Today's Benfica-Barça match guide: schedule, where to watch and lineups

LisbonBarça and Benfica will face each other this Wednesday in Lisbon (9pm) in a match that will correspond to the Champions League round of 16. Barça will seek to qualify for the second consecutive quarter-finals, after eliminating Napoli last season. For their part, the Lisbon team has not made it past the round since the 2022-2023 season against Bruges.

Both teams put on a goal-scoring show in the group stage (4-5) at the Da Luz stadium. The Portuguese and the Blaugranas are coming off a victory in their last match. Flick's men won at Real Sociedad with a resounding victory (4-0), while Bruno Lage's men defeated Braga (1-0) in the Portuguese Cup. As for direct clashes in the history of the Champions League, Barça is victorious with four wins, four draws and two losses.

Barça will be without Ter Stegen, Marc Bernal and Christensen due to injury. Benfica will be without Gouveia, Renato Sanches, Bah, Silva, Di María and Florentino due to injury.

Time and place of the Barça-Benfica match

The match will be played this Wednesday at 9:00 p.m. at the Estadio da Luz (Lisbon).

Where to watch today's match (television)

The duel between the Portuguese and the Catalans can be seen on television through the Movistar platform on the channels LaLiga TV Bar, M+ Liga de Campeones (M60 O115), M+ Liga de Campeones (M180 O276) and Movistar Plus+ (M7). It can also be followed live on ARA minute by minute.

Probable lineups for the match

FC Barcelona (4-3-3): Szczęsny; Kounde, Cubarsí, Iñigo Martínez, Balde; De Jong, Olmo, Pierre; Lamine Yamal, Raphinha and Lewandowski.

Benfica (4-3-3): Trubin; Otamendi, António Silva, Álvaro, Araújo; Aursnes, Barreiro, Kökcü; Dahl, Aktürkoglu and Pavlidis.

Referee: Felix Zwayer (German Committee) and Bastian Dankert (German Committee) in the VAR.