FC Barcelona and Benfica will face off on Thursday the 1st of January at 12:00 am in the 11th week of the Champions League. The match will take place in Barcelona at the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys. The appointed referee is François Letexier.
Line-ups predictions
These are the projected line-ups according to our predictions.
FC Barcelona
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-2-3-1 (9 times).
Hans-Dieter Flick is expected to play against Benfica with the following players: Wojciech Szczęsny, Alejandro Balde, Ronald Araújo, Iñigo Martínez, Jules Koundé, Pedri, Frenkie de Jong, Raphinha, Dani Olmo, Lamine Yamal and Robert Lewandowski.
Granting that the above line up is confirmed, the resulting average age of FC Barcelona would be 27.82.
Marc-André ter Stegen and Andreas Christensen will definitely miss the match.
Hans-Dieter Flick will not be able to have the presence of Pau Cubarsí who is suspended.
Benfica
Benfica has mostly adopted the 4-3-3 line-up during the season (9 times or 81.82%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-3-3 (9 times), 5-3-2 (once) and 4-2-3-1 (once).
Bruno Miguel Silva do Nascimento is expected to play against FC Barcelona with the following players: Anatoliy Trubin, Samuel Dahl, António Silva, Nicolás Otamendi , Tomás Araújo, Leandro Barreiro, Fredrik Aursnes, Orkun Kökçü, Andreas Schjelderup, Kerem Aktürkoğlu and Vangelis Pavlidis.
Presuming that the above line up is confirmed, the average age of Benfica would be 25.73.
Alexander Bah, Adrian Bajrami, Ángel Di María , Manu and Tiago Gouveia will definitely miss the match.
Bruno Miguel Silva do Nascimento will not be able to have the presence of Álvaro Carreras who is suspended.
