Barcelona Women will face Benfica Women at the Estadi Johan Cruyff on Wednesday in the penultimate round of the 2025-26 UEFA Women's Champions League's league phase. The home side head into the midweek continental clash in typically outstanding form and could secure a top-four spot with a win in front of their home fans on Wednesday.
After cruising through their first three UWCL games, Barça Femení were forced to settle for a point in round four, drawing 1-1 away to Chelsea Women. The Londoners struck inside the opening 20 minutes before Ewa Pajor drew the visitors level later in the half and despite dominating the second period, the Spanish champions were ultimately held to a stalemate.
Despite an impressive start to their domestic campaign, Benfica Women have struggled to replicate that form on the continental stage and now find themselves on the brink of an early exit. They suffered a 2-0 defeat to Paris Women in their last Champions League outing, with a first-half red card to Caroline Møller effectively handing momentum to the French side and leaving the visitors with an uphill task for the rest of the game.
The visitors now sit 15th in the league-phase table with just one point and require an improbable result in Spain this week to keep alive any hopes of securing a top-12 finish.
Barcelona Women vs Benfica Women Head-to-Head and Key Numbers
- Wednesday's game will mark the fifth meeting between the two teams. Barcelona are undefeated in their previous four matchups, picking up three wins and a draw.
- The two teams last faced off in the 2023-24 Champions League campaign, with the highly entertaining group-stage clash ending 4-4.
- Benfica are the joint-lowest-scoring side in the UWCL this season with just two goals.
- Barcelona have the best offensive and joint-best defensive records in the tournament so far with 15 goals scored and two conceded.
Barcelona Women vs Benfica Women Prediction
Barça Femení are undefeated in their last six games across all competitions, picking up five wins in that period and are well poised to extend that streak this week.
As Águias, meanwhile, have won just one of their last three games after winning four of their previous five. They are massive underdogs heading into Wednesday's game and will mainly look to avoid a blowout defeat.
Prediction: Barcelona Women 4-1 Benfica Women
Barcelona Women vs Benfica Women Betting Tips
Tip 1 - Result: Barcelona Women to win
Tip 2 - Goals - Over/under 2.5 - Over 2.5 goals (Each of the previous four matches between the two teams have all produced more than 2.5 goals)
Tip 3 - Both teams to score: YES