Football Results

Two European greats will admeasure strength in the first round of the new edition of the Champions League and, of course, in the end they want to be the teams that will qualify in the round of sixteen. For Bayern this is somehow implied because they have ambitions far greater than the placement in the group stage, and Benfica wants to fix the impression from last season when they played catastrophically badly in the group stage and lost all matches. In the new season, they have both started well and they are not losing matches at the moment, while they had their last mutual duels in the quarterfinals of the Champions League in 2016 when Bayern was more successful in two duels.

Benfica

Benfica has played nine games this season and they still have not lost any matches, so it clearly shows in what form they are. And those were not just matches in domestic competitions, because Benfica had to play two qualifying rounds for the Champions League, where they did not have any harmless opponents. They have eliminated Fenerbahce and PAOK in a similar way, with a victory and a draw, and they defeated PAOK away.

They played four games in the championship and they celebrated three times, while they played a draw in the great city derby with Sporting. They were the most convincing in the last round at home against Nacioanal, when there was 4-0 with four different shooters. Pizzi, their first shooter, has not scored any goals. Jonas and Corchia are out of action, and Fejsa is having probelms, but he should play.

Probable lineups Benfica: Vlachodimos – Almeida, Dias, Jardel, Grimaldo – Fejsa, Pizzi, Fernandes – Salvio, Cervi – Seferovic

Bayern Munich

Bayern is also having problems at the start of the new season, but they are even more successful than their hosts, not only because they are not losing matches, but they do not have any unresolved results. Five matches and as many wins, counting the Super Cup and the first round of the Cup, where they unexpectedly had the most problems. In the first three rounds, they made three wins and each time they scored exactly three goals, and as a defect remains the fact that they received one goal in two matches at home. Both Hoffenheim and Bayer Leverkusen have scored goals in Munich and that was at moments when the result was active.

Bayer has even taken the lead on Saturday, but by the end of the 20th minute, the Bavarians have turned the result in their favour. They were absolutely dominant, although they have confirmed the victory with the third goal in the finish. The bad thing from that match was several players got injured, who unexpectedly got the chance to play, Rafinha and Tolisso. The second one has managed to score a goal, but both will join Coman now, who had been out of action from before. Hummels is also questionable for this match, so Sule will be on the center-back position.

Probable lineups Bayern Munich: Neuer – Kimmich, Boateng, Sule, Alaba – J.Martinez – T.Muller, Alcantara, Robben, Ribery – Lewandowski

Verdict:

Benfica will certainly be especially motivated, mostly because of those defeats in the previous two seasons, but the question is whether the Portuguese team can defeat Bayern, which is in great shape and seems invincible, so we expect them to celebrate in Lisbon.

Pick: Asian Handicap -1 Bayern Munich 1.91 - 91/100 @1XBet