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Benfica vs Auckland City Live Stream Global Listings (Jun 20)
Predictions and Tips
Friday’s FIFA Club World Cup fixture list features Benfica versus Auckland City.
Full predictions, pre-match stats and user poll for Benfica v Auckland City are shown on this page - as well as the best betting odds.
📏 Form Guide

Benfica
WWWDDD 📈
Benfica prepare for this game following on from a 2-2 FIFA Club World Cup stalemate vs Boca Juniors.
For Benfica, the goals were scored by Ángel Di María (45') and Nicolás Otamendi (84'). Miguel Ángel Merentiel (21') and Rodrigo Battaglia (27') scored for Boca Juniors.
Benfica have been on a persistent run of goalscoring form, netting in each and every one of their last 6 matches.
They’ve totted up the amount of 14 during that period while seeing the number of goals scored against them stand at 5. We will see whether or not that trend can be sustained in this game.
Auckland City
LLLLLL 🆘
After a losing effort in their last game against Bayern Munich in FIFA Club World Cup competition, Auckland City and their travelling fans will hope for a better result here.
Kingsley Coman (6', 21'), Sacha Boey (18'), Michael Olise (20', 45'), Thomas Müller (45', 89') and Jamal Musiala (68', 73', 84') scored for Bayern Munich.
In a total of 5 of the previous 6 clashes involving Auckland City, a minimum of three goals have been struck. The average number of goals per game during that spell is 4.67, with the number of goals averaged by Auckland City being 0.33.
📋 Team News: Benfica
Alexander Bah (Cruciate ligament tear), Manu Silva (Cruciate ligament tear) and Tomás Araújo (unknown injury) won’t be able to feature for Benfica manager Bruno Lage.
ℹ️ Team News: Auckland City
Due to a completely injury-free squad available for selection, the Auckland City manager has no fitness worries whatsoever before this game.
💭 Prediction
It’s looking like Auckland City shouldn’t be fancied to score at all against a Benfica side who simply have the strengths to dominate proceedings in all areas of the contest.
We are predicting a very commanding 4-0 belting (at least) for Benfica at the end of the 90 minutes.
Andre Moura, 15:00 20/06/2025
📊 Poll: Who Will Win?

🏟️ Team Focus:
Benfica
Formed: 1904
Stadium: Estádio da Luz (64,642)
Captain: Nicolás Otamendi
Chairman: Rui Costa
Manager: Bruno Lage
🔑 Star Man: Vangelis Pavlidis
Normally deployed in the Striker position, Vangelis Pavlidis was born in Thessaloniki, Greece. After having made a senior debut playing for VfL Bochum in the 2015 - 2016 season, the goalscoring Forward has struck 19 league goals in this Liga Portugal 2024 - 2025 season so far in a total of 34 appearances.
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | +/- | Pts | Form |
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34 | 25 | 7 | 2 | 61 | 82 | WWWDW |
2 |
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34 | 25 | 5 | 4 | 56 | 80 | WWWDD |
3 |
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34 | 22 | 5 | 7 | 35 | 71 | WLWWW |
4 |
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34 | 19 | 9 | 6 | 25 | 66 | WDDLD |
5 |
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34 | 17 | 6 | 11 | 4 | 57 | DWDWW |
6 |
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34 | 14 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 54 | LWWLL |
7 |
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34 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 47 | LDLLW |
8 |
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34 | 12 | 10 | 12 | -5 | 46 | LWLDW |
9 |
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34 | 12 | 9 | 13 | -5 | 45 | DLDWL |
10 |
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34 | 10 | 10 | 14 | -8 | 40 | LDLDW |
11 |
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34 | 9 | 11 | 14 | -16 | 38 | DLWDD |
12 |
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34 | 9 | 11 | 14 | -14 | 38 | WLDDW |
13 |
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34 | 8 | 10 | 16 | -13 | 34 | WWLDD |
14 |
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34 | 9 | 7 | 18 | -18 | 34 | LDLDL |
15 |
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34 | 7 | 8 | 19 | -26 | 29 | LWLLL |
16 |
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34 | 5 | 12 | 17 | -35 | 27 | DLLWL |
17 |
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34 | 6 | 9 | 19 | -21 | 27 | LLWWL |
18 |
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34 | 6 | 6 | 22 | -35 | 24 | WLWLL |
Benfica |
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Chelsea |
Benfica |
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Bayern Munich |
Benfica |
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Auckland City |
Boca Juniors |
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Benfica |
Braga |
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Benfica |
Benfica |
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Sporting Lisbon |
Auckland City |
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Boca Juniors |
Benfica |
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Auckland City |
Bayern Munich |
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Auckland City |
Al-Ain |
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Auckland City |
Al-Ittihad |
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Auckland City |
Al Ahly |
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Auckland City |
Benfica |
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Sporting Lisbon |
Benfica |
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AVS |
Benfica |
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Arouca |
Benfica |
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Farense |
Benfica |
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Nacional |
Benfica |
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Boavista |
Vangelis Pavlidis | 27 |
Kerem Aktürkoğlu | 15 |
Ángel Di María | 12 |
Orkun Kökçü | 11 |
Zeki Amdouni | 8 |
Myer Bevan | 1 |
Jerson Lagos | 1 |
Sporting Lisbon |
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Benfica |
Auckland City |
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Boca Juniors |
