UEFA Champions League Prediction - Monaco VS Benfica

UEFA Champions League  -  Monaco VS Benfica
Match Time:13-02-2025 04:00 Thursday (GMT+8)
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Team Analysis
Benfica travel to the Stade Louis II for the second time this season to face Monaco in the Champions League knockout round playoffs on Wednesday night. The visitors will hope for a repeat of the 3-2 win they enjoyed here in the principality during the league phase, with hosts Monaco enduring a bit of a shaky run of form.

Monaco have a lengthy list of first-team players set to miss out here, with the most important being midfielder Lamine Camara, so Soungoutou Magassa may deputise against the club who he scored his first professional goal against in November. Benfica saw both Alexander Bah and Manu Silva forced off in the first half of their win at home to Moreirense at the weekend, making the pair doubtful for this one.

Odds Analysis
Monaco's poor form of late has come at an awful time, with clubs hunting them down in the battle for the top four in Ligue 1 and a playoff in Europe to navigate, but they still have the quality to be competitive in this tie. With four wins in their last five Champions League away games, Benfica have been competent travellers on the continent recently, but they may fall just short of winning three in a row on the road for the first time since the competition's rebranding here.

Pick： Draw