Benfica vs Barcelona Prediction, Lineups & Odds

By Richard Clarke, Football Analyst | Published: 3 months ago | Last Updated: Mar 6, 01:49 | 4 min read

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Football UEFA Champions League Estadio da Luz Thu 6 Mar 03:00

FC Barcelona

  1. Prediction
  2. Odds
  3. Stats
  4. Team News
  5. Lineups
  6. Injuries
  7. Squads
  8. Table

Barca Look a Great Bet to Land Victory

Benfica and Barcelona clash at Estadio da Luz in the first leg of this Champions League round of 16 match-up.

The 1.80 about Barcelona beating Benfica makes lots of appeal and the La Liga club are our betting prediction on the Full-Time Result market. Hopefully this can secure a profit.

Match Preview & H2H

Benfica boasted 73% possession and had fourteen shots on target in their last game, beating Boavista 3-0 at home. This was a Primeira Liga match at Estadio da Luz, with Andrea Belotti, Vangelis Pavlidis and Orkun Kokcu on the scoresheet.

Barcelona won 4-0 when hosting Real Sociedad in their previous match. Hans-Dieter Flick's team enjoyed 76% possession and had ten shots on target, with Gerard Martin, Marc Casado, Ronald Araujo and Robert Lewandowski finding the net in the La Liga clash at Estadio Olimpico Lluis Companys.

In their most recent Champions League encounters, Benfica drew 3-3 at home with Monaco, while Barca played out a 2-2 draw when hosting Atalanta.

When these two teams last clashed, Barca bagged the away victory. Defeating Benfica by a 5-4 scoreline. The previous 3 H2H matches have involved a win for Benfica, a victory for Barca and a draw.

Benfica – Last 10 League Games

7 wins and 3 losses, averaging 2.1 goals from 7.3 shots on goal and 16.8 attempts. Benfica have had 60.2% possession, 508.1 passes and 7.8 corners per game. On average, their opponents have scored 1.0 goals from 2.7 shots on goal and 7.0 attempts, while being awarded 2.5 corners.

Vangelis Pavlidis leads the way with 5 goals, with Angel Di Maria and Leandro Barreiro getting 3 apiece. Kerem Akturkoglu, Zeki Amdouni and Vangelis Pavlidis have the most assists with 2, while goalie Anatoliy Trubin has recorded 4 clean sheets.

Barcelona – Last 10 League Games

Barca have 6 victories, 2 defeats and 2 draws, with an average of 17.3 attempts, 5.9 shots on goal and 2.3 goals. The Catalan club average 69.3% possession, 626.0 passes, 7.7 corners in their favour and 3.4 corners against, while 0.8 goals have been conceded from 3.0 shots on goal and 6.9 attempts.

Robert Lewandowski has scored 6, followed by Ferran Torres and Fermin Lopez with 3 goals apiece. Lamine Yamal has been chief assist maker on 3, with Wojciech Szczesny recording 4 clean sheets in the previous 10 games.

Confirmed Lineups

Benfica confirmed lineup (4-3-3): Anatoliy Trubin (GK), Tomas Araujo, Antonio Silva, Nicolas Otamendi, Alvaro Carreras, Fredrik Aursnes, Leandro Barreiro, Orkun Kokcu, Kerem Akturkoglu, Vangelis Pavlidis, Andreas Schjelderup.

Barcelona confirmed lineup (4-2-3-1): Wojciech Szczesny (GK), Jules Kounde, Pau Cubarsi, Inigo Martinez, Alejandro Balde, Frenkie de Jong, Pedri, Lamine Yamal, Dani Olmo, Raphinha, Robert Lewandowski.

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Expert Champions League Analysis

Knowing the players that are injured give us a helping hand when putting together football betting tips. Once we’ve also looked at the form guide, we use the available stats and make predictions.

Key Benfica vs Barcelona stats:

  • Benfica have conceded 2 or more goals in 5 of their last 10 home matches
  • Barcelona have not lost any of their last 15 matches
  • Barcelona have won 7 of their past 10 away matches
  • Barcelona have scored 2 or more goals in 18 of their 26 La Liga matches this season

Benfica vs Barcelona Prediction

The bet we really like for this Champions League game is the away team on the 1x2 betting market. Our prediction is trading at 1.80 and this looks great value.

Barca -1.5 goals on the Asian Handicap market means that you get a bigger price but need the visitors to win by two or more.

Our Pick

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Benfica vs Barcelona Odds

Bookies favourites Barcelona are regarded as the likeliest winners for this Champions League game and the 1.80 about them triumphing means a 56% chance of winning based on their current betting odds. Benfica are regarded as the least likely winner at 3.75.

The Total Goals market reveals that Over 2.5 Goals is the current betting favourite. Should you expect both teams score, then the BTTS Yes option is available at 1.44

Head over to the Bet Builder and you’ll find all the popular football betting site markets available. Champions League selections can then be combined together in a same-game accumulator which you can cheer on.

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Team Stats

Latest Champions League and domestic league stats. Full Time Result, Goals, Corners and Possession.

Benfica logo Benfica Betting Stats

Barcelona logo Barcelona Betting Stats

Full time Result

  • 13 wins, 4 defeats and 3 draws in previous 20 matches
  • 7 wins, 2 defeats and 1 draws in previous 10 home matches

Full time Results

  • 12 wins, 4 defeats and 4 draws in previous 20 matches
  • 7 wins, 1 defeats and 2 draws in previous 10 away matches

Goals

Goals

Benfica

Barcelona

Goals / match
2.2 3
Conceded / match
1 1
Total / match
3.2 4

Corners

Corners

Benfica

Barcelona

For / match
6.6 6.6
Against / match
3 3.6
Total / match
9.6 10.2

Possession

Possession

Top Scorers & Assists

Top Scorers & Assists

Team News

It’s good to know about any injuries and this is reflected in our Benfica vs Barcelona team news, with this leading to predicted and confirmed lineups.

Getting the player information you need is easy thanks to the Champions League squads.

Benfica vs Barcelona Lineups

Benfica Confirmed Lineup 4-3-3

Barcelona Confirmed Lineup 4-2-3-1

Benfica Confirmed Lineup 4-3-3

1 Anatoliy Trubin
44 Tomas Araujo 4 Antonio Silva 30 Nicolas Otamendi 3 Alvaro Carreras
8 Fredrik Aursnes 18 Leandro Barreiro 10 Orkun Kokcu
17 Kerem Akturkoglu 14 Vangelis Pavlidis 21 Andreas Schjelderup
25 Wojciech Szczesny
23 Jules Kounde 2 Pau Cubarsi 5 Inigo Martinez 3 Alejandro Balde
21 Frenkie de Jong 8 Pedri
19 Lamine Yamal 20 Dani Olmo 11 Raphinha
9 Robert Lewandowski

Barcelona Confirmed Lineup 4-2-3-1

Benfica Substitutes

  • 9Arthur Cabral
  • 19Andrea Belotti
  • 24Samuel Soares
  • 25Gianluca Prestianni
  • 26Samuel Dahl
  • 60Nuno Felix
  • 71Leandro Santos
  • 79Hugo Felix
  • 81Adrian Bajrami
  • 84Joao Rego
  • 85Renato Sanches
  • 86Diogo Prioste

Barcelona Substitutes

  • 4Ronald Araujo
  • 7Ferran Torres
  • 10Ansu Fati
  • 13Inaki Pena
  • 14Pablo Torre
  • 16Fermin Lopez
  • 17Marc Casado
  • 18Pau Victor
  • 24Eric Garcia
  • 31Diego Kochen
  • 32Hector Fort
  • 35Gerard Martin

Previous Benfica Lineups

23 Feb Primeira Liga
Benfica 3-0 Boavista
19 Feb Champions League
Benfica 3-3 Monaco
16 Feb Primeira Liga
Santa Clara 0-1 Benfica

Previous Barcelona Lineups

02 Mar La Liga
Barcelona 4-0 Real Sociedad
26 Feb Copa del Rey
Barcelona 4-4 Atlético Madrid
23 Feb La Liga
Las Palmas 0-2 Barcelona

The Benfica vs Barcelona lineups are available before kick-off, with the predicted lineups showing first and they are followed by confirmed starting 11s.

Injuries & Suspensions

Benfica Injury Table

Type Name Info
No players are currently reported injured or suspended.
Angel Di Maria Hamstring
Manuel Jorge Silva ACL injury
Alexander Bah ACL injury
Renato Sanches Thigh injury
Tiago Gouveia Shoulder injury

Barcelona Injury Table

Type Name Info
No players are currently reported injured or suspended.
Andreas Christensen Foot injury
Marc Bernal ACL injury

Team Squads

Benfica Squad

Barcelona Squad

Check out the latest injuries and suspensions. You can find out the length of absence for each player, with injury news being updated regularly.

Get the important stats for every player thanks to our team-by-team squad information.

UEFA FlagTables & Standings

Champions League

# Team G W D L +/- P
1 Liverpool 8 7 0 1 17:5 21
2 Barcelona 8 6 1 1 28:13 19
3 Arsenal 8 6 1 1 16:3 19
4 Inter Milan 8 6 1 1 11:1 19
5 Atlético Madrid 8 6 0 2 20:12 18
6 Leverkusen 8 5 1 2 15:7 16
7 Lille 8 5 1 2 17:10 16
8 Aston Villa 8 5 1 2 13:6 16
9 Atalanta 8 4 3 1 20:6 15
10 Dortmund 8 5 0 3 22:12 15
11 Real Madrid 8 5 0 3 20:12 15
12 Bayern Munich 8 5 0 3 20:12 15
13 AC Milan 8 5 0 3 14:11 15
14 PSV 8 4 2 2 16:12 14
15 PSG 8 4 1 3 14:9 13
16 Benfica 8 4 1 3 16:12 13
17 Monaco 8 4 1 3 13:13 13
18 Brest 8 4 1 3 10:11 13
19 Feyenoord 8 4 1 3 18:21 13
20 Juventus 8 3 3 2 9:7 12
21 Celtic 8 3 3 2 13:14 12
22 Man City 8 3 2 3 18:14 11
23 Sporting 8 3 2 3 13:12 11
24 Club Brugge 8 3 2 3 7:11 11
25 Dinamo Zagreb 8 3 2 3 12:19 11
26 Stuttgart 8 3 1 4 13:17 10
27 Sh. Donetsk 8 2 1 5 8:16 7
28 Bologna 8 1 3 4 4:9 6
29 Crvena Zvezda 8 2 0 6 13:22 6
30 Sturm Graz 8 2 0 6 5:14 6
31 Sparta Prague 8 1 1 6 7:21 4
32 RB Leipzig 8 1 0 7 8:15 3
33 Girona 8 1 0 7 5:13 3
34 RB Salzburg 8 1 0 7 5:27 3
35 Slovan Bratislava 8 0 0 8 7:27 0
36 Young Boys 8 0 0 8 3:24 0
# Team G W D L +/- P
1 Bayern Munich 4 4 0 0 14:3 12
2 Liverpool 4 4 0 0 10:1 12
3 Arsenal 4 4 0 0 9:0 12
4 Inter Milan 4 4 0 0 9:0 12
5 Leverkusen 4 4 0 0 9:0 12
6 Barcelona 4 3 1 0 14:3 10
7 Lille 4 3 1 0 11:4 10
8 Celtic 4 3 1 0 10:3 10
9 PSV 4 3 1 0 11:5 10
10 Aston Villa 4 3 1 0 7:2 10
11 Dortmund 4 3 0 1 13:5 9
12 Real Madrid 4 3 0 1 14:7 9
13 Monaco 4 3 0 1 10:5 9
14 Atlético Madrid 4 3 0 1 8:6 9
15 AC Milan 4 3 0 1 7:5 9
16 Man City 4 2 2 0 11:4 8
17 PSG 4 2 1 1 7:5 7
18 Sporting 4 2 1 1 8:7 7
19 Brest 4 2 1 1 4:5 7
20 Club Brugge 4 2 1 1 3:4 7
21 Juventus 4 2 0 2 5:4 6
22 Feyenoord 4 2 0 2 8:9 6
23 Sturm Graz 4 2 0 2 2:3 6
24 Sh. Donetsk 4 2 0 2 5:9 6
25 Atalanta 4 1 2 1 7:3 5
26 Dinamo Zagreb 4 1 2 1 4:6 5
27 Benfica 4 1 1 2 9:8 4
28 Stuttgart 4 1 1 2 7:8 4
29 Bologna 4 1 1 2 3:4 4
30 Crvena Zvezda 4 1 0 3 10:11 3
31 Girona 4 1 0 3 5:6 3
32 RB Leipzig 4 1 0 3 6:8 3
33 Sparta Prague 4 1 0 3 4:9 3
34 Slovan Bratislava 4 0 0 4 4:14 0
35 Young Boys 4 0 0 4 1:11 0
36 RB Salzburg 4 0 0 4 1:13 0

Portugal FlagPrimeira Liga 2024/2025

# Team G W D L +/- P
1 Sporting 34 25 7 2 88:27 82
2 Benfica 34 25 5 4 84:28 80
3 Porto 34 22 5 7 65:30 71
4 Braga 34 19 9 6 55:30 66
5 Santa Clara 34 17 6 11 36:32 57
6 Vitória 34 14 12 8 47:37 54
7 Famalicão 34 12 11 11 44:39 47
8 Estoril 34 12 10 12 48:53 46
9 Casa Pia 34 12 9 13 39:44 45
10 Moreirense 34 10 10 14 42:50 40
11 Rio Ave 34 9 11 14 39:55 38
12 Arouca 34 9 11 14 35:49 38
13 Gil Vicente 34 8 10 16 34:47 34
14 Nacional 34 9 7 18 32:50 34
15 Estrela 34 7 8 19 24:50 29
16 AVS 34 5 12 17 25:60 27
17 Farense 34 6 9 19 25:46 27
18 Boavista 34 6 6 22 24:59 24

Spain FlagLa Liga 2024/2025

# Team G W D L +/- P
1 Barcelona 38 28 4 6 102:39 88
2 Real Madrid 38 26 6 6 78:38 84
3 Atlético Madrid 38 22 10 6 68:30 76
4 Athletic Club 38 19 13 6 54:29 70
5 Villarreal 38 20 10 8 71:51 70
6 Real Betis 38 16 12 10 57:50 60
7 Celta Vigo 38 16 7 15 59:57 55
8 Rayo Vallecano 38 13 13 12 41:45 52
9 Osasuna 38 12 16 10 48:52 52
10 Mallorca 38 13 9 16 35:44 48
11 Real Sociedad 38 13 7 18 35:46 46
12 Valencia 38 11 13 14 44:54 46
13 Getafe 38 11 9 18 34:39 42
14 Espanyol 38 11 9 18 40:51 42
15 Alavés 38 10 12 16 38:48 42
16 Girona 38 11 8 19 44:60 41
17 Sevilla 38 10 11 17 42:55 41
18 Leganés 38 9 13 16 39:56 40
19 Las Palmas 38 8 8 22 40:61 32
20 Real Valladolid 38 4 4 30 26:90 16

An up-to-date table is available and we recommend you check out Champions League standings to see which teams are challenging near the top and bottom.

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