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Benfica 0-1 FC Barcelona - March 05, 2025 / Champions League 2024/2025

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Champions League 2024/2025 - Round of 16

Estadio da Luz - Lisbon - Portugal

March 05, 2025 - 20:00

62 437

0 - 1

FC Barcelona

Spain

61'

Raphinha (left foot)

logo Benfica BEN

22' - Red card Pau Cubarsí

28' - Substitution Dani Olmois substituted by Ronald Araújo

45' - Yellow card Antonio Silva photo Leandro Barreiro

45' - Yellow card Leandro Barreiro45

45' - Yellow card Íñigo Martínez

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56' - Substitution Lamine Yamalis substituted by Ferrán Torres

57' - Substitution Tomás Araújois substituted by Samuel Dahl57

61' - Goal Raphinha

70' - Substitution Leandro Barreirois substituted by Andrea Belotti photo João Rêgo

70' - Substitution Andreas Schjelderupis substituted by João Rêgo70

73' - Yellow card Álvaro Carreras73

78' - Substitution Robert Lewandowskiis substituted by Gerard Martín

79' - Substitution Frenkie de Jongis substituted by Marc Casadó

84' - Substitution Orkun Kökcüis substituted by Renato Sanches photo Arthur Cabral

84' - Substitution Vangelis Pavlidisis substituted by Arthur Cabral84

91' - Yellow card João Rêgo91

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Benfica

0 - 1

FC Barcelona

Benfica FC Barcelona

Team line-ups

Benfica

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

21Schjelderup70

Andreas Schjelderup

Norway

B.date01/06/2004

Age20 years

H1m76

positionLeft Winger

14Pavlidis84

Vangelis Pavlidis

Greece

B.date21/11/1998

Age26 years

H1m86

positionCentre forward

17Aktürkoglu

Kerem Aktürkoglu

Turkey

B.date21/10/1998

Age26 years

H1m73

positionLeft Winger

10Kökcü84

Orkun Kökcü

Turkey

B.date29/12/2000

Age24 years

H1m75

positionCentre Midfield

18Barreiro7045

Leandro Barreiro

Luxembourg

B.date03/01/2000

Age25 years

H1m74

positionMidfield

8Aursnes

Fredrik Aursnes

Norway

B.date10/12/1995

Age29 years

H1m79

positionDefensive Midfielder

3Carreras73

Álvaro Carreras

Spain

B.date23/03/2003

Age21 years

H1m86

positionLeft full-back

30Otamendi

Nicolás Otamendi

Argentina

B.date12/02/1988

Age37 years

H1m83

positionRight central defender

4Silva45

Antonio Silva

Portugal

B.date30/10/2003

Age21 years

H1m87

positionCentral defender

44Araújo57

Tomás Araújo

Portugal

B.date16/05/2002

Age22 years

H1m87

positionCentral defender

1Trubin

Anatoliy Trubin

Ukraine

B.date01/08/2001

Age23 years

H1m100

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Anatoliy Trubin		23	84	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
44	D	Tomás Araújo	57	22	57	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
30	D	Nicolás Otamendi		37	215	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	D	Antonio Silva	45	21	121	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	D	Álvaro Carreras	73	21	55	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	M	Fredrik Aursnes		29	134	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
18	M	Leandro Barreiro	7045	25	30	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	M	Orkun Kökcü	84	24	81	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
21	F	Andreas Schjelderup	70	20	27	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
14	F	Vangelis Pavlidis	84	26	40	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
17	F	Kerem Aktürkoglu		26	36	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

24.9 years

Average number of matches played for the team

FC Barcelona

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

9Lewandowski78

Robert Lewandowski

Poland

B.date21/08/1988

Age36 years

H1m84

positionStriker

11Raphinha61

Raphinha

Brazil

B.date14/12/1996

Age28 years

H1m76

positionRight Winger

20Olmo28

Dani Olmo

Spain

B.date07/05/1998

Age26 years

H1m79

positionOffensive Midfielder

19Yamal56

Lamine Yamal

Spain

B.date13/07/2007

Age17 years

H1m80

positionRight Winger

8Pedri

Pedri

Spain

B.date25/11/2002

Age22 years

H1m74

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

21de Jong79

Frenkie de Jong

Netherlands

B.date12/05/1997

Age27 years

H1m80

positionBox-to-box midfielder

3Baldé

Álex Baldé

Spain

B.date18/10/2003

Age21 years

H1m75

positionLeft full-back

5Martínez45

Íñigo Martínez

Spain

B.date17/05/1991

Age33 years

H1m81

positionLeft central defender

2Cubarsí22

Pau Cubarsí

Spain

B.date22/01/2007

Age18 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

23Koundé

Jules Koundé

France

B.date12/11/1998

Age26 years

H1m84

positionRight central defender

25Szczesny

Wojciech Szczesny

Poland

B.date18/04/1990

Age34 years

H1m95

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
25	G	Wojciech Szczesny		34	14	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	D	Íñigo Martínez	45	33	57	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
2	D	Pau Cubarsí	22	18	65	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
23	D	Jules Koundé		26	129	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	D	Álex Baldé		21	114	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
21	M	Frenkie de Jong	79	27	241	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
20	M	Dani Olmo	28	26	25	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	M	Pedri		22	183	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
19	M	Lamine Yamal	56	17	87	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	F	Robert Lewandowski	78	36	133	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	M	Raphinha	61	28	127	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.2 years

Average number of matches played for the team

107

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
24	G	Samuel Soares		22
81	D	Adrian Bajrami		22
26	D	Samuel Dahl	57	22	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
71	D	Leandro Santos		19
60	M	Nuno Félix		20
85	M	Renato Sanches	84	27	46	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
86	M	Diogo Prioste		20
79	M	Hugo Félix		21
84	F	João Rêgo	7091	19	9	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	F	Arthur Cabral	84	26	71	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
19	F	Andrea Belotti	70	31	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
25	F	Gianluca Prestianni		19

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
13	G	Iñaki Peña		26
31	G	Diego Kochen		18
4	D	Ronald Araújo	28	25	160	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
24	D	Eric Garcia		24
35	D	Gerard Martín	78	23	25	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
32	D	Héctor Fort		18
17	M	Marc Casadó	79	21	39	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
16	M	Fermín		21
7	M	Ferrán Torres	56	25	142	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
14	M	Pablo Torre		21
18	F	Pau Victor		23
10	F	Ansu Fati		22

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

No changes regarding the previous match for the starting players

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

No changes regarding the previous match for the starting players

Manager

Age

Match num

Bruno Lage

113

Success rate in this team:

68 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

56 %

Lage vs FC Barcelona

0 victory

0 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on March 05, 2025

Lage vs Flick

0 victory

0 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on March 05, 2025

Manager

Age

Match num

Hans-Dieter Flick

Success rate in this team:

73 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

67 %

Flick vs Benfica

2 victories

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on March 05, 2025

Flick vs Lage

2 victories

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on March 05, 2025

Referee

Felix Zwayer

2 victories	0 draw	3 losses	Benfica5 matches	General total	FC Barcelona3 matches	2 victories	1 draw	0 loss
0 victory	0 draw	1 loss	Benfica1 match	Season total	FC Barcelona1 match	1 victory	0 draw	0 loss
Latest figure on March 05, 2025					Latest figure on March 05, 2025

Assistant Referee

Christian Dietz

0 victory	0 draw	1 loss	Benfica1 match	General total	FC Barcelona1 match	1 victory	0 draw	0 loss
0 victory	0 draw	1 loss	Benfica1 match	Season total	FC Barcelona1 match	1 victory	0 draw	0 loss
Latest figure on March 05, 2025					Latest figure on March 05, 2025

Assistant Referee

Robert Kempter

0 victory	0 draw	1 loss	Benfica1 match	General total	FC Barcelona1 match	1 victory	0 draw	0 loss
0 victory	0 draw	1 loss	Benfica1 match	Season total	FC Barcelona1 match	1 victory	0 draw	0 loss
Latest figure on March 05, 2025					Latest figure on March 05, 2025

4th official

Florian Badstübner

0 victory	0 draw	1 loss	Benfica1 match	General total	FC Barcelona1 match	1 victory	0 draw	0 loss
0 victory	0 draw	1 loss	Benfica1 match	Season total	FC Barcelona1 match	1 victory	0 draw	0 loss
Latest figure on March 05, 2025					Latest figure on March 05, 2025

Assistant Referee VAR

Bastian Dankert

0 victory	0 draw	2 losses	Benfica2 matches	General total	FC Barcelona1 match	1 victory	0 draw	0 loss
0 victory	0 draw	1 loss	Benfica1 match	Season total	FC Barcelona1 match	1 victory	0 draw	0 loss
Latest figure on March 05, 2025					Latest figure on March 05, 2025

Assistant VAR Referee

Willy Delajod

0 victory	0 draw	1 loss	Benfica1 match	General total	FC Barcelona1 match	1 victory	0 draw	0 loss
0 victory	0 draw	1 loss	Benfica1 match	Season total	FC Barcelona1 match	1 victory	0 draw	0 loss
Latest figure on March 05, 2025					Latest figure on March 05, 2025

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Key figures

End of streak for FC Barcelona after 16 matches with at least one goal scored (since 21/12/2024). It was the best streak for the club since 08/03/2024-06/11/2024 (30 matches).

FC Barcelona keeps its 8 matches with at least one goal conceded away from home in Champions League running (since 13/12/2023). It's a record streak. The previous one was back on the 08/08/2001 (7 matches)

End of streak for Benfica after 3 consecutive matches without a loss vs FC Barcelona (since 05/12/2012). It's a record streak. The first of history

Read the next 8 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

LBenfica 4-5 FC Barcelona21/01/2025

VBenfica 3-2 Moreirense08/02/2025

DBenfica 3-3 Monaco18/02/2025

VBenfica 3-0 Boavista22/02/2025

VBenfica 1-0 Braga26/02/2025

LBenfica 0-1 FC Barcelona05/03/2025

Overall

VMonaco 0-1 Benfica12/02/2025

VSanta Clara 0-1 Benfica15/02/2025

DBenfica 3-3 Monaco18/02/2025

VBenfica 3-0 Boavista22/02/2025

VBenfica 1-0 Braga26/02/2025

LBenfica 0-1 FC Barcelona05/03/2025

Current form

Away

DGetafe 1-1 FC Barcelona18/01/2025

VBenfica 4-5 FC Barcelona21/01/2025

VValencia CF 0-5 FC Barcelona06/02/2025

VSevilla FC 1-4 FC Barcelona09/02/2025

VLas Palmas 0-2 FC Barcelona22/02/2025

VBenfica 0-1 FC Barcelona05/03/2025

Overall

VSevilla FC 1-4 FC Barcelona09/02/2025

VFC Barcelona 1-0 Rayo Vallecano17/02/2025

VLas Palmas 0-2 FC Barcelona22/02/2025

DFC Barcelona 4-4 Atlético Madrid25/02/2025

VFC Barcelona 4-0 Real Sociedad02/03/2025

VBenfica 0-1 FC Barcelona05/03/2025

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Loosing streak	1	1
Winless streak	1	1
Drawless streak	3	3
Goalless streak	1	1
Conceding streak	1	1

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	5	2
Unbeaten streak	11	16
Drawless streak	5	2
Scoring streak	11	17
Invincibility streak	2	2

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

15	FBDB index ranking (Worldwide)	4
1	FBDB index ranking (National)	2

Results

11	Number of games (Competition total)	9
6	Number of games (Home / Away)	5
5	Victories (Competition total)	7
1	Victories (Home / Away)	4
2	Draws (Competition total)	1
2	Draws (Home / Away)	0
4	Losses (Competition total)	1
3	Losses (Home / Away)	1

Goals

20	Goals scored (Competition total)	29
12	Goals scored (Home / Away)	15
16	Goals conceded (Competition total)	13
12	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	10
1.82	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	3.22
2	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	3
1.45	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.44
2	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	2

Betting aid

6	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	8
4	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	4
4	Clean sheets (Competition total)	3
2	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	1
3	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	0
2	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	0
5	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	6
3	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	4
4-0 (1 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	1-2 (1 times)

Bookings

27	Yellow cards (Competition total)	10
15	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	10
0	Red cards (Competition total)	2
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	2

Key players

Vangelis Pavlidis	7 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	9 goals	Robert Lewandowski
Vangelis Pavlidis	4 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	5 goals	Raphinha
Vangelis Pavlidis	2 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	3 penalties	Robert Lewandowski
Vangelis Pavlidis	2 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	2 penalties	Robert Lewandowski
Ángel Di María	2 assists	Player with most assists (Competition total)	4 assists	Raphinha
Álvaro Carreras	2 assists	Player with most assists (Home / Away)	3 assists	Jules Koundé
Vangelis Pavlidis	7 goals, 2 assists during the last 7 matches	The fittest player	9 goals, 4 assists during the last 8 matches	Raphinha

Historical head to head

Home

5 matches

1 v

2 d

2 l

7 gf

7 ga

Away

4 matches

0 v

2 d

2 l

1 gf

4 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

1 v

0 d

0 l

3 gf

2 ga

Total

10 matches

2 v

4 d

4 l

11 gf

13 ga

Historical head to head

Home

4 matches

2 v

2 d

0 l

4 gf

1 ga

Away

5 matches

2 v

2 d

1 l

7 gf

7 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

0 v

0 d

1 l

2 gf

3 ga

Total

10 matches

4 v

4 d

2 l

13 gf

11 ga

Largest victory

Overall	3 - 0	September 29, 2021
Home	3 - 0	September 29, 2021

Largest victory

Overall	2 - 0	October 02, 2012
Away	2 - 0	October 02, 2012

Latest head to head

January 21, 2025 - Ligue des Champions 2024/2025

Benfica

4 - 5

FC Barcelona logo FC Barcelona

November 23, 2021 - Ligue des Champions 2021/2022

FC Barcelona

0 - 0

Benfica

September 29, 2021 - Ligue des Champions 2021/2022

Benfica

3 - 0

FC Barcelona logo FC Barcelona

December 05, 2012 - Ligue des Champions 2012/2013

FC Barcelona

0 - 0

Benfica

October 02, 2012 - Ligue des Champions 2012/2013

Benfica

0 - 2

FC Barcelona logo FC Barcelona

Best historical scorers against FC Barcelona

Vangelis Pavlidis	3 goals	2025 - 2025
Darwin Núñez	2 goals	2021 - 2021
César Brito	1 goal	1992 - 1992
Mario Coluna	1 goal	1961 - 1961
Rafa Silva	1 goal	2021 - 2021
José Aguas	1 goal	1961 - 1961

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 31/05/1961. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Benfica

Raphinha	2 goals	2025 - 2025
Robert Lewandowski	2 goals	2025 - 2025
Ronaldinho	1 goal	2006 - 2006
José María Bakero	1 goal	1992 - 1992
Zoltan Czibor	1 goal	1961 - 1961
Cesc Fàbregas	1 goal	2012 - 2012

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 31/05/1961. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs FC Barcelona

André Almeida	3 matches	2012 - 2021
Luisão	3 matches	2006 - 2012
Nicolás Otamendi	3 matches	2021 - 2025
Pizzi	2 matches	2021 - 2021
Manuel Fernandes	2 matches	2006 - 2006
Sergey Yuran	2 matches	1991 - 1992

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 31/05/1961. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Benfica

Sergio Busquets	3 matches	2012 - 2021
Carles Puyol	3 matches	2006 - 2012
Víctor Valdés	3 matches	2006 - 2012
Eric Garcia	3 matches	2021 - 2025
Andrés Iniesta	3 matches	2006 - 2012
Ronald Araújo	3 matches	2021 - 2025