Barcelona vs Benfica Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 11th March 2025
The scoreline read 0-1 after the first leg and now decision time is here for visitors Benfica and Barcelona. Their second leg meeting in the Champions League takes place at the Estadio Olimpico Lluis Companys on Tuesday.
Benfica need a goal to at least take this battle into extra-time after succumbing to a 1-0 defeat at home in the first leg match. Barcelona, on the other hand, have the advantage of being able to sit back and await the next move from their visitors. After all, the home side are in no hurry after coming from Benfica victorious. Benfica need a goal to at least take this battle into extra-time after falling to a 1-0 defeat at home in the first leg match. Barcelona can sit back and await the next move from their visitors, as they are in no hurry.
Barcelona enter their next Champions League match, averaging a fantastic three goals per game in their last ten matches in this tournament. They scored a delicious total of 30 goals, while also conceding 17. That amounts to an average of 1.7 per game in which, they kept their opponents from scoring three times.
Benfica scored 18 goals, conceded 15 and managed a clean sheet four times in their previous ten matches in this tournament.
Barcelona vs Benfica Prediction
Barcelona Form
Barcelona should be high on confidence, as their last three matches saw them gain two victories and a draw. They started off drawing 4-4 with Atletico Madrid, before beating first Real Sociedad by 4-0, then Benfica in a 0-1 win. Barcelona won four of their previous six Champions League games at the Estadio Olimpico Lluis Companys. They both drew and lost once, as they conceded eight and scored 18 goals.
Benfica Form
The results have been up and down for Benfica, who beat Boavista by 3-0. Following that up proved too difficult, as they lost 0-1 against Barcelona, before claiming a victory in a 3-0 game against Nacional. Benfica recorded no less than five in their previous six Champions League away matches, as well losing once and drawing none. They hit the target 11 themselves while allowing five goals against.
Anything but a home win for Barcelona will be a massive surprise, and with goals flowing freely Benfica could be in for a hammering.
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Barcelona vs Benfica Stats
- In the last 12 Barcelona home matches in the Champions League, the sum of goals was over 2.5
- In 13 of the last 15 Barcelona matches in the Champions League, the sum of goals was over 2.5
- Barcelona have won 6 of the last 8 matches in the Champions League while scoring more than 2.5 goals
- Barcelona have won 7 of the last 9 home matches in the Champions League and the sum of goals was over 2.5
- Barcelona have won 7 of the last 9 home matches in the Champions League while scoring more than 1.5 goals
- In 5 of the last 6 Benfica matches the sum of goals was under 3.5
- Benfica have won 3 of the last 4 away matches and the sum of goals was under 2.5
- Benfica have won 3 of the last 4 away matches while scoring less than 2.5 goals
- In 4 of the last 5 Benfica away matches in the Champions League, the sum of goals was under 3.5
- In 3 of the last 4 Benfica away matches the sum of goals was under 2.5
- In 7 of the last 8 Barcelona matches versus Benfica in the Champions League the sum of goals was under 3.5
- In 7 of the last 8 Barcelona matches versus Benfica the sum of goals was under 3.5
- Barcelona have not lost 7 of the last 8 matches versus Benfica in the Champions League
- Barcelona have not lost 7 of the last 8 matches versus Benfica
- In 6 of the last 8 Barcelona matches versus Benfica in the Champions League the sum of goals was under 2.5
Barcelona vs Benfica Team News
Barcelona vs Benfica H2H
The last time these two teams faced off against each other, Barcelona came away as 0-1 winners. No doubt they are planning a similar outcome this coming Tuesday. Looking back over their previous eight encounters, visitors Benfica claimed a win in just one of these. Instead, home side Barcelona build up a small advantage against their next opponent, winning four times.
Both teams found the back of the net in one of the last eight matches between Barcelona and Benfica.
Barcelona vs Benfica Results
Barcelona vs Benfica Betting Tips
Robert Lewandowski look like value in the goal scoring market with six strikes to his name in six Champions League matches. The visitors are crossing their fingers Vangelis Pavlidis adds to his six Champions League goals come this coming Tuesday.
Barcelona were able to win five of their previous 10 home games across all tournaments, while drawing two of the games. They suffered defeat in three of these outings. Benfica won six of their last 10 games away, drew two and suffered defeat in two of them. Barcelona managed to open the scoring no less than six of their previous 10 league games on home soil. The visitors from Benfica performed a similar feat as they scored the opener in eight of their last 10 away games.
Less than 2.5 goals came out two times in the past eight encounters between these two while both teams not to score was a winning bet seven times. Barcelona managed an average of 1.26 goals, with Benfica averaging 0.88 goals. Barcelona saw over 2.5 goals in six of their last ten matches across all tournaments, as they scored an average of 3.1 goals during this run. Over 2.5 goals happened in five of the last ten outings for Benfica, who managed to score two times in those matches.