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FC Barcelona v Benfica : Champions League match betting preview, prediction and odds

Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys, Barcelona

We’ve Champions League action to enjoy on Tuesday evening, as Hans-Dieter Flick and his FC Barcelona side host Bruno Lage’s Benfica at the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys. Ahead of the game, it's our goal to help you find the perfect bet for you. To this end, stats for every betting market have been published below, with head-to-head history and statistically significant form streaks highlighted. The best odds are provided too.

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FC Barcelona's next match is v A.Madrid at 20:00 on Sunday 16th March
Benfica's next match is v Rio Ave at 18:00 on Sunday 16th March

The last European Champions League meeting between Barcelona and Benfica was on Tuesday 11th March 2025

European Champions League

March 11th 2025

Barcelona 3	1 Benfica

Raphinha 11'	13' N. Otamendi
L. Yamal Nasraoui Ebana 27'
Raphinha 42'

	BCN BEF
Shots On	6 2
Shots Off	9 3
Corners	1 6
Possession	65% 35%
Fouls	4 8
Yellow/red cards	1/0

Barcelona	Benfica

W. Szczęsny A. Balde Martínez J. Koundé R. Araújo da Silva Í. Martínez Berridi (E. García 87') D. Olmo Carvajal (Pablo Gaviria 70') F. de Jong (M. Casadó Torras 81') P. López Raphinha L. Yamal Nasraoui Ebana (F. Lopez Marin 82') R. Lewandowski (F. Torres García 70')	A. Trubin A. Tavares Silva S. Dahl N. Otamendi (J. Seno Luis Rêgo 84') T. Araújo (A. Belotti 70') O. Kökçü (L. Barreiro Martins 70') F. Morris Luís F. Aursnes (M. Amdouni 56') A. Schjelderup (R. Luz Sanches 56') M. Aktürkoğlu V. Pavlidis

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Best Tip: Barcelona to win

We think there's an outright winner in this game, and it's Barcelona. Their recent form statistics show what they've got in their locker in front of their own fans, and historical head-to-head (H2H) data proves they can get the job done against Benfica too. The odds point towards Hans-Dieter Flick's side claiming victory in the win / draw / win market, and that's our strong prediction for Tuesday evening too.

If you’re looking for a winner in this match, we think Barcelona are the most likely. Our predictive algorithm gives them a 66% chance of victory, and the bookies have them at a best price of 1.36.

Checkout the hundreds of tips picked but our top win/draw/win tipsters

Predictions	Bet365	Coral
Barcelona 66%	9/20 11%	4/9 3%
Draw 17%	17/4	17/4
Benfica 16%	19/4 23%	19/4 18%
Barcelona 2-1 9%	8/1	7/1 7%
Barcelona 3-1 8%	10/1 10%	8/1
Barcelona 2-0 7%	10/1 22%	17/2 12%
Draw 1-1 7%	10/1	9/1 5%
Barcelona 3-0 6%	12/1 30%	10/1 10%
Draw 2-2 6%	12/1 24%	11/1 8%
Barcelona 1-0 5%	14/1 36%	10/1 16%
Barcelona 4-1 5%	14/1	12/1
Barcelona 3-2 5%	16/1 19%	12/1
Benfica 2-1 4%	16/1 11%	14/1 12%
Barcelona 4-0 4%	18/1 27%	14/1 15%
Barcelona 4-2 3%	22/1 21%	18/1
Barcelona 5-1 3%	25/1	20/1 11%
Benfica 1-0 3%	25/1 13%	18/1
Benfica 3-2 2%	28/1 29%	22/1 12%
Over 2.5 Goals 75%	3/10 5%	3/10 4%
Under 2.5 Goals 25%	5/2 13%	11/5 7%
Home 1st Goal 56%	1/3 6%	-
Away 1st Goal 43%	9/4 10%	-
No 1st Goal 1%	28/1 26%	-
BTTS - Yes 67%	4/9 11%	10/21 5%
BTTS - No 33%	13/8 19%	8/5 13%
BTTS - Home Win 40%	11/8 5%	13/10 3%
BTTS - Draw 15%	9/2 8%	9/2
BTTS - Away Win 11%	13/2 20%	13/2 12%
Home/draw 83%	1/7 2%	2/15 3%
Away/draw 34%	13/8 19%	17/10 7%
Home/away 83%	1/6	2/13
Over 1.5 Goals 90%	1/10 2%	1/11 1%
Under 1.5 Goals 10%	6/1 17%	6/1 17%
Over 3.5 Goals 55%	4/5 10%	4/5 6%
Under 3.5 Goals 45%	1/1 11%	19/20 7%
Over 4.5 Goals 35%	7/4 19%	17/10 7%
Under 4.5 Goals 65%	4/9 8%	2/5 3%
Over 5.5 Goals 20%	7/2 18%	7/2 10%
Under 5.5 Goals 80%	1/5 5%	2/11 3%
Over 0.5 Goals 98%	1/80	1/200
Under 0.5 Goals 2%	22/1	18/1 12%
Home DNB 78%	2/11 4%	2/11 4%
Away DNB 28%	7/2 18%	17/5 16%
Barcelona win to nil 26%	12/5 30%	-
Benfica win to nil 5%	14/1	-
Barcelona / Barcelona 39%	11/10 8%	21/20 3%
Barcelona / Benfica 3%	33/1	25/1 10%
Barcelona / Draw 5%	14/1 12%	12/1 13%
Draw / Barcelona 17%	15/4 10%	7/2 7%
Draw / Benfica 6%	12/1 13%	11/1 8%
Draw / Draw 9%	8/1	7/1
Benfica / Barcelona 6%	14/1 12%	12/1 13%
Benfica / Benfica 8%	17/2 21%	7/1 16%
Benfica / Draw 5%	16/1 11%	14/1

Win / draw / win Champions League table

Barcelona have played 8 matches so far this season and lay in 2nd place in the Champions League league table. Barcelona are unbeaten at home after 4 games and have kept 2 clean sheets in those matches.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 9 games against teams below in the table, having won 7, drawn 1 and lost 1 match. They have kept 3 clean sheets and have scored in every game. Barcelona have outscored their opponents by 28 goals to 16 goals.

Home League Performance

Barcelona have played 4 games at home winning 3, drawing 1 and losing 0 games. They have scored 14 goals, kept 2 clean sheets and conceded 3 goals at home.

Benfica are in 16th position in the Champions League on 13 points having played 8 matches so far this season.

Away League Performance

1 of those games has been a losing match. They have conceded 4 goals and kept 2 clean sheets. They have scored 8 goals in total and failed to score in 1 fixture.

Performance against teams above them in the league

4 games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 3 games, drawn 0 and won 1. Benfica have conceded 7 goals, scored 8, failed to score in 2 fixtures and have kept 1 clean sheet.

BTTS yes BTTS no BTTS yes BTTS no Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Over 0.5 Under 0.5 Over 1.5 Under 1.5 Over 2.5 Under 2.5 Over 3.5 Under 3.5 Over 4.5 Under 4.5 Over 5.5 Under 5.5 For 0-0 Against Won Draw Lost	Barcelona Benfica
Results by League Table

	TEAM	PLD	W	D	L	GD	PTS	HOME	AWAY	HOME	AWAY
1	Liverpool	8	7	0	1	12	21	-	-	-	-
2	Barcelona Home	8	6	1	1	15	19	-	-	l 0-1A	l 3-1A
3	Arsenal	8	6	1	1	13	19	-	-	-	-
4	Inter	8	6	1	1	10	19	-	-	-	-
5	A.Madrid	8	6	0	2	8	18	-	-	-	-
6	Leverkusen	8	5	1	2	8	16	-	-	-	-
7	Lille	8	5	1	2	7	16	-	-	-	-
8	A Villa	8	5	1	2	7	16	-	-	-	-
9	Atalanta	8	4	3	1	14	15	-	-	-	-
10	Dortmund	8	5	0	3	10	15	-	-	-	-
11	Real Madrid	8	5	0	3	8	15	-	-	-	-
12	Bayern	8	5	0	3	8	15	-	-	-	-
13	Milan	8	5	0	3	3	15	-	-	-	-
14	PSV	8	4	2	2	4	14	-	-	-	-
15	PSG	8	4	1	3	5	13	-	-	-	-
16	Benfica Away	8	4	1	3	4	13	w 3-1F	w 0-1F	-	-
17	Monaco	8	4	1	3	0	13	-	-	d 3-3F	w 0-1F
18	Brest	8	4	1	3	-1	13	-	-	-	-
19	Feyenoord	8	4	1	3	-3	13	-	-	-	-
20	Juventus	8	3	3	2	2	12	-	-	-	-
21	Celtic	8	3	3	2	-1	12	-	-	-	-
22	Man City	8	3	2	3	4	11	-	-	-	-
23	S. Lisbon	8	3	2	3	1	11	-	-	-	-
24	Brugge	8	3	2	3	-4	11	-	-	-	-
25	D. Zagreb	8	3	2	3	-7	11	-	-	-	-
26	Stuttgart	8	3	1	4	-4	10	-	-	-	-
27	Shakhtar	8	2	1	5	-8	7	-	-	-	-
28	Bologna	8	1	3	4	-5	6	-	-	-	-
29	Red Star Bel.	8	2	0	6	-9	6	-	-	-	-
30	Sturm Graz	8	2	0	6	-9	6	-	-	-	-
31	Sparta	8	1	1	6	-14	4	-	-	-	-
32	RB Leipzig	8	1	0	7	-7	3	-	-	-	-
33	Girona	8	1	0	7	-8	3	-	-	-	-
34	Salzburg	8	1	0	7	-22	3	-	-	-	-
35	S. Bratislava	8	0	0	8	-20	0	-	-	-	-
36	Young Boys	8	0	0	8	-21	0	-	-	-	-

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Win / draw / win form

Benfica have won 3 consecutive away european games

Barcelona have not lost in 8 consecutive european games

Home

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

16 / 20

Conceded

14 / 20

Clean sheets

6 / 20

Failed to score

4 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Barcelona	2 - 2	Atalanta
Barcelona	3 - 0	Brest
Barcelona	4 - 1	Bayern
Barcelona	5 - 0	Young Boys
Barcelona	1 - 4	PSG
Barcelona	3 - 1	Napoli
Barcelona	2 - 1	Porto
Barcelona	2 - 1	Shakhtar
Barcelona	5 - 0	Antwerp
Barcelona	2 - 2	Man Utd
Barcelona	0 - 3	Bayern
Barcelona	3 - 3	Inter
Barcelona	5 - 1	Plzen
Barcelona	2 - 3	E.Frankfurt
Barcelona	0 - 0	Galatasaray
Barcelona	1 - 1	Napoli
Barcelona	0 - 0	Benfica
Barcelona	1 - 0	Dynamo Kyiv
Barcelona	0 - 3	Bayern
Barcelona	1 - 4	PSG

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

19 / 20

Conceded

15 / 20

Clean sheets

5 / 20

Failed to score

1 / 20

Won

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
A	Barcelona	1 - 0	Benfica
H	Barcelona	2 - 2	Atalanta
A	Barcelona	5 - 4	Benfica
A	Barcelona	3 - 2	Dortmund
H	Barcelona	3 - 0	Brest
A	Barcelona	5 - 2	Red Star Bel.
H	Barcelona	4 - 1	Bayern
H	Barcelona	5 - 0	Young Boys
A	Barcelona	1 - 2	Monaco
H	Barcelona	1 - 4	PSG
A	Barcelona	3 - 2	PSG
H	Barcelona	3 - 1	Napoli
A	Barcelona	1 - 1	Napoli
A	Barcelona	2 - 3	Antwerp
H	Barcelona	2 - 1	Porto
A	Barcelona	0 - 1	Shakhtar
H	Barcelona	2 - 1	Shakhtar
A	Barcelona	1 - 0	Porto
H	Barcelona	5 - 0	Antwerp
A	Barcelona	1 - 2	Man Utd

Away

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

16 / 20

Conceded

13 / 20

Clean sheets

7 / 20

Failed to score

4 / 20

Won

AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Monaco	0 - 1	Benfica
Juventus	0 - 2	Benfica
Monaco	2 - 3	Benfica
Bayern	1 - 0	Benfica
Red Star Bel.	1 - 2	Benfica
Marseille	1 - 0	Benfica
Rangers	0 - 1	Benfica
Toulouse	0 - 0	Benfica
Salzburg	1 - 3	Benfica
R.Sociedad	3 - 1	Benfica
Inter	1 - 0	Benfica
Inter	3 - 3	Benfica
Brugge	0 - 2	Benfica
M. Haifa	1 - 6	Benfica
PSG	1 - 1	Benfica
Juventus	1 - 2	Benfica
Dynamo Kyiv	0 - 2	Benfica
Midtjylland	1 - 3	Benfica
Liverpool	3 - 3	Benfica
Ajax	0 - 1	Benfica

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

15 / 20

Conceded

14 / 20

Clean sheets

6 / 20

Failed to score

5 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
H	Benfica	0 - 1	Barcelona
H	Benfica	3 - 3	Monaco
A	Benfica	1 - 0	Monaco
A	Benfica	2 - 0	Juventus
H	Benfica	4 - 5	Barcelona
H	Benfica	0 - 0	Bologna
A	Benfica	3 - 2	Monaco
A	Benfica	0 - 1	Bayern
H	Benfica	1 - 3	Feyenoord
H	Benfica	4 - 0	A.Madrid
A	Benfica	2 - 1	Red Star Bel.
A	Benfica	0 - 1	Marseille
H	Benfica	2 - 1	Marseille
A	Benfica	1 - 0	Rangers
H	Benfica	2 - 2	Rangers
A	Benfica	0 - 0	Toulouse
H	Benfica	2 - 1	Toulouse
A	Benfica	3 - 1	Salzburg
H	Benfica	3 - 3	Inter
A	Benfica	1 - 3	R.Sociedad

Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)

Barcelona

Benfica

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

1 / 3

0 / 3

Clean sheets

3 / 3

2 / 3

BCN

FIXTURE HISTORY AT Barcelona
Draw	0 - 0	Draw
Draw	0 - 0	Draw
Barcelona	2 - 0

Benfica

Barcelona

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

2 / 5

3 / 5

Clean sheets

2 / 5

3 / 5

BCN

BEF

FIXTURE HISTORY AT Benfica
	0 - 1	Barcelona
	4 - 5	Barcelona
Benfica	3 - 0
	0 - 2	Barcelona
Draw	0 - 0	Draw

Goal Statistics

A PG of 2.6 is decent for FC Barcelona in their clash with Benfica, as is their run of scoring 1 goal or more in 37 consecutive Champions League outings.

FC Barcelona's defensive record is very strong, H. Flick's men having conceded 1 or less in 7 consecutive Champions League outings. An average PG rating of 1.3 for Benfica makes sense in this context.

	Barcelona 2nd	Benfica 16th
	Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction	2.6 goals	1.3 goals
	Scoring probability
Scoring probability	1 19% 2 25% 3 22% 4 14% 5+ 20% There is a 81% probability that Barcelona will score 2 or more goals in this match	0 28% 1 36% 2 23% 3 10% 4+ There is a 64% probability that Benfica will score no more than 1 goal

	20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games	-11 Barcelona have scored 11% fewer goals at home than predicted	+28 Benfica have scored 28% more goals when away than predicted
	2.1 average goals scored	1.8 average goals scored
	1.5 conceded	1.0 conceded

Attack defence ratings
Champions League - 2024/2024 season

26%

better

BCN

BEF

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Games scored	19		17
Failed to score	1		3
Scored first	16		16
Goals scored	58		38
Avg. goals scored	2.9		1.9
Avg. shots per game	13		12
Avg. shots per goal	4		6
Conversion rate for	23		16
Avg. XG for	2.4		2.2
KickOff rating		+26%

BCN

BEF

22%

better

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Games conceded	13		9
Clean sheets	7		11
Conceded first	4		3
Goals conceded	24		20
Avg. goals conceded	1.2		1
Avg. shots/game conceded	6		8
Avg. shots/goal conceded	5		8
Conversion rate against	20%		13%
Avg. XG against	1.2		1
KickOff rating		+22%

The line-ups for the Champions League match between Barcelona v Benfica will show here when available.

Barcelona Champions League squad statistics 2024

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
10	11	6	2
J Koundé	Raphinha	Raphinha	I Martínez

Line-up	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
W Szczęsny GLK	4			-
J Koundé DEF	10		3	1 -
R Araújo DEF	4	1		-
I Martínez DEF	8	2	1	2 -
A Balde DEF	9		2	1 -
F Jong MID	9			1 -
Pedri MID	10		2	-
L Yamal MID	9	3	3	-
D Olmo MID	6	1	1	-
Raphinha MID	10	11	6	1 -
R Lewandowski FWD	10	9		-
Subs
D. Kochen GLK				-
I Peña GLK	5			-
E García DEF	5	1		1
H. García DEF	1			-
G. Martín Langreo DEF	5		1	-
Gavi MID	6			1 -
P Torre MID	2			-
F. Lopez Marin MID	7	1	3	1 -
M Torras MID	10		2	1 -
F Torres FWD	7	2	1	1 -
A Fati FWD	3			-
P Victor FWD	5			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
11	15	6	15
Raphinha	L Yamal	Raphinha	Raphinha

Line-up	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
Raphinha MID	11	14	6	15
R Lewandowski FWD	9	13		8
L Yamal MID	3	15	3	8
I Martínez DEF	2	2	1	1
R Araújo DEF	1	1
D Olmo MID	1	4	1	6
J Koundé DEF		2	3	6
A Balde DEF			2	3
Pedri MID		1	2	8
Subs
F Torres FWD	2	5	1	2
E García DEF	1	1
F. Lopez Marin MID	1	6	3	2
G. Martín Langreo DEF			1	2
Gavi MID		1		4
M Torras MID		1	2	8
P Victor FWD				1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
637	33	59
I Martínez	M Torras	L Yamal

Line-up	passes	tackles	duels won
I Martínez DEF	637	9	27
Pedri MID	616	28	58
J Koundé DEF	561	11	33
Raphinha MID	367	14	37
A Balde DEF	351	9	39
F Jong MID	333	8	18
L Yamal MID	305	12	59
R Araújo DEF	269	10	26
R Lewandowski FWD	168	5	40
W Szczęsny GLK	164		2
D Olmo MID	149	4	18
Subs
M Torras MID	505	33	48
I Peña GLK	149		1
G. Martín Langreo DEF	125	1	3
Gavi MID	115	4	12
E García DEF	98	2	5
F. Lopez Marin MID	76	2	9
F Torres FWD	51	2	6
H. García DEF	22	3	4
A Fati FWD	21	1	1
P Torre MID	13	1	1
P Victor FWD	12	2	2

Benfica Champions League squad statistics 2024

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
12	7	2	3
A Trubin	V Pavlidis	V Pavlidis	Florentino

Line-up	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
A Trubin GLK	12			-
T Araújo DEF	11			-
A Silva DEF	9			2 -
N Otamendi DEF	12	1		2 -
S Dahl DEF	3			-
F Aursnes MID	12		1	2 -
Florentino MID	9			3 -
O Kökcü MID	12	4		2 -
K Aktürkoglu FWD	12	4		1 -
V Pavlidis FWD	12	7	2	1 -
A Schjelderup FWD	7		1	-
Subs
S Soares GLK				-
G. Calisto Oliveira DEF				-
L. Sousa Santos DEF				-
A Bajrami DEF				-
J. Seno Luis Rêgo MID	4			1 -
R Sanches MID	4			1 -
L Barreiro MID	9			2 -
N. Madeira Fernandes Félix MID				-
Z Amdouni FWD	11	1		2 -
A Cabral FWD	6	1		1
A Belotti FWD	4			-
G Prestianni FWD				-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
7	18	2	10
V Pavlidis	V Pavlidis	V Pavlidis	O Kökcü

Line-up	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
V Pavlidis FWD	7	18	2	8
K Aktürkoglu FWD	4	10		7
O Kökcü MID	4	10		10
N Otamendi DEF	1	2
T Araújo DEF				1
A Silva DEF		1
F Aursnes MID		5	1	9
Florentino MID				2
A Schjelderup FWD		1	1	4
Subs
Z Amdouni FWD	1	7		2
A Cabral FWD	1	1		1
R Sanches MID		1
L Barreiro MID		2		2

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
643	40	91
N Otamendi	Florentino	N Otamendi

Line-up	passes	tackles	duels won
N Otamendi DEF	643	28	91
O Kökcü MID	495	14	44
T Araújo DEF	489	39	57
F Aursnes MID	445	21	42
A Silva DEF	318	6	24
Florentino MID	312	40	53
A Trubin GLK	268	1	5
V Pavlidis FWD	229	12	51
K Aktürkoglu FWD	221	10	25
A Schjelderup FWD	90	8	18
S Dahl DEF	58	10	13
Subs
L Barreiro MID	114	11	17
Z Amdouni FWD	63	3	24
R Sanches MID	61	4	7
A Cabral FWD	19	2	7
J. Seno Luis Rêgo MID	10	4	4
A Belotti FWD	8	1	1

European Champions League match betting previews, predictions and odds

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FC Barcelona v Benfica : Champions League match betting preview, prediction and odds

Barcelona have played 8 matches so far this season and lay in 2nd place in the Champions League league table. Barcelona are unbeaten at home after 4 games and have kept 2 clean sheets in those matches.

Performance against teams below them in the league

Home League Performance

Benfica are in 16th position in the Champions League on 13 points having played 8 matches so far this season.

Away League Performance

Performance against teams above them in the league

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