Benfica vs Barcelona Prediction: Match Preview and Analysis - Champions League

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Benfica

4 - 5

FT

FC Barcelona

Estádio do Sport Lisboa e Benfica
Danny Desmond Makkelie
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Jan 19, 2025

In the seventh round of the first phase of the Champions League, there is a match that better than any other embodies the prestige and glory of the top European competition and that is the one that will see Benfica and Barcelona face off. Like almost all thirty-two participants in the Champions League, the two teams, 180 minutes from the end of the games, still don't know their fate. Benfica is fifteenth and still has all the chances open: that of direct passage into the top eight (difficult), the most likely one of the playoffs but also that of elimination. Barcelona, ​​on the other hand, second alone, has a decidedly better prospect because it has already earned survival and, most likely, also the direct Round of 16. This implies that the pressure, especially after the last 0-0 of the Champions League at home against Bologna, will be on the Portuguese Eagles who, however, are in form in the league, have started 2025 great and are looking for at least one point. Barcelona, ​​on the other hand, is not finding consistency in the league but in the rest of the competitions, so it wouldn't be surprising if, even without the sacred fire, they managed to play another great European match this season with the enormous technique of their men.

 

Benfica's shape and key statistics

Benfica's Champions League, with 3 wins, 1 draw and 2 losses, has been sufficient so far, although it weighs on the Eagles for having started with 2 wins in the first 2, which had made the Portuguese foresee an easier path.

Ahead of Tuesday's match, however, Benfica will present themselves very well, fresh from a 4-0 win in the league against Famalicao, which adds a nice piece to an excellent cycle of 4 games that saw the victory in the Portuguese League Cup against Sporting, defeated on penalties.

Overall, Benfica's home performance has also been good, having won 8 of their last 10 games, drawing 1 and losing only against Braga at the beginning of January.

 

Barcelona's shape and key statistics

4 wins and 1 draw in the last 5 after a landslide victory over Real Madrid in the Spanish Super Cup would seem to be a snapshot of a perfect moment for Barcelona, ​​who instead had to suffer another disappointment in La Liga in the draw against Getafe which distances the Blaugrana from the top, now 7 points away.

Their performance in the Champions League has been excellent, however, where the Catalans have collected 5 wins in 6 games, scoring like no other team: 21 goals in 6 matches, an average of 3.5 per game.

The top scorer (of the competition and therefore of the team) is Robert Lewandowski, who has already scored 7 times in this Champions League.

 

Match Prediction and Tactical Overview

The immediate prospect we see for this match, especially considering Benfica's excellent moment and its good internal record, is to see both teams score: the Eagles are doing very well, they are scoring a lot, at home they can always have their say and they will face the best attack of the tournament which, in the Champions League, for now, is performing at a very high level. The BetMines algorithm prediction therefore sees both Benfica and Barcelona scoring.

 

  • The BetMines algorithm prediction for the Benfica - Barcelona match predicts that both teams will score at least one goal at 60%
  • The BetMines algorithm prediction for the Benfica - Barcellnoa match predicts that at least one of the two teams will not score any goals at 40%.

 

Benfica - Barcelona predicted lineups

Benfica (4-3-3): Trubin; Bah, Silva, Otamendi, Carreras; Aursnes, Florentino, Kokçu; Di Maria, Pavlidis; Akturcoglu. Coach: Lage.

Barcelona (4-2-3-1): Inaki Pena; Koundé, Cubarsi, Araujo, Baldé; Casado, Pedri; Yamal, Gavi, Raphinha; Lewandowski. Coach: Flick.

Benfica vs FC Barcelona - Predictions

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Benfica vs FC Barcelona: Pre-match Stats Comparison

This section provides average statistics and percentages on the main markets for the last 10 matches of both teams

Benfica

FC Barcelona

Under

Over

Under

Over

0.5

0%

0

100%

10

0%

0

100%

10

1.5

10%

1

90%

9

10%

1

90%

9

2.5

30%

3

70%

7

30%

3

70%

7

3.5

50%

5

50%

5

40%

4

60%

6

4.5

80%

8

20%

2

60%

6

40%

4

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Standings of Benfica and FC Barcelona in Champions League

Other
  • Over/Under 2nd Half
  • Over/Under Corner
  • Both Teams to score
  • BTTS - Half Time
  • BTTS - 2nd Half
  • Three way results

League Stage - Ranking

Team

MP

W

D

L

G

Pts

2

FC Barcelona

8

6

1

1

28:13

19

16

Benfica

8

4

1

3

16:12

13

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