Comments and predictions for Monaco vs Benfica: Unpredictable match
The match between Monaco vs Benfica in the Champions League takes place at 3:00 a.m. on November 28. Nghe An Newspaper analyzes performance, makes football comments and predicts the score.
Latest Monaco vs Benfica team information
Monaco will have Lamine Camara back in the starting line-up after completing his domestic suspension over the weekend, meaning the hosts will have their strongest midfield trio available, following Denis Zakaria's return from injury.
Caio Henrique was usurped by young talent Christian Mawissa Elebi at left-back over the weekend, and it remains unclear who will play at left-back this time around, with Henrique also missing the win over Bologna.
In terms of injuries, Folarin Balogun and Krepin Diatta are both out of the game.
Benfica will be without right-back Alexander Bah after the Dane suffered a knee injury in the win over Estrela at the weekend, joining Tiago Gouveia (doubtful) and Gianluca Prestianni in the treatment room.
Coach Lage rested several key players during the recent cup victory, but with convincing performances, several players could continue to be retained, including Angel Di Maria and Arthur Cabral.
Di Maria scored a hat-trick in 18 minutes, taking his tally to five goals in his last two games, but whether he can play twice in a week at the age of 36 remains to be seen, while Arthur could be replaced by Vangelis Pavlidis, despite scoring twice.
Turkish players Kerem Akturkoglu and Orkun Kokcu, new signing Tiago Araujo from the Portuguese team, and goalkeeper Anatolii Trubin have been rested and will return to the squad for the trip to France.
Latest expected lineup Monaco vs Benfica
Monaco:
Majecki, Vanderson, Kehrer, Salisu, Caio Henrique; Zakaria, Camara; Akliouche, Golovin, Ben Seghir; Embolo
Benfica:
Trubin; Kabore, Tiago Araujo, Otamendi, Fernandez; Aursnes, Florentino Luis, Kokcu; Di Maria, Pavlidis, Akturkoglu
Latest football commentary Monaco vs Benfica
Monaco have bounced back strongly from their defeat to Angers earlier this month, with a run of three straight wins now in their sights. Adi Hutter’s side won 3-1 at Strasbourg and 3-2 at Brest last weekend, taking them to 26 points from 36 Ligue 1 games.
They are currently third in the Champions League table, behind only Liverpool and Sporting Lisbon, with consistent home form a key factor in their success both domestically and in Europe. Monaco have lost just one of their nine home games this season, including a win over Barcelona.
The last time the two sides met was in the 2014 Champions League group stage, where Benfica surprisingly took four points, despite the Portuguese side finishing bottom of the group. This season, Monaco have 10 points from four games, achieving a record of three wins in the Champions League group stage for only the second time in their history (the other was in 1997-98).
Benfica, on the other hand, have made a poor start both domestically and in the Champions League, but under the guidance of Bruno Lage they have improved a lot. After an impressive 4-0 win over Atletico Madrid, Benfica lost to Feyenoord and Bayern Munich, but they bounced back with a 4-1 win over Porto and a 7-0 thrashing of Estrela in the cup, giving Lage 11 wins in his first 13 games.
However, Benfica need to overcome a major obstacle as they have never won away from home in France in the Champions League, with three draws and five defeats in eight visits here.
Monaco vs Benfica score prediction
Based on the above football comments, we and the world's leading football sites have given the results of the match.Monaco vs Benficaas follows:
- Sportsmole:Monaco 1-0 Benfica
- WhoScore:Monaco 1-1 Benfica
- Our newspaper predicts:Monaco 1-1 Benfica
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