FC Barcelona and Benfica are going to clash on Tuesday in the 5th week of the Champions League. The match will be staged in Barcelona at the Camp Nou.
FC Barcelona is in the 2nd position in the table with 6 points. It comes from a 0-1 win against Dynamo Kyiv in its last match in the Champions League. So far,, it has won twice and lost twice.
Benfica is in the 3rd place in the standings with 4 points. It comes from a 5-2 loss against FC Bayern München in its last match in the Champions League. To date, it has won 4 times, drawn twice, and lost twice.
Line-ups predictions
These are the projected line-ups according to our predictions.
FC Barcelona
FC Barcelona has mostly adopted the 4-3-3 line-up most used during the season (2 times or 50.00%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-3-3 (2 times), 3-4-1-2 (once) and 3-1-4-2 (once).
Xavier Hernández Creus is expected to play against Benfica with the following players: M. ter Stegen, J. Alba Ramos, E. García Martret, C. Lenglet, Ó. Mingueza García, F. de Jong, S. Busquets i Burgos, N. González Iglesias, M. Depay, Pablo Gaviria and L. de Jong.
Suppose that the above line up is confirmed, the projected average age of FC Barcelona would be 25.45.
S. Dest, S. Umtiti, M. Wagué, P. López, M. Braithwait, O. Dembélé and A. Fati will definitely miss the match.
Benfica
Benfica has mostly adopted the 3-4-2-1 line-up most used during the season (6 times or 75.00%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 3-4-2-1 (6 times) and 3-4-3 (2 times).
Jorge Fernando Pinheiro de Jesus is expected to play against FC Barcelona with the following players: O. Vlachodimos, L. Verissimo da Silva, J. Vertonghen, G. Moraes Junior, S. Meïté, A. Grimaldo García, G. Ramos, E. Sousa Soares, D. Núñez Ribeiro and R. Yaremchuk.
Suppose that the above line up is confirmed, the average age of Benfica would be 26.10.
A. Gomes Magalhaes de Almeida, V. Lazaro, R. Pereira de Pinho and H. Seferović will definitely miss the match.
