Barcelona vs Benfica LIVE - Predicted line-ups and latest updates

Hello everyone and welcome along to this Barcelona vs Benfica live blog, where we'll be covering all the action from this Tuesday night's crucial Champions League Group E match. New Barcelona coach Xavi has labelled this game against Benfica as "a final" and it's vitally important that the Blaugrana collect all three points at the Camp Nou, taking on a team that thrashed them 3-0 in Lisbon. We'll have the build-up and then minute-by-minute updates right here.

Barcelona vs Benfica LIVE - Latest updates

This is the start of our Champions League live blog for Barcelona vs Benfica, with the most recent entries the ones nearest the top of the blog.

17:15 GMT: What are the Barcelona and Benfica probable line-ups?

Barcelona are expected to field a similar XI to Xavi's debut, so the predicted line-up is: Ter Stegen; Mingueza, Pique, Garcia, Alba; Puig, Busquets, De Jong; Coutinho, Depay, Gavi. As for Benfica, their probable starting XI is: Vlachodimos; Otamendi, Morato, Vertonghen; Gliberto, Weigl, Pizzi, Grimaldo; Silva; Nunez, Yaremchuk.

16:55 GMT: The Barcelona vs Benfica start time and broadcast information

This Barcelona vs Benfica game starts at 20:00 GMT, or 21:00 CET local time. For USA-based fans, it'll be broadcast on Paramount+ and TUDNxtra and start at 15:00 ET or 12:00 PT. For the UK fans, BT Sport is the place to go.