Benfica vs RB Leipzig
Champions League
Date: Tuesday, 17 September 2019
Kick-off at 20:00 UK / 21:00 CET
Venue: Estádio da Luz (Lisabon).
Champions League
Date: Tuesday, 17 September 2019
Kick-off at 20:00 UK / 21:00 CET
Venue: Estádio da Luz (Lisabon).
News team
Benfica have a lengthy injury list for this time of the season, which Chiquinho added to when he limped out of the defeat to Porto.
Lage also without Gabriel, Gedson, Germany Conti and David Tavares - all of which do not yet have this season - while Carlos Vinicius also absent.
The host boast a man in form at Pizzi, though, with the striker having scored again at the weekend to make it six goals in five games so far this term.
Former Tottenham Hotspur and Queens Park Rangers midfielder Adel Taarabt is also enjoying a new life in Lisbon, earning his first international cap since 2014 during the recent break.
Leipzig has their own form players in Timo Werner, who has five goals in four league appearances so far and continues to be associated with a move to Bayern Munich.
Nagelsmann be without Tyler Adams and Hannes Wolf, however, with the former sidelined since early August due to a metatarsal injury and the latter violates his ankle on international duty with Austria Under-21s.
Benfica starting lineup possibilities:
Vlachodimos; Almeida, Dias, Ferreira, Grimaldo; Pizzi, Luis, Taarabt, Silva; De Tomas; Seferovic
Leipzig possible starting lineup:
Gulacsi; Mukiele, Konate, Orban; Klostermann, Laimer, Forsberg, Halstenberg; Sabitzer, Poulsen, Werner
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This will be the first competitive meeting between Benfica and RB Leipzig.
In the last two seasons, has been outscored 7-25 Benfica in the Champions League; collecting just seven points from a possible 36 - all of which came in the 2018/19 campaign.
There are 21 scored in six Champions League matches of RB Leipzig in the 2017/18 season, at an average of 3.5 per game. They are one of four teams that season for both scored and conceded 10+ goals in the group stage, along with Porto, Napoli and Sevilla.
RB Leipzig won only three of their 12 European away games in all competitions but only conceded two more goals than they have scored themselves on the street.
Benfica are the sole representative of Portugal in the Champions League this season, and this is the first time since the 2009/10 campaign is only one Portuguese side in the competition.
Benfica vs RB Leipzig Head to head (h2h)
They only previous meeting was in the Emirates Cup see Leipzig registering a 2-0 win over Benfica.
Benfica vs RB Leipzig Predictions
Bruno Lage men have come down to a solid start, with their only defeat coming at the hands of runner-up last season, Porto. Nevertheless, it is worth mentioning that Benfica has bounced back from the loss and is now on a two-game winning streak.
In addition, the home side have kept a clean sheet in four of their last five games, one of which is in the cage. So, it goes without saying that they are necessarily at their best when they have the home advantage under their belts.
However, Benfica are squaring against cavalry visit which has taken the victory by a margin of two goals or more in their previous two outings. Consider that Leipzig has not conceded defeat in their last five games went well, at least that Benfica will be able to do will continue to Leipzig draw, as a victory for the hosts certainly not on the cards.
Leipzig have found the back of the net before the break, in each of their previous four games in a row. Considering that four of the last seven goals for the visit and one of only two goals for Benfica at home also comes within the first forty-five minutes, there is every reason to believe that there will be goals, at least, in the first round on Tuesday.
Benfica vs RB Leipzig Betting tips
double opportunity: Image or RB Leipzig @ 1.44 (2/3)
During the first half of 0.5 goals @ 1.40 (2/5).
