Under the Champions League group E, on Wednesday, November 7, the SL Benfica – AFC Ajax game will be played. The match will take place on “Estadio da Luz”, starting at 20:00. The host team needs all the points to be able to hope for Champions League qualifying in the spring.
The host team was the protagonist of a surprise in the last round of the championship. Although he opened the score from the second minute of the encounter with Moreirense, he was defeated at the end when the table showed an incredible 1-3. It was the third consecutive defeat for Benfica, which is in the worst moment in 2018. Find the group at four points behind Bayern and Ajax, the “eagles” now need a victory to keep chances qualifying in the Champions League spring. However, in the last seven games played on the ground, Rui Vitoria’s band only got three successes.
On the other hand, the “lances” have been unstoppable in the past two months. The success of the final stage of the championship, 2-0 with Willem II, was the sixth consecutive win in all competitions. Moreover, throughout this period, the defensive did not give up even once. So five of these victories were at a higher goal difference. So, with an almost perfect path in the Champions League, 7 points accumulated in 9 possible, Ajax can now be satisfied even with an equal result. As a matter of fact, in four moves in the competition so far he drew at St.Liege, Dinamo Kiev and Bayern Munich.
Probable teams
Benfica (4-3-3): Vlachodimos – Grimaldo, Jardel, Dias, Almeida – Fernandes, Fejsa, Pizzi – Rafa, Jonas, Salvio.
Ajax (4-3-3): Onana – Mazraoui, Ligt, Blind, Tagliafico – Beek, Schone, Jong – Ziyech, Dolberg, Tadic.
In the tournament, the Dutch group was forced to score, score 1-0. The only goal of the game was scored by Mazraoui in the 90 + 2 minute. The confrontation was quite fierce, with 40 fouls and 7 yellow cards, which we also expect in the second leg.
PREDICTION: 1X @ 1.40
