Benfica Lisbon vs AEK Athens Prediction & Betting Tips - Champions League

Prediction published on 11/12/2018, 00:03  by Daniel Ngulu in Champions League Prediction

Domestically, Benfica have done well and as they head to the Europa League, they will hope to do much better than their performance in the Champions League. Their only win in the competition came against Athens while the draw with Ajax is what places Benfica in line for Europa League, and they will definitely be eyeing a double over AEK Athens. For the Greek side, the loss to Ajax in the last Group E game was their last in a five match winless run and they have since managed two straight wins and as many clean sheets but traveling to Portugal, they will face a stiffer opposition. Benfica have four wins in their last five matches but they have not won any of their last three Champions League matches but have three wins in their last 10 Champions League matches at home. AEK Athens, on their part, have not won any of their last six Champions League matches, while they have conceded two or more in each of the last five. In the last 17 away matches in the Champions League, AEK Athens have managed two wins, and have no clean sheet in the last 16 away matches in the competition. This will be the fourth meeting between the two sides in history, and two of the earlier three meetings yielded over 2.5 goals. Benfica have two wins over AEK Athens in the opening three meetings.