Comments and predictions for Benfica vs Feyenoord: Home field advantage
The match between Benfica vs Feyenoord in the Champions League takes place at 2:00 a.m. on October 24. Nghe An Newspaper analyzes, comments on football and predicts the score.
Latest Benfica vs Feyenoord squad information
Against a weaker opponent, Lage tweaked Benfica's line-up, resting the likes of Angel Di Maria, Kerem Akturkoglu and Nicolas Otamendi for the next game. Jan-Niklas Beste made his debut and scored twice in the win over Pevidem. Only four of the starting XI last weekend had started against Atletico.
Injury-wise, Renato Sanches (muscle injury) and Tiago Gouveia (shoulder injury) are doubts. Feyenoord, on the other hand, fielded a full-strength squad in their win over Go Ahead Eagles on Saturday night.
Youngster Thomas Beelen could return to the starting line-up, replacing Gernot Trauner. However, Santiago Gimenez remains a major absentee in attack, and there is a chance that Quilindschy Hartman, Calvin Stengs or Bart Nieuwkoop will not be fit to play.
Latest Benfica vs Feyenoord predicted lineup
Benfica:
Trubin; Bah, Antonio Silva, Otamendi, Carreras; Aursnes, Florentino Luis, Kokcu; Di Maria, Pavlidis, Akturkoglu
Feyenoord:
Wellenreuther; Lotomba, Beelen, Hancko, Bueno; Milambo, Hwang, Timber; Osman, Ueda, Igor Paixao
Latest Benfica vs Feyenoord football review
Life as Benfica manager Bruno Lage has started well, with an impressive 4-0 win over Atletico Madrid in the second matchday. After beating Red Star Belgrade in their opening game, Benfica are now one of seven teams to have won their first two games of the tournament, trailing only Borussia Dortmund on goal difference.
Benfica are on course to win their opening three Champions League games for the first time in 35 years; they reached the final in 1989-90. Since Lage took charge, Benfica have won all six of their games, scoring 20 goals, although they are still behind leaders Sporting Lisbon.
Coach Lage has not let the negative headlines affect his team's performance. Benfica recently had a comfortable 2-0 win over Pevidem in the cup. They will host Feyenoord, who they met in July and won 5-0 in a friendly.
The two sides have not met in Europe for more than half a century, but Benfica overcame Feyenoord in their previous encounters in 1963 and 1972. Meanwhile, Feyenoord responded strongly to a heavy 0-4 defeat to Bayer Leverkusen by beating Girona and winning 2-1 at Twente before a 5-1 thrashing of Go Ahead Eagles.
Despite Feyenoord's significant improvement, Benfica are still favourites. The win over Atletico was a strong statement from the side, and a third straight win would take them closer to the knockout stages.
Benfica vs Feyenoord score prediction
Based on the above football comments, we and the world's leading football sites have given the results of the match.Benfica vs Feyenoordas follows:
- Sportsmole:Benfica 2-0 Feyenoord
- WhoScore:Benfica 3-1 Feyenoord
- Our newspaper predicts:Benfica 2-1 Feyenoord
When and where to watch Benfica vs Feyenoord live?
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