📊 Form Guide

Benfica

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Benfica fans will want a repeat of their previous result, being the 0-3 Primeira Liga triumph against Vitória Guimarães.

In that match, Benfica managed 66% possession and 24 attempts on goal with 10 on target. For Benfica, the scorers were Araújo (53'), Samuel Dahl (62') and Rêgo (87'). On the other side, Vitoria SC had 10 shots on goal with 3 of them on target.

A recurring trait of more recent Benfica games is the number of results with a nil in them.

From their previous 6 matches before this one, in 5 of them a wager on both teams scoring would've been a losing one.

Bayer Leverkusen

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After being beaten in their last game against Bayern Munich in Bundesliga action, Bayer Leverkusen will be aiming to make amends here.

In that match, Bayer Leverkusen managed 41% possession and 7 shots at goal with 1 on target. The only player to score for Bayer Leverkusen was Loïc Badé (44' Own goal). Bayern Munich got 18 shots on goal with 4 of them on target. Serge Gnabry (25') and Nicolas Jackson (31') scored for Bayern Munich.

Indicating their appetite for productive encounters, goals have been scored 29 times in the prior 6 matches in which Bayer Leverkusen have taken to the pitch, yielding a mean average of 4.83 goals for each fixture. Opposing teams have got 15 of these goals. Such a pattern isn’t assured to be carried forward into this match, however.

📋 Team News: Benfica

The Benfica boss José Mourinho does not have any fitness concerns whatsoever before this clash thanks to a completely injury-free group available to select from.

In all likelihood, Benfica should line up in a 4-2-3-1 formation for the game featuring Anatoliy Trubin, Fredrik Aursnes, Tomas Araujo, Nicolas Otamendi, Samuel Dahl, Enzo Barrenechea, Richard Rios, Dodi Lukebakio, Leandro Barreiro, Georgiy Sudakov and Vangelis Pavlidis.

📋 Team News: Bayer Leverkusen

Thanks to a fully healthy squad available to select from, the Bayer Leverkusen boss Kasper Hjulmand has no fitness concerns at all coming into this game.

We believe Leverkusen could decide to begin the game with a 3-4-2-1 system, choosing Mark Flekken, Jarell Quansah, Loic Bade, Edmond Tapsoba, Arthur, Aleix Garcia, Claudio Echeverri, Alejandro Grimaldo, Christian Kofane, Ernest Poku and Patrik Schick.

🔮 Prediction

Here is a game where Bayer Leverkusen may not find it easy to score against this Benfica lineup who we reckon will get the vital goal that wins it.

Our tip is therefore for a 1-0 advantage for Benfica at the end of the 90.

We’ll see what happens.

Renata Leite, 19:01 05/11/2025