Besiktas vs Benfica Prediction, Betting Tips and Preview
Besiktas and Benfica lock horns in the Champions League on Wednesday. Read the match predictions to find out why an away win is the betting tip at the Vodafone Arena. Besiktas come into this match on the back of a 1-2 away win at Adanaspor while Benfica thrashed Maritimo 6-0 at home.
Besiktas vs Benfica Preview
Besiktas have a growing injury list with Veli Kavlak, Anderson Talisca, Caner Erkin and Aras Ozbiliz all out for this one. Necip Uysal is also in a race against time to prove his fitness after a back problem. Dusko Tosic is likely to move over to left-back and accomodate Rhodolfo in central defence.
Benfica look set to go with Pizzi and Andreas Samaris in midfield with Andre Horta and Lubomir Fejsa out injured. Alejandro Grimaldo is missing at left back but the visitors have an experienced head in Eliseu to fill in. This game may come too soon for Jonas, so Guedes will support Kostas Mitroglou in the attack.
Team Predictions Besiktas vs Benfica
Besiktas 4-2-3-1 formation: Fabri; Tosic, Marcelo, Rhodolfo, Beck; Inler, Hutchinson; Adriano, Arslan, Quaresma; Aboubakar
Benfica 4-4-2 formation: Moraes; Eliseu, Luisao, Lindelof, Nelsinho; Carillo, Pizzi, Samaris, Salvio; Mitroglou, Guedes
Besiktas vs Benfica Betting Tips
- Besiktas have won 7 drawn 2 and lost 1 of their last 10 matches
- Benfica have won 8 drawn 1 and lost 1 of their last 10 matches
- Over the course of their previous 10 matches, Besiktas have scored an average of 1.7 goals and conceded an average of 1.1 goals per game
- Over the course of their previous 10 matches, Benfica have scored an average of 2.5 goals and conceded an average of 0.6 goals per game
- There have been over 2.5 goals scored in 6 of Besiktas’ previous 10 matches
- There have been over 2.5 goals scored in 5 of Benfica’s previous 10 matches
Besiktas vs Benfica Prediction
Besiktas trail Benfica by 1 point having won 1 and drawn 3 of their Group B matches so far. Failing to see out games has been a regular feature for them and they didn’t hold the lead long when pegged back in a 1-1 draw with Napoli. They’ve since won back-to-back league games either side of a friendly defeat to AZ Alkmaar and this will be a tough test for the hosts.
Benfica are seeking a third successive Champions League victory after back-to-back wins against Dynamo Kiev. They subsequently battled back to draw 1-1 with Porto (a massive result in the Portuguese title race) and come into this in high-spirits after a convincing win at the weekend.
Aguias are flying high in the Primeira Liga and are unbeaten in 9 competitive matches while Kara Kartallar have been prone to the odd slip up in the Turkish Super Lig. In the reverse fixture, it looked every bit like being a 1-0 win to Benfica until Talisca pulled a free kick out of the top-drawer deep into injury time. I’m tipping the visitors to make amends for that by winning in Istanbul to book their place in the last 16.
Free Betting Tips
Match Prediction
BENFICA at 13/8 with William Hill
Over/Under Prediction
OVER 2.5 goals at 5/4 with Betfair
Correct Score Prediction
BENFICA 2-1 at 19/2 with 888Sport
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