Barcelona vs Benfica 2021-22 UEFA Champions League, Group Stage
Barcelona draw with Benfica as UCL round of 16 spot still on hold
Barcelona and Benfica played out a thrilling goalless draw in the Champions League in Xavi Hernandez's second match in charge.
Match Commentary
- 0': First Half begins.
- 36': Alejandro Grimaldo (Benfica) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 49': João Mário (Benfica) is shown the yellow card.
- 49': Gerard Piqué (Barcelona) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 59': Substitution, Benfica. Darwin Núñez replaces Roman Yaremchuk.
- 59': Substitution, Benfica. Adel Taarabt replaces João Mário.
- 66': Substitution, Barcelona. Ousmane Dembélé replaces Yusuf Demir.
- 70': Substitution, Benfica. Pizzi replaces Éverton.
- 70': Substitution, Benfica. Valentino Lazaro replaces Rafa.
- 81': Substitution, Benfica. Haris Seferovic replaces Alejandro Grimaldo.
- 86': Substitution, Barcelona. Sergiño Dest replaces Clément Lenglet.
- 86': Substitution, Barcelona. Eric García replaces Ronald Araújo because of an injury.
- 90'+2': Odysseas Vlachodimos (Benfica) is shown the yellow card.
- 90'+5': Adel Taarabt (Benfica) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 90'+5': Second Half ends, Barcelona 0, Benfica 0.
Game Information
Venue: Spotify Camp Nou
Location: Barcelona, Spain
Attendance: 49,572
Statistics
SLB |
BAR![]() |
|
|---|---|---|
| 14 | Fouls | 13 |
| 4 | Yellow Cards | 1 |
| 0 | Red Cards | 0 |
| 3 | Offsides | 8 |
| 3 | Corner Kicks | 6 |
| 3 | Saves | 3 |
| 34.9 | Possession | 65.1 |
| 7 | SHOTS | 14 |
| 3 | ON GOAL | 3 |
| 0.4 | On Target % | 0.2 |
| 0 | Penalty Goals | 0 |
| 0 | Penalty Kicks Taken | 0 |
| 256 | Accurate Passes | 547 |
| 348 | Passes | 644 |
| 0.7 | Pass Completion % | 0.8 |
| 1 | Accurate Crosses | 5 |
| 6 | Crosses | 22 |
| 0.2 | Cross % | 0.2 |
| 60 | Long Balls | 44 |
| 21 | Accurate Long Balls | 19 |
| 0.4 | Long Balls % | 0.4 |
| 2 | Blocked Shots | 4 |
| 10 | Effective Tackles | 13 |
| 23 | Tackles | 23 |
| 0.4 | Tackle % | 0.6 |
| 14 | Interceptions | 7 |
| 19 | Effective Clearances | 3 |
| 19 | Clearances | 3 |
Barcelona (3-4-2-1)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 1 | Marc-André ter Stegen (GK) |
| 3 | Gerard Piqué |
| 15 | Clément Lenglet |
| 4 | Ronald Araújo |
| 21 | Frenkie de Jong |
| 5 | Sergio Busquets |
| 18 | Jordi Alba |
| 11 | Yusuf Demir |
| 9 | Memphis Depay |
| 30 | Gavi |
| 28 | Nico González |
Benfica (3-4-2-1)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 99 | Odisseas Vlachodimos (GK) |
| 30 | Nicolás Otamendi |
| 5 | Jan Vertonghen |
| 34 | André Almeida |
| 20 | João Mário |
| 28 | Julian Weigl |
| 3 | Alejandro Grimaldo |
| 2 | Gilberto |
| 15 | Roman Yaremchuk |
| 7 | Everton |
| 27 | Rafa Silva |
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