Champions League

Champions League | League Stage

Jan 21, 2025 at 8pm UK

Estadio do Sport Lisboa e Benfica

Benfica
4 - 5
Barcelona

Pavlidis (2', 22', 30' pen.), Araujo (68' og.)
Fernandez (76')

FT(HT: 3-1)

Lewandowski (13' pen., 78' pen.), Raphinha (64', 90+6'), Garcia (86')
Gavi (36'), Kounde (66'), Lopez (90+8'), de Jong (90+4')

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The Match

Form, Standings, Stats

Benfica

All competitions

Champions League

Last Game: Benfica 4-0 Famalicao
Friday, January 17 at 8.15pm in Primeira Liga

Goals
for

Barcelona

All competitions

Champions League

Last Game: Getafe 1-1 Barcelona
Saturday, January 18 at 8pm in La Liga

Goals
for

Top scorers

Data Analysis

Our analysis of all available data, including recent performances and player stats up until an hour before kickoff, suggested the most likely outcome of this match was a Benfica win with a probability of 60.56%. A draw had a probability of 20.5% and a win for Barcelona had a probability of 18.91%.

The most likely scoreline for a Benfica win was 2-1 with a probability of 9.9%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 2-0 (9.1%) and 1-0 (8.67%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 1-1 (9.43%), while for a Barcelona win it was 1-2 (5.13%). The actual scoreline of 4-5 was predicted with a 0% likelihood.

Result
Benfica	Draw	Barcelona
60.56% ( -2.62)	20.53% ( 0.58)	18.91% ( 2.03)

Both teams to score 58.17% (

2.09)

Goals

Over 2.5

Under 2.5

61.72% (

0.81)

38.27% (

-0.81)

Over 3.5

Under 3.5

39.44% (

0.85)

60.55% (

-0.85)

Benfica Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

87.74% (

-0.48)

12.26% (

0.48)

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

62% (

-1.01)

37.99% (

1.01)

Barcelona Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

66.3% (

2.73)

33.69% (

-2.73)

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

29.65% (

2.86)

70.35% (

-2.86)

Score Analysis

Benfica 60.56%

Barcelona 18.91%

Draw 20.53%

Benfica	Draw	Barcelona
2-1 @ 9.9% ( -0.01) 2-0 @ 9.1% ( -0.72) 1-0 @ 8.67% ( -0.51) 3-1 @ 6.92% ( -0.14) 3-0 @ 6.37% ( -0.63) 3-2 @ 3.77% ( 0.2) 4-1 @ 3.63% ( -0.14) 4-0 @ 3.34% ( -0.4) 4-2 @ 1.98% ( 0.07) 5-1 @ 1.53% ( -0.09) 5-0 @ 1.4% ( -0.2) Other @ 3.97% Total : 60.56%	1-1 @ 9.43% ( 0.16) 2-2 @ 5.38% ( 0.38) 0-0 @ 4.13% ( -0.16) 3-3 @ 1.37% ( 0.17) Other @ 0.21% Total : 20.53%	1-2 @ 5.13% ( 0.45) 0-1 @ 4.49% ( 0.16) 0-2 @ 2.45% ( 0.26) 2-3 @ 1.95% ( 0.27) 1-3 @ 1.86% ( 0.28) Other @ 3.02% Total : 18.91%