Benfica vs Atletico Madrid Prediction, lineups, betting tips & odds

The Eagles will look to continue their good form against the Roje Blancos in UEFA Champions League

Benfica will welcome the LaLiga side Atletico Madrid to Estadio do Sport Lisboa e Benfica for a Champions League 2024-25 encounter. Both teams are doing well in their respective leagues and will look to give each other a good challenge on the pitch. The Portuguese team are sitting 3rd in the Liga Portugal with 16 points. In seven games, they have only lost one game till now and will hope to continue their good form against Roje Blancos. They won their first UCL game of the season against Crvena Zvezda by the scoreline of 1-2 and will look to win their first UCL home game as well.

The Roje Blancos will be confident going into this fixture as in their previous game they played out a draw against Real Madrid and the match ended in a 1-1 scoreline. Diego Simeone’s men will look to continue their good performance against Benfica as well. They are currently placed in 3rd place in the league with 16 points and are undefeated in LaLiga till now. This will be a mouthwatering clash for sure as both teams will look to get the 3 points in this fixture.

Kick-Off:

Wednesday, 2 Oct 2024 at 08:00 PM UK

Thursday, 3 Oct 2024 at 12:30 AM IST

Location: Estadio do Sport Lisboa e Benfica

Form

Benfica (in all competitions): W-W-W-W-D

Atletico Madrid (in all competitions): D-W-D-W-W

Players to Watch

Florentino Luis (Benfica)

Florentino Luis’s biggest skills as a player are his tactical and positional sense, his technical ability and his ball-winning ability. All of these are hugely important to the game of football. He ability to launch attacks with interceptions and quick passes. Luis is an aggressive presser of the ball which combined with the ability to time a tackle to perfection and recover the ball immediately. Physically he is strong and does not give away the ball very easily on the pitch.

Antoine Griezmann (Atletico Madrid)

The French forward is very much regarded as one of the best forwards on the planet and is characterised by exceptional technical ability, lethality, positioning and creativity. Griezmann is great at creating and exploiting space as he often positions himself or rather repositions himself according to the need of a certain scenario. He moves a lot and swaps positions with his teammates regularly and most of the time he will drop deeper with his back turned to the opponent’s goal to provide a linkup and assist the build-up of his team.

➖ 141 with Real Sociedad➖ 74 with Barcelona➖ 285 with Atlético MadridAntoine Griezmann reaches 500 matches in La Liga 👑 pic.twitter.com/uj8374urnr

— B/R Football (@brfootball) September 29, 2024

Match Facts

• The winner of the last meeting was Atletico Madrid
• Benfica score 2.61 goals when playing at home and Atletico Madrid score 1.62 goals when playing away (on average).
• Benfica win 45% of halftimes, Atletico Madrid win 36%.

Benfica vs Atletico Madrid: Betting Tips & Odds

• Tip 1 – This match to end in a draw – 12/5 by bet365
• Tip 2 – Both teams to score
• Tip 3 – Goals scored under 2.5

Injury and Team News

For Benfica Thiago Guevia and Renato Sanches will not be available against the Roje Blancos, the rest of the squad is fit and will be available for the match.

Atletico Madrid will miss some key players due to injuries for this UCL fixture, Azpilicueta, Lemar and Pablo Barrios are out due to injuries.

Head-to-Head

Matches: 2

Benfica: 1

Atletico Madrid: 1

Draws: 0

Predicted Lineups

Benfica Predicted Lineup (4-3-3):

Trubin(GK); Carreras, Otamendi, Silva, Araujo; Kokcu, Luis, Aursnes; Akturkoglu, Pavlidis, Di Maria

Atletico Madrid Predicted Lineup (4-4-2):

Oblak(GK); Mandava, Gimenez, Le Normand, Molina; Alvarez, Gallagher, Koke, De Paul; Sorloth, Griezmann

Match Prediction for Benfica vs Atletico Madrid

This will be a close match as both teams quality-wise are very similar and this will be an exciting fixture without a doubt. Playing as an away team against Benfica is not an easy task and this will be a big challenge for Diego Simeone‘s Roje Blancos for sure. Both teams are in good form and most probably this match will end in a stalemate.

Prediction: Benfica 1-1 Atletico Madrid

Telecast for Benfica vs Atletico Madrid

India: SonyLiv, Sony Sports Network

UK: Amazon Prime Video

USA: Paramount+

Nigeria: DStv Now

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