FC Barcelona 3-1 Benfica: result and report

Champions League · Tuesday 11 March 2025

Result

FC Barcelona 3-1 Benfica

Champions League · Tuesday 11 March 2025, 17:45 UTC · half-time 3-1

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FC Barcelona 3-1 Benfica: match report

FC Barcelona beat Benfica 3-1 in the Champions League on Tuesday 11 March 2025. The half-time score was 3-1.

Raphinha opened the scoring in the 11th minute. FC Barcelona's goals came from Raphinha (11'), Lamine Yamal (27') and Raphinha (42'). Benfica scored through Nicolás Otamendi (13').

Discipline: FC Barcelona received no yellow cards; Benfica received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game FC Barcelona were 5th on 22 points from 9 and Benfica 14th on 17 points from 11. This fixture belongs to an earlier Champions League season and is kept for reference.

FC Barcelona lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Benfica in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Raphinha of FC Barcelona (9.1), ahead of Lamine Yamal (8.7).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 FC Barcelona wins, 3 draws and 1 for Benfica.

Going into the match FC Barcelona's last five read W-D-W-W-W and Benfica's L-D-W-W-L.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 11'Goal · RaphinhaFC Barcelona · 1-0
  • 13'Goal · Nicolás OtamendiBenfica · 1-1
  • 27'Goal · Lamine YamalFC Barcelona · 2-1
  • 42'Goal · RaphinhaFC Barcelona · 3-1
  • 48'Yellow card · António SilvaBenfica

Head-to-head

8 meetings: FC Barcelona 4, draws 3, Benfica 1.

Team news

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FC Barcelona line-up (4-2-3-1)

Wojciech Szczesny, Jules Koundé, Ronald Araujo, Iñigo Martínez, Alejandro Balde, Frenkie de Jong, Pedri, Lamine Yamal, Dani Olmo, Raphinha, Robert Lewandowski

Benfica line-up (4-3-3)

Anatoliy Trubin, Tomás Araújo, António Silva, Nicolás Otamendi, Samuel Dahl, Fredrik Aursnes, Florentino, Orkun Kökçü, Kerem Aktürkoğlu, Vangelis Pavlidis, Andreas Schjelderup