Benfica have their next challenge on Wednesday in the Champions League meeting with Juventus. Let’s check on the predicted line ups and player availability.
Juventus will be hoping to bounce back here following the 2-1 Serie A loss in their previous game against SSC Napoli. We are thinking that Juve should make use of the 4-3-3 formation for this game featuring Michele Di Gregorio, Weston McKennie, Pierre Kalulu, Federico Gatti, Andrea Cambiaso, Teun Koopmeiners, Manuel Locatelli, Khéphren Thuram, Chico Conceição, Dusan Vlahovic and Nicolas Gonzalez.
Juventus boss Thiago Motta will be happy not to have any fitness concerns at all ahead of this match with a completely healthy group available for selection.
How Juventus might line up to take on Benfica
After a loss in their previous game against Casa Pia in Primeira Liga competition, Benfica and their travelling supporters will be hoping that they can get a better result in this one. From our viewpoint, Benfica seem likely to begin the game with a 4-3-3 formation, starting Anatolii Trubin, Tomas Araújo, António Silva, Nicolas Otamendi, Á. F. Carreras, Fredrik Aursnes, Florentino Luís, Orkun Kökcü, Kerem Aktürkoglu, Vangelis Pavlidis and Andreas Schjelderup.
Thanks to a fully injury-free squad available for selection, Benfica manager Bruno Lage doesn’t have any fitness concerns whatsoever before this match.
Predicted Benfica team
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