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.