Competition/Round: 2024-25 UEFA Champions League, Round of 16, 1st Leg
Barcelona Outs & Doubts: Marc-André ter Stegen, Andreas Christensen, Marc Bernal (out), Gavi, Ansu Fati (doubt)
Benfica Outs & Doubts: Alexander Bah, Ángel Di María, Manu Silva, Tiao Gouveia, Florentino Luís (out)
Date/Time: Wednesday, March 5, 2025, 9pm CET/WAT (Barcelona & Nigeria), 8pm GMT (UK), 3pm ET, 12pm PT (USA), 1.30am IST (India, Thursday)
Venue: Estádio da Luz, Lisbon, Portugal
Referee: Felix Zwayer (GER)
VAR: Bastian Dankert (GER)
How to watch on TV: TUDN (USA), TNT Sports 3 (UK), SONY TEN 1 (India), SuperSport (Nigeria), Movistar (Spain), others
How to watch online: Paramount+ (USA), DAZN (Canada), discovery+ (UK), Movistar+ (Spain), Sony LIV (India), others
Following a comfortable win over Real Sociedad to remain on top of the La Liga table at the weekend, Barcelona have made the trip to Lisbon for the first leg of their Champions League Round of 16 tie against Benfica at the Estádio da Luz on Wednesday night.