Season so far

UEFA Champions League

Key, Benfica v Barcelona
League position, Benfica 15th, Barcelona 2ndTotal points, Benfica 10, Barcelona 15

Goals scored

Benfica 10Barcelona 21

Form guide

All competitions

Benfica won
v Farense
1
3
Taça de Portugal
Barcelona won
v Real Betis
5
1
Copa del Rey
Benfica draw
v Sporting CP
1
1
Taça da Liga
Barcelona won
v Real Madrid
2
5
Super Cup
Benfica won
v Sporting Braga
3
0
Taça da Liga
Barcelona won
v Athletic Club
0
2
Super Cup
Benfica lose
v Sporting Braga
1
2
Primeira Liga
Barcelona won
v Barbastro
0
4
Copa del Rey
Benfica lose
v Sporting CP
1
0
Primeira Liga
Barcelona lose
v Atlético Madrid
1
2
Primera División

Previous meetings

All competitions

Benfica and Barcelona
Played
6
Benfica Won 1Barcelona Won 2Draw 3

Previous scores

All competitions

UEFA Champions League

Barcelona 0 , Benfica 0 on the 23rd of November 2021
Barcelona
Benfica
23rd of November 2021
Benfica 3 , Barcelona 0 on the 29th of September 2021
Benfica
Barcelona
29th of September 2021
Barcelona 0 , Benfica 0 on the 5th of December 2012
Barcelona
Benfica
5th of December 2012

Match Facts

  • This will be the 10th meeting between Benfica and Barcelona in the European Cup/UEFA Champions League, with the Portuguese side only winning two of the previous nine (D4 L3).

  • Barcelona have only lost one of their last 17 games against Portuguese sides in the European Cup/UEFA Champions League (W12 D4), although that lone defeat did come the last time they faced Benfica away from home (0-3 v in September 2021).

  • Barcelona’s nine games against Benfica in the European Cup/UEFA Champions League have seen just 15 goals scored between both sides (eight scored, seven conceded). Among sides they’ve faced 5+ times across the two competitions, this is their lowest goals per game average (1.67) against an opponent. 

  • Since winning back-to-back home games in the UEFA Champions League between October 2022 and March 2023 (4-3 v Juventus, 5-1 v Club Brugge), Benfica have only won one of their last seven home matches in the competition (D2 L4). That victory did come against a Spanish side, however, beating Atlético de Madrid 4-0 back in October.

  • Between his time at Bayern Munich and current club Barcelona, Hansi Flick has won 88% of his matches as a manager in the UEFA Champions League (21/24 – D1 L2); the highest win percentage of any coach to take charge of at least 10 matches in the competition.

  • Barcelona have been ahead on the scoreboard for longer than any other team in the UEFA Champions League this season, both in terms of minutes (341:16) and as a percentage of their match time (59%).

  • Barcelona are the top scorers (21) in the UEFA Champions League this season, while their shot conversion rate of 23.3% is currently the highest in a single edition since Arsenal in 2010-11 (23.9%).

  • Raphinha was directly involved in 12 goals in nine UEFA Champions League appearances in 2024 (nine goals, three assists). Of Barcelona players with 10+ combined goals and assists in a calendar year in the competition, only Lionel Messi has ever had a better minutes per goal involvement ratio (in 2008, 2012, 2016, 2018) than Raphinha did last year (61).

  • Benfica’s Ángel Di María is one of only two Argentinean players to have made 100+ appearances (113) and recorded 50+ goal involvements (62) in the UEFA Champions League, along with former Barcelona man Lionel Messi (163 games, 168 combined goals and assists).

  • Marc Casadó has made more tackles than any other midfielder in the UEFA Champions League this season (25). Among players with 500+ minutes in a single edition, his average of 4.2 tackles per 90 is the highest by a Barcelona player since Javier Mascherano in 2010-11 (4.2).