{"id":4517,"date":"2025-02-21T17:44:00","date_gmt":"2025-02-21T16:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/weisetech.dev\/fc-barcelona-noticias\/en\/fc-barcelona-vs-benfica-everything-you-need-to-know-about-champions-round-of-16_311011_102\/"},"modified":"2025-02-21T22:33:00","modified_gmt":"2025-02-21T21:33:00","slug":"fc-barcelona-vs-benfica-everything-you-need-to-know-about-champions-round-of-16_311011_102","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fcbarcelonanoticias.com\/en\/champions-league\/fc-barcelona-vs-benfica-everything-you-need-to-know-about-champions-round-of-16_311011_102.html","title":{"rendered":"FC Barcelona vs Benfica: Everything You Need to Know About the Champions Round of 16"},"content":{"rendered":"

FC Barcelona will face Benfica again in the Champions Round of 16. The history in 10 previous matches favors the Catalans with 4 wins, 2 losses, and 4 draws.<\/h2> \r\n
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This Friday, the knockout stage matchups of the UEFA Champions League were drawn<\/a>, with several surprises in the final bracket. FC Barcelona’s opponent will be Benfica, a team that Hansi Flick’s side already faced in the league phase, with the historic comeback by the Catalans in Lisbon (4-5) despite being down 4-2 with 13 minutes left. Now, a two-legged tie will be played, which will be decided in Montju\u00efc in the second week of March.<\/p>

This will be the 11th time that the Catalans and the Portuguese meet in the Champions League. So far, the history favors the Catalans with 4 victories and 4 draws, against 2 losses for the ‘Eagles’<\/strong>. Barcelona has scored 13 goals and conceded 13, while in knockout rounds, the only previous encounter is also favorable to the Catalans, with an aggregate score of 2-0 in the quarter-finals of 2005\/06. <\/p>

When and where will the Bar\u00e7a-Benfica match of the Champions Round of 16 be played<\/h2>

For now, UEFA has not defined whether the first leg will be played on Wednesday, March 5, at the Estadio Da Luz in the Portuguese capital. What is certain is that the tie will be played in consecutive weeks, with the return leg scheduled for Tuesday, March 11, at the Llu\u00eds Companys Stadium in Montju\u00efc. Bar\u00e7a has the home advantage for finishing second in the overall table of the league phase, while Benfica finished sixteenth. This factor, inexplicably, will not apply for the quarter-finals or ‘semis’<\/a>.<\/p>

The Portuguese, in fact, had to play the ‘play-off’ against Monaco (17th), a tie in which Bruno Lage’s side struggled more than necessary to qualify<\/strong>. Benfica took the lead in the Principality thanks to a goal from Vangelis Pavlidis (0-1), but barely salvaged a draw at home (3-3) in a dramatic match. Orkun K\u00f6k\u00e7\u00fc’s goal in the 84th minute sealed the qualification for the ‘Eagles’.<\/p>

In the middle of the Round of 16 tie, Bar\u00e7a will have two potentially dangerous league matches. Before the first leg, Hansi Flick’s side will host Real Sociedad<\/strong>, while the following match will be against Osasuna<\/strong>, also in Montju\u00efc. Both teams defeated the Catalans in the first half of the season. And after the return match against Benfica, they will visit Atl\u00e9tico de Madrid<\/strong> at the Metropolitano. Undoubtedly, it will be two very intense weeks for the Catalans.<\/p>