Barcelona travels to Lisbon for the second time in six weeks when she competes against Benfica in 16.6 16th Champions League.
Barcelonas Barnstorming 5: 4 victory on the Iberian Peninsula in January helped them achieve a second place in the league, which meant that they had avoided the play-off round. On the contrary, Benfica was forced to endure two additional games, and was frightened by Ligue 1 Monaco 1-0 for winning the away bone.
The hosts had a lot of time because their youngest Primeira Liga duel was postponed with Gli Vicente. They were last in action on February 26 when they defeated Braga 1-0.
Barcelona didn’t enjoy such a luxury at the weekend, but they achieved a emphatic 4-0 victory over Real Sociedad, who ensured that they stayed on La League’s summit. Hansi Flick’s team stuttered towards the end of 2024, but they are unbeaten in 2025 and have one of the strongest candidates on their way in this competition.
Here is 90 minutes Guide to Barcelona’s trip to Benfica in the 16th round of the Champions League.
Benfica against Barcelona head-to-head record (last five games)
Current form (all competitions)
Benfica | Barcelona |
|---|---|
Benfica 1-0 Braga – 26/02/25 | Barcelona 4-0 Real Sociedad – 02/03/25 |
Benfica 3-0 Boavista – 22/02/25 | Barcelona 4-4 Atletico Madrid – 25/02/25 |
Benfica 3-3 Monaco – 18/02/25 | Las Palmas 0-2 Barcelona – 22/2/25 |
Santa Clara 0-1 Benfica – 15/02/25 | Barcelona 1-0 Rayo Vallecano – 17/2/25 |
Monaco 0-1 Benfica – 12/02/25 | Seville 1-4 Barcelona – 9/2/25 |
country | TV channel/live stream |
|---|---|
United Kingdom | Discovery+, Discovery+ App, TNT Sports 3 |
United States | Paramount+, Tudn.com, Univision Now, Tudn App, Tudn USA, Unimás |
Canada | Dazn Canada |
The hosts are on Wednesday evening without a few remarkable names through injuries. The former winger of Real Madrid, Angel di Maria, misses a knee tendon problem, while Florentino Luis is also failing.
Alexander Bah and Manu Silva are on the road for the season after having torn their ACLs in the same game last month. Tiago Gouveia continues to strengthen a shoulder injury.
Vangelis Pavlidis has seen in the shape in the red and achieved a hat trick at the previous meeting between the two clubs. He will start the top for Benfica in Lisbon.
Benfica predicted the line-up against Barcelona (4-3-3): Truubin; Araujo, Silva, Otamendi, Carreras; Aursnes, Barreiro, Kokcu; Akturkoglu, Pavlidis, Schjeldup.
It was a frustrating campaign for Andreas Christensen, and the former Chelsea defender is used for another magic on the side due to a muscle injury. It is only expected until April at the earliest.
Ronald Araujo was on the scoresheet at the weekend, but was able to get out of the start -xi in Lisbon on Wednesday. Flick seems to prefer the central defenders of Pau Comatarsi and Inigo Martinez. Araujo also scored his own goal on his previous visit to the Portuguese capital.
Marc Bernal and Marc-Andre Ter Stegen are down for visitors, but there is hope that Gavi will shake off an illness in good time.
Barcelona predicted the line-up against Benfica (4-2-3-1): Szczesny; Kounde, Comatarsi, Martinez, Balde; De Jong, Pedri; Yamal, Olmo, Raphinha; Lewandowski.
These two teams have set the bar incredibly high in view of what they produced in the league. A late Raphinha strike in the break sealed a remarkable 5: 4 victory for Barca.
Barca’s impressive form continued on the weekend, and although there may be some concerns about the player’s potential burnout this semester, the Catalonians currently look fresh. Your superstars purr and Benfica has little chance to slow them down.
Visitors will probably give the chances of the Pavlidis, which is in the form of Pavlidis, which runs excellently in the butt, but Barca will certainly make a concerted effort to ensure that he does not run any turmoil. Appreciate goals on Wednesday with a more comfortable Barca victory.