Champions League betting and spectator preview: Juventus and Benfica meet at Allianz Stadium to measure strength and learn who makes it to the next stage.
It's quite the trip for Benfica when visiting Juventus as the cities are 2000 kilometers apart.
It's no vacation for neither Juventus nor Benfica as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Juventus form and stats
Juventus was eliminated in the 8th finals last season in the Champions League. Villarreal was too strong.All-inclusive Serie A stats at home this season for Juventus are 2-2-0 (wins-draws-losses).
A draw after 90 minutes last time out for Juventus, who played 2-2 against Salernitana. That match was also played at this venue (Allianz Stadium). Late drama in the game against Salernitana as Juventus were trailing by a goal near the finishing line until Bonucci popped out and made it level in the 90th minute. Bonucci felt an ounce or two of guilt after the draw against Salernitana as the player was unable to convert a penalty kick in the 90th minute. Midfield player Paredes got a match rating of 7.45 in that game, the max score being 10. Paredes hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 83 successful passes (of 85 total).
Before that, a defeat in the away fixture against PSG in the Champions League.
Juventus are traveling soon after this match as the Serie A match at Monza awaits in four days.
Juventus have only conceded 3 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Benfica form and stats
Last season their Champions League adventure ended in the quarter-finals against Liverpool.Benfica are on a winning streak away after three games, as mentioned below. A maximum 9 points in the bag from 3 travels in the Primeira Liga. When we have look at the Champions League statistics, we find 5W-0D-0L. This is both home and away.
Two travels in a row for Benfica, whose coach Schmidt could celebrate last time after the win against Famalicao. Grimaldo was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 8.15. The defender Grimaldo served one assist, hit one key pass and won 13 of 20 duels.
A home victory as anticipated against Maccabi Haifa ahead of that, in the Champions League.
A quick return to home after this game, as Benfica are hosting Maritimo in the Primeira Liga only four days away.
The travelling fans enjoy Benfica's attacking play in away games, having scored 5 goals in 3 league matches away.
Head 2 Head
Stats for the preceeding four meetings between these two participants are: zero wins for Juventus, three draws and one win for Benfica. Over 2,5 goals: one time; under 2,5 goals: three games. The games between these sides have had a tendency to be brutal, having seen 3 red cards from the last four encounters.
Top Goalscorers
  D. Vlahović 4 goals |   João Mário 4 goals |  R. Silva 3 goals |
Juventus missing players
Benfica missing players
| Juventus | Benfica | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 15 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 10 | 7 | Won | W | 9 | 20 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | ||
| 8 | 4 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | ||
| 34 | 22 | Scored | S | 22 | 59 | ||
| 33 | 19 | Conceded | C | 7 | 21 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 88% | 87% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 73% | 80% | ||
| 52% | 47% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 36% | 60% | ||
| 24% | 27% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 27% | 44% | ||
| 4% | 7% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 18% | 28% | ||
| 52% | 40% | BTTS | BTTS | 27% | 44% | ||
| 28% | 40% | Clean Sheets | C S | 73% | 52% | ||
| 24% | 20% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 8% | ||
| 4.1 | 5.1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.6 | 6.4 | ||
| 5.1 | 4.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.2 | 4.2 | ||
| 2 | 1.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.6 | 2.1 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | ||
| 12.4 | 14.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.4 | 15.6 | ||
| 4.1 | 4.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.8 | 5.9 | ||
| 33% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 42% | 39% | ||
| 13.4 | 12.1 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.6 | 8.3 | ||
| 4.8 | 4.9 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 3.1 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Benfica | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 2 | PSG | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | Juventus | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| 4 | Maccabi Haifa | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Napoli | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 14 |
| 2 | Atalanta | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 14 |
| 3 | Milan | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 14 |
| 4 | Udinese | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 13 |
| 5 | Inter | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 12 |
| 6 | Lazio | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 11 |
| 7 | Juventus | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 10 |
| 8 | Roma | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 10 |
| 9 | Torino | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 10 |
| 10 | Salernitana | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 |
| 11 | Fiorentina | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -1 | 6 |
| 12 | Bologna | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -2 | 6 |
| 13 | Sassuolo | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | -4 | 6 |
| 14 | Hellas Verona | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -5 | 5 |
| 15 | Spezia | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | -5 | 5 |
| 16 | Empoli | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 4 |
| 17 | Lecce | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -3 | 3 |
| 18 | Cremonese | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -5 | 2 |
| 19 | Sampdoria | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | -8 | 2 |
| 20 | Monza | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 | -11 | 1 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Benfica | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 11 | 18 |
| 2 | Sporting Braga | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 16 | 16 |
| 3 | Porto | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 15 |
| 4 | Portimonense | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 12 |
| 5 | Boavista | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | -1 | 12 |
| 6 | Casa Pia | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 11 |
| 7 | Sporting CP | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 10 |
| 8 | Vitoria Guimaraes | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 9 |
| 9 | Chaves | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | -1 | 8 |
| 10 | Gil Vicente | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | -1 | 8 |
| 11 | Estoril | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| 12 | Arouca | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | -9 | 7 |
| 13 | Vizela | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | -1 | 5 |
| 14 | Rio Ave | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | -3 | 5 |
| 15 | Santa Clara | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | -3 | 4 |
| 16 | Famalicao | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | -6 | 4 |
| 17 | Pacos de Ferreira | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | -10 | 0 |
| 18 | Maritimo | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 12 | -13 | 0 |
