LISBOA. FC Barcelona tops Benfica 5-4 after playing a incredible match. FC Barcelona was truly better in terms of ball possession (75%) and that was among the factors of its victory.
Arthur Cabral received a red card (90′). This red card was one of the reason why Benfica lost the match.
The match was played at the Estádio do Sport Lisboa e Benfica stadium in Lisboa on Tuesday and it started at 8:00 pm local time. The referee was Danny Desmond Makkelie with the support of Hessel Steegstra and Jan de Vries. The 4th official was Allard Lindhout. The weather was heavy intensity rain. The temperature was pleasant at 17.52 degrees Celsius or 63.54 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 79%.
Match Statistics
- ! 26 Ball Possession 74
Shots
- 10 Total 22
- 5 On Target 11
- 1 Off Target 6
- 4 Shots blocked 5
- 55 Attack 168
- 18 Dangerous attack 96
- 73 Ball safe 86
- 8 Free Kicks 7
- 1 Penalties 2
- 2 Corners 6
- 5 Off Sides 1
Fouls
- 9 Total 9
- 1 Yellow Cards 4
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 5 Substitutions 5
Ball possession
FC Barcelona was in firm control of the ball 75% while Benfica was struggling with a 25% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
FC Barcelona was more pushing with 96 dangerous attacks and 22 shots of which 11 were on target. This is one of the reasons why FC Barcelona won the encounter.
Benfica shot 10 times, 5 on target, 1 off target. On the opposite side, FC Barcelona shot 22 times, 11 on target, 6 off target.
Cards
Benfica received 1 yellow card (Álvaro Fernández). Regarding the opposition, FC Barcelona received 4 yellow cards (Fermín López, Gavi, J. Koundé and Frenkie de Jong).
(Benfica) was sent off after receiving a red card in the (90′).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this match, Benfica stays with 10 points like Sporting CP, Feyenoord and VfB Stuttgart to hold in the 18th place. Regarding the opposition, FC Barcelona has 18 points to hold in the 2nd place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Champions League, Benfica will play away with Juventus on the 29th of January with a 3-0 head to head stats in favor of Benfica (2 draws).
FC Barcelona will host Atalanta on the 29th of January with a 0-0 head to head stats.
Benfica – Formation

Benfica started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
The manager Bruno Miguel Silva do Nascimento decided to play with the following team: Anatolii Trubin
, Tomás Lemos Araújo , António João Pereira Albuquerque Tavares Silva , Nicolás Hernán Otamendi , Álvaro Fernández , Fredrik Aursnes , Florentino Ibrain Morris Luís , Orkun Kökçü , Muhammed Kerem Aktürkoğlu , Vangelis Pavlidis and Andreas Schjelderup .The home team had on the bench: Diogo Prioste, Alexander Hartmann Bah
, Ángel Fabián Di María Hernández , Leandro Barreiro Martins , Mohamed Zeki Amdouni , Arthur Mendonça Cabral , Samuel Jumpe Soares, Gianluca Prestianni Gross, Benjamín Rollheiser , Jan-Niklas Beste, Nuno Miguel Madeira Fernandes Félix, Adrian Bajrami and João Pedro Seno Luis Rêgo.Substitutions
Benfica made 5 changes: K. Aktürkoğlu for A. Bah (71′), Fredrik Aursnes for Leandro Barreiro (61′), Andreas Schjelderup for Ángel Di María (71′), O. Kökçü for Benjamín Rollheiser (80′) and V. Pavlidis for Amdouni Amdouni (80′).
Player of the match: Vangelis Pavlidis
The player that probably impressed the most for Benfica was Vangelis Pavlidis.
His rating is
with 3 goals, 18 passes (79% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 5 duels out of 18. He performed 1 cross.FC Barcelona – Formation

FC Barcelona started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
Hans-Dieter Flick played with: Wojciech Szczęsny
, Jules Koundé , Ronald Federico Araújo da Silva , Pau Cubarsí Paredes , Alejandro Balde Martínez , Marc Casadó Torras , Pedro González López , Lamine Yamal Nasraoui Ebana , Pablo Martín Paez Gaviria , Raphael Dias Belloli and Robert Lewandowski .They had on the bench: Sergi Domínguez, Ignacio Peña Sotorres, Ferrán Torres García
, Anssumane Fati, Pablo Torre Carral, Andreas Christensen, Fermin Lopez Marin , Pau Victor Delgado, Frenkie de Jong , Eric García Martret , Diego Kochen, Hector Fort García and Gerard Martín Langreo .Substitutions
FC Barcelona made 5 changes: Lamine Yamal for Gerard Martín (90′), Gavi for Fermín López (62′), Fredrik Aursnes for Fermín López (61′), J. Koundé for Eric García (74′) and Alejandro Balde for Ferran Torres (74′).
Player of the match: Raphael Dias Belloli
The player that probably impressed the most for FC Barcelona was Raphael Dias Belloli.
His rating is
with 2 goals, 55 passes (85% accurate) and 3 key passes. He won 8 duels out of 14. He performed 7 crosses.Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Champions League.
- Atalanta – Sturm Graz – 5-0
- Monaco – Aston Villa – 1-0
- Atlético Madrid – Bayer 04 Leverkusen – 2-1
- Benfica – FC Barcelona – 4-5
- Bologna – Borussia Dortmund – 2-1
- Club Brugge – Juventus – 1-0
- Crvena Zvezda – PSV – 2-3
- Liverpool – LOSC Lille – 2-1
- Slovan Bratislava – VfB Stuttgart – 1-3