Today's Barça-Benfica match guide: schedule, where to watch and lineups
Barça face Benfica in the second leg of the Champions League round of 16
BarcelonaBarça and Benfica will face each other this Tuesday at Montjuïc (18.45) in a match that will correspond to the return leg of the Champions League round of 16. Barça will seek to maintain or increase the advantage on the scoreboard obtained in Lisbon (0-1). For their part, Benfica's players will have to refine their finishing in front of goal if they want to turn the tie around.
The blaugranas are coming from scratch a victory at the Estadio da Luz with only ten players after Pau Cubarsí was sent off and they will have to build on their efforts from the first leg on Tuesday at Montjuïc. Hansi Flick's men are coming into the tie in a low frame of mind, after The death of the doctor Carles Miñarro in the preview of Barça-Osasuna. The loss of the Barça doctor caused the postponement of the 27th matchday. In contrast, in the Portuguese league, Bruno Lage's men picked up three points at home against Nacional de Madeira (3-0).
Barça is without the already known injuries of Ter Stegen, Christensen and Marc Bernal. Benfica will be without Ángel Di María, Tiago Gouveia, Alexander Bah and Manu Silva due to injury and Álvaro Carreras due to suspension. Bruno Lage has Florentino Luís back for the match.
Time and place of the Barça-Benfica match
The match will be played on Tuesday at 18:45 in Montjuïc (Barcelona).
Where to watch today's match (television)
The duel between the Catalans and the Portuguese can be seen on television through the Movistar platform on the channels LaLiga TV Bar and M+ Liga de Campeones (M60 O115). It can also be followed live on ARA minute by minute.
Probable lineups for the match
FC Barcelona (4-3-3): Szczęsny, Koundé, Araújo, Iñigo, Balde; De Jong, Pierre, Dani Olmo; Raphinha, Lamine Yamal and Lewandowski.
Benfica (4-3-3): Trubin; Araújo, António Silva, Otamendi, Dahl; Aursnes, Kökçü, Barreiro; Schjelderup, Aktürkoğlu and Pavlidis.
Referees: François Letexier (France) and Jérôme Brisard (France) in the VAR.