Benfica vs. Barcelona live stream, lineups, odds: Where to watch Champions League, pick, prediction

Barcelona has lately been a team in shape under Hansi Flick, but they have to be careful on Wednesday while taking it on the road in the Champions League, the last 16 opposite Benfica. After a big win over Real Sociedad, Barcelona is now unbeaten in 15 consecutive games in all games, including a wild 5-4 victory over Benfica when these two met in the competition phase of this competition. Benfica is unbeaten in eight straight matches themselves and know that they can score against Barcelona.

Here are our storylines, how you can view the competition and more:

How to look and opportunities

• Date: Wednesday, March 5 | Time3 pm
• Location: Sport Lisbon and Benfica Stadium – Lisbon, Portugal
• Live stream: Paramount+
• Chances: Benfica +270; Drawing +320; Barcelona -125

Storylines

Benfica: The Greek striker Vangelis Pavlidis scored a hat trick in the last meeting between these teams and he will be leaned again. He has so far been involved in nine goals in 10 Champions League performances so far this campaign, but he needs even more goal relaxation if his team continues in the competition. This is a team in good shape, but there is a lot of work to be done defensively.

Benfica predicted XI: Anatoliy Trubin, Alvaro Carreras, Nicolas Otamendi, Antonio Silva, Tomas Arajo, Orkun Kokcu, Leandro Barreiro, Fredrik Aurnes, Bruma, Vanglis Pavlidis, Kerem Akturkgglu

Barcelona: Barcelona wins their last six LA Liga competitions and will come in with confidence to achieve their goals, especially because they win comfortably when the competition becomes a shootout. Raphinha and Robert Lewandowski will be viewed to speed up the attack, but there are so many ways in which Barcelona can cut a team apart when they lean back or come to them in attack, which makes it difficult to prevent.

Barcelona predicted XI: Wojciech Szczesny, Alex Bulde, Inigo Martinez, Ronald Araujo, Jules Kounde, Pedri, Jong Freef, Raphinha, Dani Olmo, Lamine Yamal, Robert Lewandowki

Prediction

Barcelona comes early in a lead and rides for an extensive victory with one eye on rotation in the second stage at home. Choose: Benfica 1, Barcelona 3