Benfica V Barcelona – Alignments, Statistics and Prior View

Preview of the match for Benfica V Barcelona

Benfica and Barcelona are once again in the Champions League after its nine goals thriller during the League phase.

The Blaugrana will travel to Portugal for the first leg after Benfica surpassed Monaco in the Play-Offs 4-3 together.

Hansi Flick’s side ended second in the classification, being surpassed only by the Liverpool of Arne Slot.

10 years have passed since Barça raised the famous trophy, but they will feel that they have such a good opportunity as in the competition, particularly considering the side of the raffle they are in.

They will avoid Liverpool and Real Madrid until the final, but they can cross with the Bayern Munich or Inter Milan, which are certainly not aggressive.

Flick’s men scored 28 incredible goals in their eight league phase games, 12 more than their opponents in the last 16.

They remain undefeated in 2025 and sit at the top of the league, Barcelona’s confidence could not be greater.

The end of the 16th place of Benfica was not ideal, but they have still fought until this stage and will not be an easy opponent.

The Portuguese side is the coast of the Primeira League, and is hitting a rich vein of form at the perfect time.

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– FC Barcelona (@fcbarcelona) March 4, 2025

Team News for Benfica V Barcelona

Concerns were raised the weekend when Gavi was missing in the Barcelona team, but Flick has confirmed that the midfielder will return from the action for the action in the middle of the week.

However, Andreas Christensen, Marc Bernal and Marc-Andre Ter Stegen will be lost due to injuries.

The good news for Barça is that its formidable attack, including Robert Lewandowski, Lamine Yamal and Raphinha are in the way and healthy.

For Benfica, Florentino will be missing despite having fulfilled its prohibition in the competition due to a thigh injury.

Alexander Bah, Manu Silva, Tiago Gouveia have suffered knee wounds.

Renato Sanches and Angel Di Maria will also be out of the hosts, but Bruma will return after their Europa League prohibition.

Expected Alignments for Benfica V Barcelona

Benfica: Trubin; Araujo, Otamendi, Silva, Carreras; Kokcu, Barreiro, Aursnes; Akturboglu, Pavlidis, Bruma

Barcelona: Szczesny; Seven, Araujo, Cubarsi, Bade; Pedri, from Long; Yalmal, Gavi, Raphinha; Teacher

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– SL Benfica (@slbenfica) February 27, 2025

How to see Benfica V Barcelona: television channel, live online broadcast

The game will be shown live in TNT Sports 3 in the United Kingdom with the beginning at 20:00. You can also transmit it in the Discovery+application.