We bring to your attention the announcement of the Champions League meeting.

Barcelona will host Benfica as part of the Champions League group stage matchday 5.

No. Team I V N P W P O 1 Bayern 4 4 0 0 17 2 12 2 Barcelona 4 2 0 2 2 6 6 3 Benfica 4 1 1 2 5 9 4 4 Dynamo Kiev 4 0 1 3 0 7 1 Barcelona - Benfica Tuesday. Camp Nou stadium, Barcelona. The chief arbiter of the meeting is Sergey Karasev (Russia).

Barcelona, \u200b\u200bthanks to two fights against Dynamo Kiev, has improved its standings and again has good chances of reaching the Champions League playoffs. The meeting with Benfica will be key for the Catalans, because the loss, with a high degree of probability, will leave the team of Xavi Hernandez out of the tournament.

The new coach of the “blue garnet” started working with the team with a victorious result in the derby against Espanyol - Barcelona achieved a triumph with a minimum score. Xavi immediately showed that he was ready to trust young footballers, although, perhaps, in the current environment, he has no other choice.. Winning this game guarantees the Catalans the Champions League playoffs.

Benfica, in turn, will do everything possible to stay in the fight for a ticket to the playoffs to the last.. The Portuguese team could not oppose anything against Bayern and now acts as a lagging behind. In the first meeting between these teams, a crushing victory for Benfica was recorded with a score of 3: 0.. It is clear that that Barcelona was a different team with a different coach, but the differences are unlikely to be so significant.

There is no doubt that Lisbonians believe in their success. Moreover, the last matches on the domestic arena only add confidence to the team - Benfica destroyed Braga with a score of 6: 1, and then knocked out Paz Ferreira from the Cup, having achieved a victory with a score of 4: 1. However, the Portuguese are not doing their best away this season, and therefore you can expect anything from the match..

Approximate compositions:.

Barcelona: Ter Stegen - Mingesa, Araujo, Pique, Alba - Gavi, Busquets, De Jong - Demir, Depay, Coutinho Benfica: Vlachodimos - Otamendi, Morato, Vertonghen - Gilberto, Weigl, Mariu, Grimaldo - Nunez, Rafa - Yaremchuk.

Benfica (Champions League) has over 2.5 goals in their last 3 games.

forecast 2: 1.