Lineups, team news, confirmed starting teams in Champions League last 16

Benfica and Barcelona meet for the second time in this season’s Champions League in the first leg of the round of 16 on Wednesday.

Barca won 5-4 at Benfica when the teams met in the league phase on January 21, and the Spanish giants proceeded to qualify for the last 16 automatically in second place.

Benfica beat Monaco 4-3 on aggregate in the league phase play-offs as part of their current eight-match unbeaten run in all competitions.

101GreatGoals.com has you covered for the line-ups, team news and confirmed starting sides for Benfica vs Barcelona in the Champions League.

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Benfica lineup vs Barcelona

Florentino Luis is missing for Benfica because of a thigh injury, but Alexander Bah, Manu Silva, Tiago Gouveia have all suffered knee injuries.

Renato Sanches and Angel Di Maria are also absent.

Benfica starting XI: Trubin; Tomás Araújo, António Silva, Otamendi, Carreras; Aursnes, Barreiro, Orkun Kökçü; Kerem Aktürkoğlu, Pavlidis, Schjelderup

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Barcelona lineup vs Benfica

Andreas Christensen, Marc Bernal and Marc-Andre ter Stegen all miss out through injury for Barcelona.

The good news for Barca is that their formidable attack, including Robert Lewandowski, Lamine Yamal and Raphinha are all fit and healthy.

Barcelona starting XI: Szczęsny; Koundé, Cubarsí, Iñigo Martínez, Balde; Olmo, De Jong, Pedri; Yamal, Lewandowski, Raphinha