Benfica Visit Stade Louis II for the second time this season, while on Wednesday night they face Monaco in the first part of the Champions League playoffs.
The dismissal of Wilfried Singo played a key role in the Benfica’s eventual victory during the League phase an hour ago, even if Monaco took over a 2-1 lead while he was on ten men. Arthur Cabral and Zeki Amdouni have hit in the last few minutes of competitions to stole all three points visitors.
The two sides withdrawn the campa
Monaco starts suffering in the country after the promising start of the season and only hopes to qualify for this competition next season, while Benfica is four points behind the Sports CP for his efforts to return the title of the league.
Here 90min Guide for Wednesday Champions League Play-off first leg.
Monaco VS Benfica H2H results (all games)
Current form (all competitions)
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PSG 4-1 Monaco – 07/02/25 |
Benfica 3-2 Moreirense – 08/02/25 |
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Monaco 4-2 Auxerre – 01.02.2010. |
Amadora Estral 2-3 Benfica – 02/02/25 |
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Inter 3-0 Monaco – 29/01/25 |
Juventus 0-2 Benfica – 29/01/25 |
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Monaco 3-2 Rennes – 25/01/25 |
Casa Pia 3-1 Benfica – 25/01/25 |
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Monaco 1-0 Aston Villa – 21/01/25 |
Benfica 4-5 Barcelona – 21/01/25 |
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Earth |
TV channel/live stream |
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United Kingdom |
Discovering+, Discovery+ App, Tnt Sports 4 |
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United States |
Paramount+ |
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Canada |
Dazn Canada |
The hosts should be without an impressive young midfielder Lamina Camar on Wednesday, so that Soungoutou Magassa, who scored his first senior goal against Benfica in the League phase, could be included in Hutter’s XI.
The head of Monaco has a lot of worries in defense, and Christian Mawissa suspended after seeing his turn against Inter. Singo and Jordan the theses doubt injuries.
Mika Biereth hit the country by running since she joined Sturm Graz in the winter, and he quarreled because of his first start of the Champions League in his new club. Folarin Balogun and George Ilekhen are unlikely to contain.
Monaco predicted the VS Benfica setup (4-2-3-1): Majecki; Vanderson, Kehrer, Salis, Henrique; Zakaria, Magassa; Akliuche, Golovin, Ben Seghir; Biereth.
Angel di Maria is worried on Wednesday at his first leg after missing the Benfice win over the weekend. However, the veteran wing player is only a smaller blow and is expected to be available. Arthur Cabral should also be included, but the attacker is unlikely to make the initial XI given the form of Vangelis Pavlidis.
Alexander Bah and Manu Silva sustained long -term knee injuries against Moreirense, and for the next few months they will be out of action.
Renato Sanches is unlikely to have thigh injuries.
Benfica predicted a VS Monaco (4-3-3) setup (4-3-3: Trubin; Araujo, Silva, Otamendi, Fernandez; Luis, Aursnes, Kokcu; Di Maria, Pavlidis, Schjelderup
While these two sides met in November, we should not read too much in Benfica’s 3-2 victory, which eventually allowed Singo’s sending.
Monaco is burdened with talent and can be wonderful to watch, but the big stage has proven to be too light for the side of Adi Hutter on several occasions in this term. They were hit by a red hot PSG for the weekend.
However, they should have a joy against Benfica clothing affected by an injury that has suffered defense in the last month. The impact of Bruno Lage’s arrival begins to fade, but they could use Monaco’s inexperience to grab the draw, which would leave them as favorites for progress.
Prediction: Monaco 1-1 Benfica
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