Barcelona - SL Benfica - Benfica has not kept its home intact in its last five games.
- Benfica have managed just one away win in five Champions League games.
- Barcelona is unbeaten in its last four games.
- Barcelona has lost just twice at home in 10 games.
- Benfica have failed to score in three of their last five Champions League games.
Some sense of normality returns to Barcelona and will hopefully go up to Champions League facing her Benfica in a very difficult conflict. She has six points, two ahead of her guests and will aim for a victory to secure her place in the next round. Memphis Depay's penalty kick in La Liga gave Barça a 1-0 victory over Catalan Espanyol in Xavi Hernandez's first game as captain. Their only defeats in 10 home games this season were against Bayern Munich and Real Madrid. He has six wins in 10 home matches.
Benfica is coming from two big victories, they beat Braga 6-1 in the Primeira Liga and more recently Pakos Ferreira 4-1. They have scored in each of their last five games and in the last four matches they have scored over 2,5 goals. Benfica will go into this game hoping to repeat their 3-0 victory in the first match against Barcelona, but will meet a more organized team and the fact that it has not kept its home intact in five games makes it more difficult. . Twice in the last five games, Benfica have conceded three or more goals, in their last game in the Champions League, they lost 5-2 to Bayern and to stay in the tournament, they must at least avoid defeat here. Summarizing, There is a new atmosphere in Barcelona with the arrival of Xavi and it started with a home victory in La Liga. The legend wants to get a victory in the Champions League that will secure his place in the next round. Benfica has a bad run in the Champions League, especially in attack and meets a team from Barcelona that did well at home this season. Defensively, Benfica was also not convincing and I will bet on Barcelona to win in performance 1.65 in Stoiximan.
