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

18 games this season 🟨 3.2/game ⚽ 11.3 goals/game 🟥 1 total

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

25% 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

2/–

16-30

1/1

31-45

1/1

46-60

5/–

61-75

2/1

76+

3/3

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

FC Barcelona

Raphinha	4 G
Lamine Yamal	3 G	4 A
Karim Adeyemi	2 G
Gabriel Jesus	1 G	1 A

Events

Match Events

0' Both captains have shaken hands and the referee is ready. We are underway at Estadio da Luz!
2' Vangelis Pavlidis adds to his 14 season tally! Sport Lisboa e Benfica lead 1-0 — and this changes everything.
7' A moment of individual brilliance could settle this. Both teams are waiting for that decisive action.
12' FC Barcelona is showing some good football. However, FC Barcelona are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
13' Robert Lewandowski adds to his 9 season tally! FC Barcelona lead 1-1 — and this changes everything.
18' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
23' GOAL! Vangelis Pavlidis fires home to make it 2-1!
28' Alvaro Carreras has been relatively quiet despite scoring 5 goals in his last 423 appearances.
30' What a moment for Vangelis Pavlidis! That strike on 30 puts his side firmly in control.
35' It looks like no one’s ball. Sport Lisboa e Benfica is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
36' That looks like a foul for a card for Pablo Gavira.
41' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Sport Lisboa e Benfica that had 482 games and scored 858 goals.
46' looks like a favorite considering 0 games won in last 0 matches with its main striker scoring goals.
51' FC Barcelona fans have not had much to celebrate tonight. Their side is struggling to get forward.
56' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
61' It looks surprising Sport Lisboa e Benfica does not make any changes. Anatolii Trubin has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
62' A change in the FC Barcelona ranks — Marc Casado exits the field as Frenkie de Jong enters on 62.
65' Raphinha makes no mistake. The score reads 3-2 and FC Barcelona are in front.
67' Poor challenge from Jules Kounde. The referee spots it immediately and shows the card.
68' Ronald Araujo does the damage! The net is bulging and FC Barcelona surge ahead!
70' A tactical swap from Sport Lisboa e Benfica — Angel di Maria on, Andreas Schjelderup off on 70 minutes.
74' The crowd applauds Alex Balde as he leaves the pitch. Ferran Torres steps in for FC Barcelona.
76' Sport Lisboa e Benfica player sees a card in front of him.
77' Against the run of play, Robert Lewandowski has scored! This game has turned on its head.
79' Sport Lisboa e Benfica manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Benjamin Rollheiser is hanging Orkun Kokcu on the field on 79 minute.
80' The supporters are chanting for Zeki Amdouni. He replaces Vangelis Pavlidis on 80 minute.
85' Supporters expect more eagerness from Tomas Araujo, as he is very good at scoring at Estadio da Luz with 2 goals in the last 2 games.
86' What a strike from Eric Garcia! The score is 3-5.
90' The referee has no hesitation. Frenkie de Jong is booked for FC Barcelona — card on 90.
90' It is a substitution in FC Barcelona team. Lamine Yamal is replaced by Gerard Martin on 90 minute.
Sport Lisboa e Benfica will have plenty to reflect on. FC Barcelona were simply the better side today.

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
Eric Garcia	1
Nicolas Otamendi	1
Lamine Yamal	1
Rafa Silva	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.