Sport Lisboa e Benfica vs FC Barcelona, Champions League 2024-25 LEAGUE STAGE

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UEFA Champions League · 2024-25

Sport Lisboa e Benfica

4 – 5

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FC Barcelona

Tue 21 Jan 2025 · 20:00 UTC Estadio da Luz 63,225 HT 45' · FT 45'

Vangelis Pavlidis 2' 1–0

1–1 13' Robert Lewandowski pen

Vangelis Pavlidis 23' 2–1

Vangelis Pavlidis pen 30' 3–1

3–2 65' Raphinha

Ronald Araujo og 68' 4–2

4–3 77' Robert Lewandowski pen

4–4 86' Eric Garcia

4–5 90+6' Raphinha

Y 36' Pablo Gavira

Y 67' Jules Kounde

Alvaro Carreras 76' Y

Y 90' Frenkie de Jong

Y 90' Fermin Lopez

Overview

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Sport Lisboa e Benfica vs FC Barcelona — Champions League at Estadio da Luz.

Sport Lisboa e Benfica 8 games · 9 pts (2026/27)
FC Barcelona 8 games · 16 pts (2026/27)

Match Details

Referee Danny Makkelie
Assistant 1 Hessel Steegstra
Assistant 2 Jan de Vries

12 games this season 🟨 3.7/game ⚽ 11.9 goals/game

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	Arsenal FC	8	24
2	FC Bayern München	8	21
3	Liverpool FC	8	18
4	Tottenham Hotspur FC	8	17
5	FC Barcelona	8	16
6	Chelsea FC	8	16
7	Sporting Clube de Portugal	8	16
8	Manchester City FC	8	16
9	Real Madrid CF	8	15
10	FC Internazionale Milano	8	15
11	Paris Saint-Germain FC	8	14
12	Newcastle United FC	8	14
13	Juventus FC	8	13
14	Club Atlético de Madrid	8	13
15	Atalanta BC	8	13
16	Bayer 04 Leverkusen	8	12
17	Borussia Dortmund	8	11
18	PAE Olympiakos SFP	8	11
19	Club Brugge KV	8	10
20	Galatasaray SK	8	10
21	AS Monaco FC	8	10
22	Qarabag Agdam FK	8	10
23	FK Bodø/Glimt	8	9
24	Sport Lisboa e Benfica	8	9
25	Olympique de Marseille	8	9
26	Paphos FC	8	9
27	Royale Union Saint-Gilloise	8	9
28	PSV	8	8
29	Athletic Club	8	8
30	SSC Napoli	8	8
31	FC København	8	8
32	AFC Ajax	8	6
33	Eintracht Frankfurt	8	4
34	SK Slavia Praha	8	3
35	Villarreal CF	8	1
36	FK Kairat	8	1

Head-to-Head

Sport Lisboa e Benfica 7 games · Avg 3.1 goals FC Barcelona

Last 5 meetings

2025-01-21 Sport Lisboa e Benfica 4–5 FC Barcelona 2021-11-23 FC Barcelona 0–0 Sport Lisboa e Benfica 2021-09-29 Sport Lisboa e Benfica 3–0 FC Barcelona 2018-04-14 FC Barcelona 0–1 Sport Lisboa e Benfica 2017-12-02 Sport Lisboa e Benfica 2–2 FC Barcelona

Recent Form

Sport Lisboa e Benfica

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
21 Jan	FC Barcelona	H	4–5	L
17 Jan	FC Famalicão	H	4–0	W
04 Jan	Sporting Clube de Braga	H	1–2	L
29 Dec	Sporting Clube de Portugal	A	0–1	L
23 Dec	GD Estoril Praia	H	3–0	W
19 Dec	CD Nacional	A	2–0	W

FC Barcelona

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
21 Jan	Sport Lisboa e Benfica	A	5–4	W
18 Jan	Getafe CF	A	1–1	D
21 Dec	Club Atlético de Madrid	H	1–2	L
15 Dec	CD Leganes	H	0–1	L
11 Dec	Borussia Dortmund	A	3–2	W
07 Dec	Real Betis Balompié	A	2–2	D

Season Stats

Sport Lisboa e Benfica		FC Barcelona
#24	Position	#5
9	Points	16
8	Played	8
3 / 0 / 5	W / D / L	5 / 1 / 2
10	Scored	22
12	Conceded	14
-2	GD	+8
1.13	PPG	2.00
38%	Win %	63%

Key Stats

43% Both Teams to Score
H2H (7 games)

57% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

0% Clean Sheets
FC Barcelona this season

Sport Lisboa e Benfica are 24th (9 pts). FC Barcelona are 5th (16 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

FC Barcelona

0-15

1/–

16-30

1/–

31-45

–/–

46-60

1/–

61-75

–/–

76+

2/1

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

FC Barcelona

Raphinha	2 G
Lamine Yamal	1 G	2 A
Gabriel Jesus	1 G
Karim Adeyemi	1 G

Events

Match Events

0' The referee blows the starting whistle. The fans are roaring. The teams are ready for the match. Sport Lisboa e Benfica is hosting FC Barcelona for another epic battle.
2' GOAL! Vangelis Pavlidis scores on 2. Assisted by Alvaro Carreras
7' The midfield battle is intense right now. Both Sport Lisboa e Benfica and FC Barcelona are fighting for every inch of the pitch.
12' Neither side is committing men forward. This has all the hallmarks of a tense, tactical contest.
13' What a strike from Robert Lewandowski! The score is 1-1.
18' The tempo has dropped considerably in the last few minutes. Bruno Nascimento will be considering his options from the bench.
23' What a strike from Vangelis Pavlidis! The score is 2-1.
28' Spectators do not have much to choose from both teams. The sides had several scoring chances but they still need a bit more than just a sight of a goal.
30' Goal! Vangelis Pavlidis scores his 129 goal in 169 matches.
35' Sport Lisboa e Benfica started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 35.
36' The referee has no hesitation. Pablo Gavira is booked for FC Barcelona — card on 36.
41' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Sport Lisboa e Benfica that had 471 games and scored 831 goals.
46' Sport Lisboa e Benfica is showing some good football. However, Sport Lisboa e Benfica are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
51' Pedri, a Spain , has 0 bookings this season and will need to keep his discipline tonight.
56' It’s high time Hansi Flick made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
61' Sport Lisboa e Benfica are enjoying more possession but struggling to find a way through a disciplined FC Barcelona backline.
62' Frenkie de Jong is replacing Marc Casado for the FC Barcelona side.
65' Raphinha has been a constant threat and now delivers with a goal on 65 minutes.
67' It’s gonna be a card for Jules Kounde.
68' What composure from Ronald Araujo! The Uruguay international strokes it home. 3-3.
70' The supporters are chanting for Angel di Maria. He replaces Andreas Schjelderup on 70 minute.
74' Another change for FC Barcelona made on 74 minute. Alex Balde leaves to be changed by Ferran Torres.
76' Alvaro Carreras has been a danger all night but risks an early exit having now seen a card on 76.
77' The deadlock is broken! Robert Lewandowski gets on the scoresheet on 77 minutes.
79' Benjamin Rollheiser gets the nod from Sport Lisboa e Benfica. He replaces Orkun Kokcu and will look to change the dynamic.
80' Sport Lisboa e Benfica manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Zeki Amdouni is hanging Vangelis Pavlidis on the field on 80 minute.
85' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
86' Assisted by Pedri with the perfectly-timed delivery and Eric Garcia makes no mistake. 3-5!
90' Poor challenge from Frenkie de Jong. The referee spots it immediately and shows the card.
90' Gerard Martin is replacing Lamine Yamal for the FC Barcelona side.
With this win, FC Barcelona is likely to improve its situation in the overall team standings.

Lineups

Sport Lisboa e Benfica Lineups

4-3-3

Starting XI

30
Nicolas Otamendi
10
Orkun Kokcu ↓ Benjamin Rollheiser 79'
14
Vangelis Pavlidis ↓ Zeki Amdouni 80'
8
Fredrik Aursnes ↓ Leandro Barreiro Martins 62'
61
Florentino
1
Anatolii Trubin
17
Muhammed Kerem Akturkoglu ↓ Alexander Bah 70'
21
Andreas Schjelderup ↓ Angel di Maria 70'
44
Tomas Araujo
3
Alvaro Carreras
4
Antonio Silva

Bench

Coach Bruno Nascimento

FC Barcelona Lineups

4-2-3-1

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Hansi Flick

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Raphinha	5
Vangelis Pavlidis	3
Darwin Nunez	2
Robert Lewandowski	2
Lamine Yamal	1
Rafa Silva	1
Eric Garcia	1
Nicolas Otamendi	1

Head to Head

Sport Lisboa e Benfica Form

2025-01-21 Sport Lisboa e Benfica 4–5 FC Barcelona L 2025-01-17 Sport Lisboa e Benfica 4–0 FC Famalicão W 2025-01-04 Sport Lisboa e Benfica 1–2 Sporting Clube de Braga L 2024-12-29 Sporting Clube de Portugal 1–0 Sport Lisboa e Benfica L 2024-12-23 Sport Lisboa e Benfica 3–0 GD Estoril Praia W 2024-12-19 CD Nacional 0–2 Sport Lisboa e Benfica W

FC Barcelona Form

2025-01-21 Sport Lisboa e Benfica 4–5 FC Barcelona W 2025-01-18 Getafe CF 1–1 FC Barcelona D 2024-12-21 FC Barcelona 1–2 Club Atlético de Madrid L 2024-12-15 FC Barcelona 0–1 CD Leganes L 2024-12-11 Borussia Dortmund 2–3 FC Barcelona W 2024-12-07 Real Betis Balompié 2–2 FC Barcelona D

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

3 / 4

2.03 Sport Lisboa e Benfica xG

Expected Goals

Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo

2.25 FC Barcelona xG

I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 79% + Both teams to score 77%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Sport Lisboa e Benfica37% Draw23% FC Barcelona40%

Actual: FC Barcelona win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes77% 0% No23%

Avg goals/match: 4.28

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	98%	2%
± 1.5	92%	8%
± 2.5	79%	21%
± 3.5	61%	39%
± 4.5	42%	58%

Double Chance

Sport Lisboa e Benfica or Draw

60%

Draw or FC Barcelona

63%

Sport Lisboa e Benfica or FC Barcelona

77%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Sport Lisboa e Benfica29% Draw36% FC Barcelona35%

Actual: Sport Lisboa e Benfica win at HT

Correct Score

✗ 4–5 not predicted

4 – 5

Actual

1 – 1

7.1%

1 – 2

2 – 2

6.9%

2 – 1

6.3%

1 – 3

5.2%

2 – 3

5.1%

3 – 2

4.6%

3 – 1

4.2%

0 – 2

3.6%

3 – 3

3.5%

2 – 0

2 – 4

2.9%

Asian Handicap — Sport Lisboa e Benfica

Handicap	Sport Lisboa e Benfica covers	Push	FC Barcelona covers
-2.5	9%	—	91%
-2	9%	11%	80%
-1.5	20%	—	80%
-1	20%	16%	65%
-0.5	35%	—	65%
+0.5	57%	—	43%
+1	57%	18%	26%
+1.5	74%	—	26%
+2	74%	13%	13%
+2.5	87%	—	13%

Clean Sheet

Sport Lisboa e Benfica keeps clean sheet

11% ✓

FC Barcelona keeps clean sheet

14% ✓

Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.