2020-21 Europa League: head-to-head Arsenal FC - SL Benfica (Round of 16 second leg, 25/02/2021)

With €388m in turnover in 2019-20, Arsenal FC (Premier League) ranked 11^th in the Football Money League 2021, versus a 23^rd place for SL Benfica (Liga NOS) with €170.3m in turnover, as the two clubs prepare to face each other behind closed doors in the second leg of their 2020-21 Europa League Round of 16 match at the Karaiskaki Stadium (Athens, GRE), on Thursday 25/02/2021 (kick-off at 18:55 CET).

With a brand valuation of €719m, Arsenal FC also ranked 10^th in the Football Annual 2020" ranking established by the American company Brand Finance, a specialist in the economic evaluation of brands, versus a 46^th place for SL Benfica.

The English club has more than 74 million fans on social media (Instagram, Facebook, Twitter and TikTok, as of 01/02/2021), 10.7 times as many as the Portuguese club, which has a total of 6.9 million.

Arsenal FC spent €590m composing their 2020-21 squad, according to a study by the CIES Football Observatory published on 12/10/2020, which does not take into account the 2021 winter transfer window. Among the club's of the European Top 5 leagues, the club…