Goals
Barcelona: Raphinha (11', 42'), Lamine Yamal (27')
Benfica: Nicolás Otamendi (13')
Competition: UEFA Champions League
Kickoff: 17:45+UTC
Venue: Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys - Barcelona Spain
Head referee: Francois Letexier
Barcelona form [old → recent]: ✅️✅️➖️✅️✅️
Benfica form [old → recent]: ➖️✅️✅️❌️✅️
Head to head [recent → old]: (BAR-BEN): 1-0, 5-4, 0-0, 0-3, 0-0
Lineups
Barcelona 4-2-3-1:
Wojciech Szczesny(25) - ~~Iñigo Martínez(5)~~ ⇆ Eric García(24) - Ronald Araújo(4) - Alejandro Balde(3) - Jules Koundé(23) - ~~Dani Olmo(20)~~ ⇆ Gavi(6) - Pedri(8) - ~~Frenkie de Jong(21)~~ ⇆ Marc Casadó(17) - ~~Robert Lewandowski(9)~~ ⇆ Ferran Torres(7) - Raphinha(11)⚽️⚽️ - ~~Lamine Yamal(19)⚽️~~ ⇆ Fermín López(16)
Bench: Pau Víctor - Diego Kochen - Gerard Martín - Hector Fort - Iñaki Peña - Pablo Torre - Ansu Fati - ~~Fermín López~~ - ~~Ferran Torres~~ - ~~Eric García~~ - ~~Marc Casadó~~ - ~~Gavi~~
Benfica 4-3-3:
Anatoliy Trubin(1) - Nicolás Otamendi(30)⚽️ - António Silva(4)🟨 - Samuel Dahl(26) - ~~Tomás Araújo(44)~~ ⇆ João Rêgo(84) - ~~Florentino(61)~~ ⇆ Leandro Barreiro(18) - ~~Orkun Kökçü(10)~~ ⇆ Andrea Belotti(19) - Fredrik Aursnes(8) - Vangelis Pavlidis(14) - ~~Andreas Schjelderup(21)~~ ⇆ Zeki Amdouni(7) - ~~Kerem Aktürkoglu(17)~~ ⇆ Renato Sanches(85)
Bench: Gonçalo Calisto De Oliveira - Adrian Bajrami - Gianluca Prestianni - Arthur Cabral - Samuel Soares - Leandro Santos - Nuno Félix - ~~Renato Sanches~~ - ~~Andrea Belotti~~ - ~~Zeki Amdouni~~ - ~~João Rêgo~~ - ~~Leandro Barreiro~~
Match Stats
Possession: 65%🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🔴🔴🔴🔴35%
Shots On Goal: 6 - 2
Shots Attempted: 20 - 8
Fouls: 4 - 8
Yellow Cards: 0 - 1
Red Cards: 0 - 0
Corners: 1 - 6
Saves: 1 - 3
Match Events
Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
First Half begins.
2' - Attempt blocked. Pedri (Barcelona) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
4' - Offside, Benfica. Andreas Schjelderup is caught offside.
6' - Attempt saved. Lamine Yamal (Barcelona) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Pedri.
7' - Offside, Barcelona. Raphinha is caught offside.
8' - Offside, Benfica. Andreas Schjelderup is caught offside.
9' - Offside, Barcelona. Raphinha is caught offside.
10' - Attempt saved. Robert Lewandowski (Barcelona) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Lamine Yamal.
11' - Attempt missed. Lamine Yamal (Barcelona) left footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Jules Koundé with a headed pass.
11' - ⚽️ Goal! Barcelona 1, Benfica 0. Raphinha (Barcelona) left footed shot from very close range to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Lamine Yamal.
12' - Corner, Benfica. Conceded by Frenkie de Jong.
13' - Goal! Barcelona 1, Benfica 1. Nicolás Otamendi (Benfica) header from very close range to the bottom right corner following a corner.
15' - Delay in match (Barcelona).
16' - Delay over. They are ready to continue.
20' - Attempt missed. Dani Olmo (Barcelona) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Alejandro Balde.
22' - Anatolii Trubin (Benfica) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
22' - Foul by Raphinha (Barcelona).
24' - Attempt missed. Lamine Yamal (Barcelona) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Raphinha.
26' - Foul by Vangelis Pavlidis (Benfica).
26' - Raphinha (Barcelona) wins a free kick on the left wing.
27' - ⚽️ Goal! Barcelona 2, Benfica 1. Lamine Yamal (Barcelona) left footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Raphinha with a cross following a set piece situation.
29' - Corner, Benfica. Conceded by Jules Koundé.
31' - Foul by Florentino (Benfica).
31' - Pedri (Barcelona) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
32' - Foul by Orkun Kökçü (Benfica).
32' - Pedri (Barcelona) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
34' - Alejandro Balde (Barcelona) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
34' - Foul by Florentino (Benfica).
36' - Foul by Robert Lewandowski (Barcelona).
36' - Nicolás Otamendi (Benfica) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
38' - Offside, Benfica. Vangelis Pavlidis is caught offside.
40' - Attempt missed. Raphinha (Barcelona) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Pedri.
41' - Attempt saved. Robert Lewandowski (Barcelona) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Dani Olmo.
42' - ⚽️ Goal! Barcelona 3, Benfica 1. Raphinha (Barcelona) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Alejandro Balde following a fast break.Goal awarded following VAR Review.
42' - VAR Decision: Goal Barcelona 3-1 Benfica (Raphinha).
45'+1' - Fourth official has announced 3 minutes of added time.
45'+3' - Attempt blocked. Dani Olmo (Barcelona) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Pedri.
45'+4' - First Half ends, Barcelona 3, Benfica 1.
45' - Second Half begins Barcelona 3, Benfica 1.
46' - Offside, Benfica. Orkun Kökçü is caught offside.
48' - Foul by António Silva (Benfica).
48' - Raphinha (Barcelona) wins a free kick on the left wing.
48' - 🟨 António Silva (Benfica) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
49' - Attempt missed. Ronald Araujo (Barcelona) header from the right side of the six yard box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Robert Lewandowski following a set piece situation.
49' - Offside, Benfica. Vangelis Pavlidis is caught offside.
53' - Attempt missed. Lamine Yamal (Barcelona) left footed shot from the right side of the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Frenkie de Jong.
56' - 🔄 Substitution, Benfica. Renato Sanches replaces Kerem Aktürkoglu.
56' - 🔄 Substitution, Benfica. Zeki Amdouni replaces Andreas Schjelderup.
60' - Offside, Benfica. Vangelis Pavlidis is caught offside.
63' - Foul by Alejandro Balde (Barcelona).
63' - Fredrik Aursnes (Benfica) wins a free kick on the right wing.
65' - Attempt missed. Frenkie de Jong (Barcelona) left footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Jules Koundé.
66' - Attempt saved. Vangelis Pavlidis (Benfica) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Samuel Dahl.
69' - Foul by Ronald Araujo (Barcelona).
69' - Vangelis Pavlidis (Benfica) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
70' - 🔄 Substitution, Barcelona. Gavi replaces Dani Olmo.
70' - 🔄 Substitution, Barcelona. Ferran Torres replaces Robert Lewandowski.
70' - 🔄 Substitution, Benfica. Andrea Belotti replaces Orkun Kökçü.
70' - 🔄 Substitution, Benfica. Leandro Barreiro replaces Florentino.
71' - Offside, Benfica. Andrea Belotti is caught offside.
73' - Ferran Torres (Barcelona) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
73' - Foul by Nicolás Otamendi (Benfica).
74' - Attempt missed. Ferran Torres (Barcelona) right footed shot from outside the box is just a bit too high from a direct free kick.
77' - Attempt blocked. Samuel Dahl (Benfica) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Zeki Amdouni.
77' - Attempt blocked. Leandro Barreiro (Benfica) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Fredrik Aursnes.
77' - Corner, Benfica. Conceded by Gavi.
78' - Attempt missed. António Silva (Benfica) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Samuel Dahl with a cross following a corner.
78' - Corner, Benfica. Conceded by Gavi.
78' - Attempt missed. Samuel Dahl (Benfica) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right following a corner.
80' - Attempt missed. Renato Sanches (Benfica) left footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Vangelis Pavlidis.
81' - Offside, Barcelona. Raphinha is caught offside.
82' - 🔄 Substitution, Barcelona. Marc Casadó replaces Frenkie de Jong.
82' - 🔄 Substitution, Barcelona. Fermín López replaces Lamine Yamal.
82' - Corner, Benfica. Conceded by Alejandro Balde.
83' - Offside, Benfica. Nicolás Otamendi is caught offside.
84' - 🔄 Substitution, Benfica. João Rêgo replaces Tomás Araújo.
85' - Corner, Benfica. Conceded by Ronald Araujo.
86' - Attempt blocked. Zeki Amdouni (Benfica) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Nicolás Otamendi with a cross.
87' - Attempt blocked. Ferran Torres (Barcelona) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
87' - Attempt blocked. Gavi (Barcelona) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked.
87' - Corner, Barcelona. Conceded by Nicolás Otamendi.
87' - 🔄 Substitution, Barcelona. Eric García replaces Iñigo Martínez.
88' - Attempt blocked. Marc Casadó (Barcelona) header from the centre of the box is blocked.
88' - Attempt missed. Fermín López (Barcelona) right footed shot from very close range misses to the left following a corner.
89' - Hand ball by João Rêgo (Benfica).
90' - Fourth official has announced 2 minutes of added time.
90'+1' - Offside, Benfica. Vangelis Pavlidis is caught offside.
90'+2' - Fermín López (Barcelona) wins a free kick on the left wing.
90'+2' - Foul by Fredrik Aursnes (Benfica).
90'+3' - Second Half ends, Barcelona 3, Benfica 1.
Match ends, Barcelona 3, Benfica 1.
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