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

Wed 5th Mar, 20:00 BST, Estádio da Luz, Lisbon

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Best Tip: Over 2.5 goals

As you can see, our prediction for Wednesday's match is over 2.5 goals, meaning that we expect Benfica and Barcelona to score 3 goals or more between them during the regulation 90 minutes. 2 goals or less would mean the time doesn't win but, with stats below suggesting both teams have goals in them, we think there's good reason to feel confident.

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Predictions	Bet365	Coral
Benfica 27%	27/10	12/5
Draw 21%	11/4	3/1
Barcelona 51%	10/11	19/20
Barcelona 2-1 9%	8/1	7/1
Draw 1-1 9%	7/1	13/2
Draw 2-2 7%	10/1	9/1
Benfica 2-1 7%	12/1	10/1
Barcelona 3-1 6%	12/1	10/1
Barcelona 2-0 6%	12/1	10/1
Barcelona 1-0 6%	12/1	9/1
Barcelona 3-2 5%	16/1	12/1
Benfica 1-0 4%	18/1	12/1
Barcelona 3-0 4%	18/1	14/1
Benfica 3-2 3%	22/1	16/1
Barcelona 4-1 3%	22/1	18/1
Benfica 3-1 3%	22/1	16/1
Benfica 2-0 3%	22/1	16/1
Draw 0-0 3%	20/1	14/1
Over 2.5 Goals 69%	4/9	4/9
Under 2.5 Goals 31%	7/4	13/8
Home 1st Goal 46%	11/8	-
Away 1st Goal 52%	4/7	-
No 1st Goal 1%	20/1	-
BTTS - Yes 67%	2/5	4/9
BTTS - No 33%	7/4	13/8
BTTS - Home Win 18%	9/2	19/5
BTTS - Draw 18%	10/3	17/5
BTTS - Away Win 31%	2/1	2/1
Home/draw 49%	5/6	17/20
Away/draw 73%	2/7	3/10
Home/away 79%	1/4	2/9
Over 1.5 Goals 87%	1/8	2/15
Under 1.5 Goals 13%	5/1	9/2
Over 3.5 Goals 47%	11/10	21/20
Under 3.5 Goals 53%	8/11	7/10
Over 4.5 Goals 28%	5/2	23/10
Under 4.5 Goals 72%	3/10	3/10
Over 5.5 Goals 15%	5/1	19/4
Under 5.5 Goals 85%	1/8	1/9
Over 0.5 Goals 97%	1/50	1/80
Under 0.5 Goals 3%	18/1	14/1
Home DNB 42%	13/8	6/4
Away DNB 66%	4/9	4/9
Benfica win to nil 10%	8/1	-
Barcelona win to nil 20%	10/3	-
Benfica / Benfica 15%	9/2	17/4
Benfica / Barcelona 5%	18/1	14/1
Benfica / Draw 6%	12/1	11/1
Draw / Benfica 10%	15/2	13/2
Draw / Barcelona 15%	9/2	17/4
Draw / Draw 12%	6/1	11/2
Barcelona / Benfica 3%	25/1	20/1
Barcelona / Barcelona 27%	2/1	19/10
Barcelona / Draw 6%	12/1	11/1

Win / draw / win Champions League table

Benfica have played 8 matches so far this season and are in 16th position in the league.

Performance against teams above them in the league

3 of those games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 2 games, drawn zero and won 1. Benfica have conceded 6 goals, scored 8, failed to score in 1 match and kept 1 clean sheet.

Home league performance

Benfica have played 5 games at home, winning 1, drawing 2 and losing 2 fixtures. They have scored 12 goals, conceded 11 goals, kept 2 clean sheets and failed to score 1 time in home league games.

Barcelona lay in 2nd place on 19 points in the Champions League league table having played 8 matches.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 8 games against teams below them in the table, winning 6, drawing 1 and losing 1 game. They have scored 28 goals and kept 2 clean sheets against lower placed opposition. Barcelona have conceded 13 goals and scored in every game.

Away league performance

Barcelona have played 4 away games, winning 3, drawing 0 and losing 1 game. They have scored an average of 3.5 goals per away game and conceded an average 2.5 goals per away game.

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	Benfica Barcelona
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 Away	8	6	1	1	15	19	Mar 5	Mar 11	-	-
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 Home	8	4	1	3	4	13	-	-	Mar 11	Mar 5
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

Barcelona have won 3 consecutive away european games

Barcelona have not lost in 7 consecutive european games

Home

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

16 / 20

Conceded

16 / 20

Clean sheets

4 / 20

Failed to score

4 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Benfica	3 - 3	Monaco
Benfica	4 - 5	Barcelona
Benfica	0 - 0	Bologna
Benfica	1 - 3	Feyenoord
Benfica	4 - 0	A.Madrid
Benfica	2 - 1	Marseille
Benfica	2 - 2	Rangers
Benfica	2 - 1	Toulouse
Benfica	3 - 3	Inter
Benfica	0 - 1	R.Sociedad
Benfica	0 - 2	Salzburg
Benfica	0 - 2	Inter
Benfica	5 - 1	Brugge
Benfica	4 - 3	Juventus
Benfica	1 - 1	PSG
Benfica	2 - 0	M. Haifa
Benfica	3 - 0	Dynamo Kyiv
Benfica	4 - 1	Midtjylland
Benfica	1 - 3	Liverpool
Benfica	2 - 2	Ajax

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	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
H	Benfica	0 - 1	R.Sociedad

Away

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

15 / 20

Conceded

18 / 20

Clean sheets

2 / 20

Failed to score

5 / 20

Won

Lost

AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Benfica	4 - 5	Barcelona
Dortmund	2 - 3	Barcelona
Red Star Bel.	2 - 5	Barcelona
Monaco	2 - 1	Barcelona
PSG	2 - 3	Barcelona
Napoli	1 - 1	Barcelona
Antwerp	3 - 2	Barcelona
Shakhtar	1 - 0	Barcelona
Porto	0 - 1	Barcelona
Man Utd	2 - 1	Barcelona
Plzen	2 - 4	Barcelona
Inter	1 - 0	Barcelona
Bayern	2 - 0	Barcelona
E.Frankfurt	1 - 1	Barcelona
Galatasaray	1 - 2	Barcelona
Napoli	2 - 4	Barcelona
Bayern	3 - 0	Barcelona
Dynamo Kyiv	0 - 1	Barcelona
Benfica	3 - 0	Barcelona
PSG	1 - 1	Barcelona

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

19 / 20

Conceded

16 / 20

Clean sheets

4 / 20

Failed to score

1 / 20

Won

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
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
H	Barcelona	2 - 2	Man Utd

Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)

Benfica

Barcelona

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

2 / 4

Clean sheets

2 / 4

BEF

BCN

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

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

Goal Statistics

Benfica have been steady in attack of late, scoring in 6 consecutive Champions League games. Their PG of 1.5 against FC Barcelona on Wednesday suggests that run is likely to continue.

FC Barcelona's forwards have been in fine form of late, finding the net twice or more in 7 consecutive Champions League matches. A PG of 2.1 suggests that run should continue on Wednesday night.

	Benfica 16th	Barcelona 2nd
	Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction	1.5 goals	2.1 goals
	Scoring probability
Scoring probability	0 23% 1 34% 2 25% 3 12% 4+ There is a 77% probability that Benfica will score 1 or more goals	0 13% 1 26% 2 27% 3 19% 4+ 16% There is a 61% probability that Barcelona will score 2 or more goals in this match

	20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games	+16 Benfica have scored 16% more goals at home than predicted	-8 Barcelona’s goalscoring when away has been inline with predictions
	2.2 average goals scored	1.8 average goals scored
	1.7 conceded	1.8 conceded

Attack defence ratings
Champions League - 2024/2024 season

BEF

BCN

10%

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Games scored	17		17
Failed to score	2		2
Scored first	15		15
Goals scored	39		52
Avg. goals scored	2		2.6
Avg. shots per game	10		11
Avg. shots per goal	5		4
Conversion rate for	19		23
Avg. XG for	2		2.4
KickOff rating		+10%

19%

better

BEF

BCN

view stats

Games conceded	10		14
Clean sheets	9		5
Conceded first	3		4
Goals conceded	22		23
Avg. goals conceded	1.1		1.2
Avg. shots/game conceded	8		6
Avg. shots/goal conceded	7		5
Conversion rate against	14%		20%
Avg. XG against	1		1.2
KickOff rating		+19%

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Benfica Champions League squad statistics 2024

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
10	7	2	4
A Trubin	V Pavlidis	V Pavlidis	Álvaro Fernandez

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
A Trubin GLK	10			-
N Otamendi DEF	10			2 -
O Kökcü MID	10	4		2 -
F Aursnes MID	10		1	2 -
K Aktürkoglu FWD	10	4		1 -
Z Amdouni FWD	10	1		2 -
V Pavlidis FWD	10	7	2	1 -
T Araújo DEF	9			-
Álvaro Fernandez DEF	9		2	4 -
Ángel Di María FWD	9	1	2	-
Florentino MID	8			3 -
A Silva DEF	7			-
A Bah DEF	7	1	2	2 -
L Barreiro MID	7			1 -
A Schjelderup FWD	5			-
A Cabral FWD	5	1		1
J. Seno Luis Rêgo MID	2			-
R Sanches MID	2			1 -
A Belotti FWD	2			-
S Dahl DEF	1			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
7	17	2	10
V Pavlidis	V Pavlidis	V Pavlidis	O Kökcü

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
V Pavlidis FWD	7	17	2	8
O Kökcü MID	4	8		10
K Aktürkoglu FWD	4	7		7
A Bah DEF	1	1	2	4
Z Amdouni FWD	1	7		2
Ángel Di María FWD	1	7	2	7
A Cabral FWD	1	1		1
A Schjelderup FWD		1		3
Florentino MID				2
L Barreiro MID		2		1
A Silva DEF		1
N Otamendi DEF		1
Álvaro Fernandez DEF		2	2	10
T Araújo DEF				1
F Aursnes MID		3	1	9

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
534	34	74
N Otamendi	T Araújo	N Otamendi

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
N Otamendi DEF	534	23	74
Álvaro Fernandez DEF	426	20	47
O Kökcü MID	425	12	42
T Araújo DEF	419	34	52
F Aursnes MID	355	18	32
Florentino MID	286	34	47
A Bah DEF	246	14	38
A Silva DEF	230	4	18
A Trubin GLK	223	1	4
Ángel Di María FWD	194	5	24
K Aktürkoglu FWD	184	7	18
V Pavlidis FWD	182	10	40
L Barreiro MID	96	9	15
A Schjelderup FWD	59	4	12
Z Amdouni FWD	57	3	23
R Sanches MID	32	4	5
A Cabral FWD	18	2	6
S Dahl DEF	13	1	2
A Belotti FWD	6	1	1
J. Seno Luis Rêgo MID	2	4	4

Barcelona Champions League squad statistics 2024

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
8	9	5	1
J Koundé	R Lewandowski	Raphinha	P. Cubarsí Paredes

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

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
9	12	5	14
R Lewandowski	L Yamal	Raphinha	Raphinha

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
R Lewandowski FWD	9	10		8
Raphinha FWD	8	11	5	14
L Yamal FWD	2	12	2	7
I Martínez DEF	2	2	1	1
F Torres FWD	2	5	1	2
E García DEF	1	1
R Araújo DEF	1	1
F. Lopez Marin MID	1	6	3	2
D Olmo MID	1	3	1	5
P. Cubarsí Paredes DEF				1
P Victor FWD				1
Gavi MID		1		4
G. Martín Langreo DEF			1	2
J Koundé DEF		2	3	5
A Balde DEF			1	2
M Torras MID		1	2	8
Pedri MID		1	2	8

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
578	30	48
P. Cubarsí Paredes	M Torras	L Yamal

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
P. Cubarsí Paredes DEF	578	4	22
M Torras MID	494	30	44
I Martínez DEF	486	5	18
Pedri MID	463	22	44
J Koundé DEF	459	7	22
Raphinha FWD	297	12	30
A Balde DEF	256	6	25
L Yamal FWD	241	9	48
F Jong MID	197	8	15
R Araújo DEF	173	4	14
I Peña GLK	149		1
R Lewandowski FWD	135	3	29
G. Martín Langreo DEF	119	1	3
Gavi MID	108	4	11
D Olmo MID	93	4	15
E García DEF	90	2	5
W Szczęsny GLK	76
F. Lopez Marin MID	74	2	8
M Stegen GLK	44		2
F Torres FWD	42	1	2
H. García DEF	22	3	4
A Fati FWD	21	1	1
P Torre MID	13	1	1
P Victor FWD	12	2	2

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Benfica have played 8 matches so far this season and are in 16th position in the league.

Performance against teams above them in the league

Home league performance

Barcelona lay in 2nd place on 19 points in the Champions League league table having played 8 matches.

Performance against teams below them in the league

Away league performance

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