Juventus (home)
- Juventus are unbeaten at home in the Champions League in 2025/2026, winning 1 and drawing 2 of their 3 home games.
- Juventus have scored an average of 2.33 goals per home game in the Champions League so far this season but have conceded an average of 1.67.
Benfica (away)
- Benfica have won 1 and lost 2 of their 3 Champions League away games, averaging just 0.67 goals per game on the road.
- Benfica have won 2, drawn 1 and lost 2 of their last 5 competitive matches.
Head-to-Head
The Eagles shocked the Old Lady 2-0 away from home in the last meeting between these two clubs eleven months ago, and they will fancy their chances again.
Key Players
- In terms of individual threats, Dusan Vlahovic has been the main man for Spalletti’s men in the Champions League, netting 3 goals in 4 appearances in 2025/2026, while Georgiy Sudakov provides a creative spark with 2 assists in 6 appearances.
- Benfica’s Vangelis Pavlidis has been in red-hot form, scoring 4 of his team’s last 7 goals in all competitions, while Leandro Barreiro has 2 goals in 5 Champions League appearances.
Betting Insights
- Juventus come into this game as 1.84 favorites against Benfica, who are 4.55 long shots, but the value on the Portuguese giants looks better than those odds imply.
- Under 2.5 goals is priced at 1.85 and we expect a low-scoring game, but Juventus should have the firepower to edge it.
Prediction
- Juventus are the favourites and they do have the better form coming into this, but Benfica will be very compact and look to frustrate Juve.
- With Mourinho at the reins, it is unlikely that Benfica will allow Juve to dominate possession, and so this should be a chess match of sorts with Juventus dictating the pace.
- We expect a low-scoring affair with Juventus to edge it.
