Comments and predictions for Benfica vs Barcelona: Home team's nightmare
The match between Benfica vs Barcelona in the Champion League takes place at 3:00 a.m. on March 6. Nghe An Newspaper analyzes performance, makes football comments and predicts the score.
Latest Benfica vs Barcelona squad information
Barcelona coach Hansi Flick revealed that former Golden Boy winner Gavi would have started against Real Sociedad if he had not suffered a fitness issue, but the Spaniard is expected to be fit enough to return for Wednesday's game.
On the other hand, Andreas Christensen continues to be unlucky with a calf injury, which will keep him out for about four weeks. Meanwhile, Marc Bernal and Marc-André ter Stegen are still recovering from serious knee injuries.
Up front, Raphinha will join Robert Lewandowski and Lamine Yamal in a dangerous attacking trio. The Brazilian star is aiming for an important milestone, having directly contributed to 12 goals in the Champions League this season. This is the third highest achievement in the history of the tournament for a Brazilian player, only behind Roberto Firmino (17 goals in the 2017-18 season) and Kaka (13 goals in the 2006-07 season).
On Benfica's side, coach Bruno Lage has an important addition when Florentino returns from his Champions League suspension. However, unfortunately, this key midfielder suffered a thigh injury in mid-February, making him almost certain to miss the match against Barcelona.
Benfica’s injury list is also quite long, with Florentino joining the likes of Alexander Bah and Manu Silva with torn ACLs. Tiago Gouveia (knee), Renato Sanches (muscle) and Angel Di Maria (muscle) are also out.
However, Benfica still has good news as Bruma will return from a three-match suspension, which originated from his time playing for Braga in the Europa League, when he was sent off in the match against Union Saint-Gilloise.
With Di Maria unavailable, the burden of scoring for Benfica will fall on Vangelis Pavlidis. The Greek striker scored a hat-trick in the 5-4 group stage defeat to Barcelona, and has been directly involved in nine goals in the 2024-25 Champions League so far, including seven goals and two assists.
Latest Benfica vs Barcelona expected lineup
Benfica:
Trubin; Araujo, Otamendi, Silva, Carreras; Kokcu, Barreiro, Aursnes; Akturkoglu, Pavlidis, Bruma
Barcelona:
Szczesny; Kounde, Araujo, Cubarsi, Balde; Pedri, De Jong; Yamal, Gavi, Raphinha; Lewandowski
Latest Benfica vs Barcelona football review
It has been a decade since Barcelona last won the Champions League, and Blaugrana fans have every reason to dream of the final in Munich. They are fortunate to be in a draw that will avoid the likes of Liverpool, Real Madrid, Atletico Madrid and Paris Saint-Germain.
However, Hansi Flick's team's journey is still full of challenges, as they may have to face one of the two top teams Bayern Munich or Inter Milan if they want to touch glory. However, they showed strong determination in the group stage, when after the opening defeat against Monaco, Barcelona won 19/21 maximum points in the remaining matches.
With their superior attacking prowess, La Blaugrana scored a total of 28 goals in eight group stage matches, becoming the team with the strongest attack in the tournament, far ahead of the second-placed team Borussia Dortmund (22 goals). Notably, they scored at least two goals in the last seven matches of this round.
Barcelona are not only on fire in the Champions League, they are also showing impressive form domestically. After a dramatic 4-4 draw with Atletico Madrid in the first leg of the Copa del Rey semi-final, they destroyed Real Sociedad 4-0 on Sunday, thereby moving to the top of La Liga.
Barcelona remain unbeaten in 2025, and the win over Sociedad marked their 15th consecutive game without defeat in all competitions. Remarkably, they have scored two or more goals in 11 of their last 12 away games, including at Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys.
While Barcelona advanced straight to the round of 16, their opponents Benfica had to go through the play-offs to secure their place. The Portuguese side finished 16th in the group stage, securing the final seed, and had to face Monaco, who finished just behind them on the same number of points.
As expected, the two matches were extremely tense. After winning 1-0 away from home thanks to a goal from Vangelis Pavlidis, the Eagles had to endure a dramatic chase, falling behind 2-1 and then 3-2 in the return leg. Finally, they won the ticket to the next round after an exciting 3-3 draw.
This match also marked the first of five consecutive home games for Benfica, where they continued their fine form, not only competing for the top spot in the Primeira Liga with Sporting Lisbon, but also progressing to the semi-finals of the Taça de Portugal thanks to a 1-0 win over Braga on 26 February.
At a crucial time, the two-time European champions are in fine form, with seven wins and a draw in their last eight games in all competitions.
In the Champions League, Benfica always brings emotional matches, with 10 matches played this season having a total of 35 goals.
Of those, nine came in a frantic game against Barcelona on January 21, which the Blaugrana narrowly won 5-4. It was also the first time in 40 European games that Benfica had failed to win by scoring at least four goals at home – a clear indication of how dangerous they are in Portugal.
Latest Benfica vs Barcelona score prediction
Based on the above football comments, we and the world's leading football sites have given the results of the match.Benfica vs Barcelonaas follows:
- Sportsmole:Benfica 0-3 Barcelona
- WhoScore:Benfica 1-3 Barcelona
- Our newspaper predicts:Benfica 1-3 Barcelona
When and where to watch Benfica vs Barcelona live?
To watch the Benfica vs Barcelona match live in the Champion League at 3:00 a.m. on March 6, viewers can watch it onK+ Sport,K+PMor online sports channels. Wish you have fun watching football.
