Barcelona faces Benfica in a UEFA Champions League at Estádio do Sport Lisboa e Benfica in Lisbon, Portugal, on Wednesday, March 5, 2025 (2/5/25).

Aritz Elustondo's early red card gave Hansi Flick's side a comfortable afternoon with Gerard Martin, Marc Casado, Ronald Araujo and Robert Lewandowski on the scoresheet. Atletico Madrid beat Athletic Bilbao on Saturday to temporarily knock the Catalans ...

Robert Lewandowski already surpassed his best goalscoring season at Barcelona with a third of the season still to play.

Gerard Martín, Marc Casadó, Ronald Araujo and Robert Lewandowski scored a goal each to put Barcelona one point ahead of second-placed Atletico Madrid at the top of the Spanish league. Barcelona is three points ahead of third-placed Real Madrid, which lost 2-1 at Real Betis on Saturday, when Atletico beat Athletic Bilbao 1-0 at home.

Barcelona have gone back top of the Spanish league, as a 4-0 rout of 10-man Real Sociedad took them a point clear of Atletico Madrid.