Benfica is hosting tonight Galatasaray for the 4th game of the 2 teams in the group stage of the competition. In the first game that was played between them a couple of weeks ago, Galatasaray managed a great 2-1 win, despite the fact that Benfica took the lead in the score early in the game. With this result, Galatasaray’s chances for making it into the next round of the competition have been kept intact.
Benfica has suffered just 1 defeat, from Zenit, in its last 14 home games in the European Cups (11 wins and 2 draws in the rest) and is coming from a 4-0 win against Tondela for the Cup competition, thus making it up in a way for its defeat from Sporting Lisbon for the league, 10 days ago.
Galatasaray is coming from an undefeated run in its last 8 games in all competitions and in its last 8 games in the league and it has actually managed an away draw against Fenerbahce before beating Eskisehirspor with 4-1 at home in its last game in the league.
Prediction
Ok, Benfica looks to be very strong at home in terms of its European Cup games while Galatasaray hasn’t managed a win for 10 games in the competition, before beating Benfica at home 2 weeks ago. However, the odd for Benfica to win the game is not reflecting the fact that Galatasaray is in good form lately;
Bet: number of goals 2-3 (2.05) BET365