Barcelona W vs Benfica W prediction 14.11.2023

• Competition: Champions League
• Date: Tuesday, 14th November 2023
• Kickoff: 20:00 UTC / 21:00 CET
• Venue: Estadi Johan Cruyff (Barcelona)

On Tuesday, the Champions League for women starts and in one of the games, Barcelona will host Benfica. The team from Spain are the Champions League title holder, so they will certainly want to start with all three points, while Benfica will have a chance to see where they stand against the best. 

Barcelona are a brilliant team this season. In the Spanish national league, they are first on the table with eight wins from eight matches. In the previous game, Jonatan Giraldez's team won 6-0 on the road against Villarreal. Once again, Barcelona showed how strong they are as they had 74% ball possession and 22 shots on the goal. But even more impressive is with how much confidence Barcelona approach every game in the league. 

Benfica are far from Barcelona, but it is improving every season. This autumn, Benfica again played in the Champions League qualifications, where they were better than Cliftonville, SFK Riga, and Apollon. Interstingly, Benfica won every match this season, including all six in the Portuguese championship. In the previous game, they won 4-0 at home against Damaiense. Now faultless Benfica have a match against the strongest team in Europe, and it is hard to expect them to win again, but the game versus Barcelona will be a good test for Filipa Patao's team. 

Barcelona vs Benfica pick: Over 3.5 goals

Barcelona and Benfica had two h2h matches last season. Barcelona won 9-0 and 6-2 in those matches. We should expect high-scoring games again, so over 3.5 goals should be the best bet for this tie.