2022-23 Champions League: head-to-head SL Benfica - Club Brugge (Round of 16, 2^nd leg, 07/03/2023)

With nearly 9 million followers on social media (Facebook, Instagram, TikTok and Twitter, as of 07/03/2023), SL Benfica (Liga Portugal Bwin) have 4.5 times as many as Club Brugge KV (Jupiler Pro League), who total just over 2 million, as the two clubs prepare to face each other in the second leg (2-0 for Benfica in the first leg) of their 2022-23 Champions League Round of 16 match at the Estádio da Luz (Lisbon, POR) on Tuesday 07/03/2023 (kick-off at 21:00 CET).

As for the payments made by UEFA to the clubs participating in this edition of the Champions League, the Portuguese club can already count on €59.8m in guaranteed revenue (excluding the market pool), compared with €41m for their rivals. This difference is due to UEFA coefficient-based revenues (€21.5m for Benfica, compared with €5.6m for the reigning Belgian champions) and by the revenue linked to sporting performance (€13m for the Portuguese club and €10m for their opponents).

SL Benfica's squad is valued at €313m according to the Transfermarkt website as of 07/03/2023. This is 1.8 times higher than that of the Belgian club…