Benfica vs. Liverpool date, time, TV, stream, lineups, betting odds for Champions League clash

Feargal Brennan

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Liverpool will be pushing to keep up their chances of clinching an unprecedented quadruple of major trophies in 2021-22 as they travel to face Benfica on Tuesday.

Jurgen Klopp's side heads to Lisbon for their Champions League quarterfinal first leg at the Estadio da Luz ahead of a key visit to Premier League title rivals Manchester City on Sunday.

The 2019 Champions League winners cruised through the group stages with a perfect group stage record of six wins from six games before edging past Inter Milan 2-1 on aggregate in the Round of 16.

Benfica's path to the knockout stages was less straight forward, as they scraped through in second place in Group E, followed by a narrow 3-2 aggregate-goal win over Ajax in the Round of 16.

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How to watch Benfica vs. Liverpool

  UK USA Canada Australia
Date April 5 April 5 April 5 April 6
Time 20:00 15:00 ET 15:00 ET 05:00 AET
TV channel BT Sport 3 Galavision
Streaming NOW TV/BT Sport fuboTV, Paramount+ DAZN Stan Sport

UK: The match will be on BT Sport 3 in the UK, and the match can be streamed via the BT Sport app or on NOW TV.

USA: In the US, Spanish-language coverage of the Champions League is available on fuboTV, which also offers a free trial to new subscribers. The English-language stream is available to Paramount+ subscribers.

Canada: In Canada, every Champions League game streams live on DAZN

Australia: Stan Sport has exclusive rights to stream the UEFA Champions League in Australia.

Benfica vs. Liverpool predicted lineups

Benfica boss Nelson Veríssimo faces a selection headache in attack with Goncalo Ramos missing out through suspension after picking up two bookings against Ajax.

Moroccan international Adel Taarabt has missed the last two games with a muscle problem, and faces a late test, with veteran forward Haris Seferovic already ruled out. 

Benfica predicted lineup (4-4-1-1): Vlachodimos (GK) — Grimaldo, Vertonghen, Otamendi, Gilberto — Everton, Weigl, Meite, Silva — Yaremchuk — Nunez

Klopp will be without midfielder Curtis Jones after he was forced off against Watford with an ankle injury but centre back Joel Matip is expected to be fit in time to start.

Trent Alexander-Arnold is also expected to be recalled to the visitors' back line alongside the rested Fabinho and Sadio Mane.

Liverpool predicted lineup (4-3-3): Alisson (GK) — Robertson, van Dijk, Matip, Alexander-Arnold — Thiago, Fabinho, Henderson — Mane, Jota, Salah

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Benfica vs. Liverpool betting odds

Liverpool face a crucial month in their season with crunch games in the Champions League, FA Cup and Premier League title race all on the horizon.

Despite their workload, Klopp's side have shown incredible consistency, with just one defeat in their 20 games since the start of 2022. They have also won five of their last six games against Portuguese opposition in the Champions League.

  UK
(Sky Bet)
USA
(DraftKings)
Canada
(Sports Interaction)
Benfica Win 7/1 +700 7.24
Draw 4/1 +400 5.06
Liverpool Win 4/11 -250 1.36
O/U 2.5 Goals 4/7 -165 / +130 1.61 / 2.28
Both Teams to Score 4/5 Yes -120 / No -105 1.80 / 1.80

Feargal Brennan

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Feargal is a content producer for The Sporting News. He has been working with TSN since the start of 2022 after stints with Reach, Amazon UK and Squawka in a nomadic career in the football media pyramid. Always with a keen eye on Arteta's 'Reds' and Kenny's Ireland 'Greens' and a 100% five-a-side penalty record.