Barcelona vs Benfica Full Match UCL 2024-25 Round 16

Barcelona vs Benfica Full Match UCL 2024-25 Round 16.

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Full Match & Highlights Champions League 2024-2025
Champions League UCL Round of 16 – 2nd Leg

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March 11, 2025

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Barcelona played with ten men from the 22nd minute but still won 1-0 against Benfica in the UEFA Champions League (UCL) Round of 16 first leg. Their weekend match against Osasuna in La Liga was postponed due to the unfortunate death of the first team doctor which means they should be well rested for this second leg, although boss Hansi Flick will have a crucial clash against fellow title hopefuls Atlético Madrid next weekend in the back of his mind.

Barcelona look good value to advance here considering they remain the only unbeaten team across all competitions in Europe’s traditional top-five leagues in 2025 (W13, D3). The comforts of playing at their temporary home of Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys should help them extend that run, given they’re unbeaten in seven games there (W5, D2), scoring an average of 3.43 goals per match in the process.

Those numbers underline the monumental task that awaits Benfica, who have won only three of their last 24 UEFA games against Spanish clubs (D8, L13) and crashed out in the last four two-legged knockout ties against such opposition. Bruno Lage’s men shouldn’t be short of confidence though, as they won 3-0 against Nacional which marked an eighth win from their last ten matches (D1, L1).

Benfica three away wins in a row in this competition suggest they can’t be written off just yet, and Benfica have actually emerged victorious from four of their five road trips in this season’s UCL. Three of those four wins have come by a one-goal margin – a result which would take the tie into extra time – which is perhaps as good as it will get for a side who have been eliminated on five of the previous six occasions they’ve lost the first leg of a UCL knockout stage tie.

Key battle: Wojciech Szczęsny conceded six goals in his first two UCL matches this season including four against Benfica in the league phase, but made eight saves en route to a clean sheet in the first leg. Looking to test him early, three of Kerem Aktürkoğlu’s last four UCL goals have opened the scoring before the 25th minute.

Hot stat: Seven of Barcelona’s last nine home matches saw the opening goal scored in the 30th minute or earlier.

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