📏 Form Guide
Benfica WWDDDW 📈
Benfica will be hoping for a repeat of their last result, following the 6-0 FIFA Club World Cup success vs Auckland City.
For Benfica, goals were scored by Ángel Di María (45', 98'), Vangelis Pavlidis (53'), Sanches (63') and Leandro Barreiro (76', 78').
Fixtures featuring Benfica have proved to be entertaining affairs lately with plenty of scoring being a common characteristic. Over their past six clashes alone, a grand total of 23 goals have been recorded for both sides combined (at an average of 3.83 goals per game) with 18 of those accredited to Benfica.
Bayern Munich WDWWWW 📈
Bayern Munich will go into this clash following on from a 2-1 FIFA Club World Cup win with the downing of Boca Juniors in their last outing.
For Bayern Munich, the goalscorers were Harry Kane (18') and Michael Olise (84'). Miguel Ángel Merentiel (66') scored for Boca Juniors.
In their previous half-dozen clashes, Bayern Munich have bagged the sum of 26 goals. Bayern Munich have also scored in every single one of those games. During that period, they’ve seen 3 goals go against them. We will just have to see if that trend will end up being continued on in this game.
↔️ Head to head
A review of their past head to head results stretching back to 13/04/2016 shows that these encounters have been a source of anguish for Benfica. They’ve not managed to register any victories at all while Bayern Munich have dominated them, finishing as winners in 83% of those match-ups.
Those games weren’t short on goals, either, with 24 overall at an average of 4 goals per match.
The last league clash between these clubs was Champions League match day 4 on 06/11/2024 which finished with the scoreline of Bayern Munich 1-0 Benfica.
That day, Bayern Munich had 74% possession and 23 shots at goal with 10 of them on target. Their only player to score was Jamal Musiala (67').
At the other end, Benfica had 1 shots on goal with 0 on target.
The match was refereed by Davide Massa.
📋 Team News: Benfica
Alexander Bah (Cruciate ligament tear), Manu Silva (Cruciate ligament tear) and Tomás Araújo (unknown injury) won’t be able to feature for Benfica manager Bruno Lage.
📋 Team News: Bayern Munich
Bayern Munich boss Vincent Kompany has to choose from a squad that has some fitness concerns. Tarek Buchmann (Fitness), Hiroki Ito (Metatarsal fracture), Min-jae Kim (Achilles tendon problems) and Alphonso Davies (Cruciate ligament tear) are names that won’t be on the team sheet.
🧠 Prediction
In our view, Benfica should be able to put a goal past this Bayern Munich side, however a single goal might not quite be enough.
Our tip is for both teams to score in a 1-2 victory for Bayern Munich when the full-time whistle blows. Hopefully this is a good one.
Andre Moura, 18:02 24/06/2025