Benfica – PAOK : Preview & Prediction
The Benfica campaign in the Champions League has begun in the previous stage of the preliminaries when they played a difficult draw by meeting the Turkish Fenerbahce team.
Rui Vitoria’s students managed to score 2-1 in general, thanks to a home win with a 1-0 win in the tour, supported by a tough score on the Turkish side, score 1-1.
The Portuguese team started the new season in the domestic championship and made it with style, winning the first two stages against Victoria and Boavista.
Benfica scored so far in every official match of the new season, with a total of 7 goals scored and 3 goals scored.
Meanwhile, the Greek team has not started the new season in the domestic championship, and the only official matches of PAOK come from the previous two rounds of qualifying in the Champions League preliminaries. They had quality opponents on this road and impressed with their offensive and solid football.
The glorious moment of Razvan Lucescu’s pupils was the first 45 minutes of the round of the previous round against Spartak Moscow, when they returned from the score of 0-2, winning the score of 3-2. The maneuver returns with a draw without goals.
Before eliminating Spartak, PAOK had passed the Swiss FC Basel with two solid victories and a 5-1 overall score.
Direct meetings
The teams have met twice in a European competition, both of them in the Europa League. Benfica won 3 times and lost only once.
Their last meeting was in the phase of the optimal Europa League in the 2013/2014 season. Benfica won both hocks, 1-0 in Greece and 3-0 in the home.
Benfica – PAOK : Betting Tips
Benfica – Win Odds: 1.45
Both teams to score / YES – Odds: 1.70
Over 2.5 Goals – Odds: 1.70
