight's match.

Guardiola has also called up his entire first-team squad for the fixture as Barca will be awarded the Primera Division title in front of their own fans at the Nou Camp, but it remains to be seen how many of them will be involved in the match itself.

Guardiola rested seven senior players for the Mallorca game in the wake of Madrid's defeat, and afterward the match suggested he would be doing likewise against Osasuna ahead of the Champions League final against Manchester United.

The Barca boss will announce closer to kick-off tonight which players he will be omitting, but Thierry Henry, Dani Alves, Andres Iniesta, Rafael Marquez and Gabriel Milito are all almost certainly out through injury.