Our prediction for this Champions League match:
Barcelona
Match Time & Date:
11/03/2025
18:45
Prediction: 3-1
Benfica
Barcelona will look to defend their slim lead in the tie with Benfica when the two teams face each other at Estadi Olimpic Lluis Companys on Tuesday evening. Raphinha helped Barcelona beat Benfica 1-0 in the first leg and, as a result, Hansi Flick’s men are with one foot in the Champions League quarter-finals. Pau Cubarsi misses out through suspension following his sending-off in the first leg, while all Marc Bernal, Marc-Andre ter Stegen, and Andreas Christensen remain in the recovery room.
The Eagles, on the other hand, are still without Argentine ace Angel Di Maria, who miss out with injury, while defender Alvaro Carreras serves a one-game ban. Kerem Akturtoglu returns to the starting XI after coming as a substitute in a 3-0 win over Nacional. As Barcelona were not in action in La Liga at the weekend, we believe that there is a big value in betting on Robert Lewandowski and Co.
Highlighted Player (Robert Lewandowski):
After scoring 36 goals in 59 league games for Znicz Pruskow, Robert Lewandowski joined Lech Poznan in June, 2008. The 184-cm-tall attacker scored 18 goals in 28 appearances for the club in the 2009/2010 Ekstraklasa campaign and during the season he was on Borussia Dortmund’s radar.
The Polish forward signed a four-year deal with the Bundesliga side in June, 2010 and he quickly established himself as the team’s key attacker. Lewandowski was producing excellent performances with the Millionaires between 2010 and 2014 and it has to be noted that he won two Bundesliga trophies with the club (2010/2011, 2011/2012). He participated in the 2012/2013 Champions League final with Borussia Dortmund, but the Millionaires were beaten by fellow Bundesliga side Bayern Munich in the title game.
However, he betrayed Borussia Dortmund fans in 2014 as he signed a four-year deal with the Bundesliga giants. Lewandowski impressed in the 2016/2017 Bundesliga campaign as he scored 30 goals in 32 league games for Pep Guardiola’s troops. The Polish footballer represented his homeland at Euro 2016 in France and he scored one goal at the showpiece tournament in France.
Highlighted Team (Benfica):
Member of the ‘Big Three’ clubs in Portugal alongside FC Porto and CP Sporting, Sport Lisboa e Benfica are the football club that has never been relegated from the Primeira Liga. The club is nicknamed Aguias because of the Eagle symbol atop the club’s crest. Benfica play their home games at the Estadio da Luz which replaced the original one in 2003 and which boasts the capacity of more than 64,000. Arguably the most successful club in Portugal, Benfica have won a record of 35 Primeira Liga titles and also a record 25 Taca de Liga and 7 Taca da Liga trophies.
Two-time European Cup winners, Benfica are the club known for their diligent work with youth players, many of which went on to make great careers abroad. The most prominent players to wear a Benfica shirt are legendary Eusebio, Manuel Bento, Jorge Tavares and most recently Javier Saviola, Nuno Gomes, David Luiz and Angel Di Maria.
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