Xavi Hernandez will take charge of his first UEFA Champions League match on Tuesday against Benfica as the Blaugrana need to get good results in order to guarantee their qualification.
Bayern Munich – 12 points in 4 games – are certain to top the group leaving the other spot for Barcelona – 6 points – and Benfica – 4 points – to battle for.
Benfica sunk Barcelona by 3-0 during the first group match and with the later winning their first match under the Xavi era against Espagnol, they will hope to continue on the same patch against Jorge Jesus’ men.
Barcelona possible starting lineup:
Ter Stegen; Mingueza, Pique, Araujo, Alba; Gavi, Busquets, De Jong; Dest, Depay, Coutinho
Benfica possible starting lineup:
Vlachodimos; Otamendi, Morato, Vertonghen; Gilberto, Pizzi, Weigl, Grimaldo; Silva, Yaremchuk, Nunez
