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
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.
Key events
- 11'Goal · Raphinha
- 13'Goal · Nicolás Otamendi
- 27'Goal · Lamine Yamal
- 42'Goal · Raphinha
- 48'Yellow card · António Silva
Head-to-head
Team news
Unavailable
- Marc Bernal Casas
- Marc ter Stegen
- Tiago Gouveia
- Alexander Bah
- Manu Silva
- Ángel Di María
- Pau Cubarsí
- Álvaro Carreras
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