Barcelona will be out to sustain their seemingly unstoppable momentum towards the Primera Division title when they head to Eibar on Sunday. Head coach Luis Enrique rotated the defence away to Rayo Vallecano on Thursday, but his attack again delivered a familiar devastating performance as Lionel Messi plundered a hat-trick in the 5-1 win over relegation-battling hosts who ended the match with only nine men.Defender Dani Alves is set to return at the Ipurua stadium following a suspension, while Jordi Alba should come in again at left-back having been rested. Forward Neymar, though, will miss out because of his one-match ban so Turkey international Arda Turan is expected to fill in on the left, having come off the bench to score his first Barcelona goal with a late fifth against Rayo Vallecano.After extending their unbeaten run to a Spanish record 35 games - and with one foot already in the quarter-finals of the Champions League after a 2-0 first-leg victory at Arsenal - Barcelona look well set for another successful end to the campaign.Eibar, meanwhile, have suffered three defeats in a row, leaving them in eighth and off the pace for the European places. Highlights of Barcelonas record breaking win as they win 5-1 at Rayo Vallecano to extend their unbeaten run to 35 matches, a new Spanish record Indeed, a 2-0 home win over Levante on February 14 was their only positive result out of the past seven matches.Nevertheless, Barcelona utility man Sergi Roberto maintains the leaders cannot just expect to turn up and record another comfortable win.Ipurua will also be a very tough game, but we will be going there with the idea of winning another three points, he said.We hope we can continue our unbeaten run because that means we will be getting more points. Sky Sports Spanish football expert Guillem Balague believes Barcelona can become the greatest side of all time Andres Iniesta feels the Barcelona squad must remain focused on the next objective in front of them and not yet dream of any prizes which may await.The team is in fine spirit. We taking things step by step, but they are solid steps, Iniesta told Barcelonas official website.Eibar went down 1-0 at Sevilla on Wednesday night, when defender Lillo was sent off with just two minutes left after collecting a second yellow card.Despite poor recent form, midfielder Adrian Gonzalez is convinced Jose Luis Mendilibars squad can get things right to secure a positive end to a campaign, which would ultimately mean retaining top-flight status. Guillem Balague takes a look at the stories making the headlines in Spain this week What we are clear on is that we are just a couple of games away from ensuring our stay, he said on Eibars website.We go slowly, step by step, and even when we have been sitting in the European places this (survival) has been our immediate goal.Our approach is to get the necessary points and then we will see how far the team goes.Watch Eibar v Barcelona live on Sunday, 2.55pm, Sky Sports 2 HD. Gerald Green Jersey . 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Thats the most I got ripped by him since Ive been here and it sparked us all.Devon Hall added 12 points for the Cavaliers (7-0), who trailed by as many as 16 points in the first half and didnt take the lead for good until Marial Shayoks baseline runner made it 59-57 with 1:58 remaining.The Buckeyes (6-1) trailed 63-61 when Shayok missed two free throws with 10.5 seconds left. Coach Thad Matta called a timeout with 6.5 seconds to play, but JaQuan Lyle couldnt find an open teammate as the clock ran down and launched a 3-point try that missed badly.I hope we take a lot from it because I told them after the game, `Were close, but were not there yet, Matta said.As the Cavaliers rallied in the second half and the crowd whipped into a frenzy, the Buckeyes hurt their chances with 11 of their season-high 20 turnovers, some of them more caused by carelessness than pressure from Virginia, and they almost all proved costly.As great teams do, they capitalized on every mistake we made down the stretch, Matta said.JaeSean Tate led Ohio State with 14 points and Lyle had 12.BIG PICTUREOhio State: The Buckeyes are knocking on the door of the Top 25 with only one senior on their roster in forward Marc Loving, their third-leading scorer. Matta has lots to work with, especially in Tate, an atthletic, and impressive sophomores C.ddddddddddddJ. 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