Benfica - Ajax

For the first match of the round of 16 of the Champions League, Benfica welcomes Ajax in Da Luz. A rematch will follow in Amsterdam on March 15, the away goal rule does not apply.

Benfica in the group took full advantage of Barcelona's problems and managed to finish in 2nd place, behind Bayern Munich, and qualify for the knockout matches of the tournament.
In fact, as everything shows, she will be her only success in the season as things in the championship have not evolved as he would have liked. Her mediocre to bad course even forced her to make a change in her technical leadership in December but still did not see much improvement. So after 23 games, Benfica is in 3rd place with 51 points and minus 12 from the first Porto and minus 6 from the 2nd Sporting. In its last match, it was tied 2-2 with Boavista, despite the fact that it was ahead at halftime with 2-0!

Ajax took a walk in the group with opponents Dortmund, Sporting and Besiktas and with the absolute victory in 6 matches solemnly qualified in the next phase of the event.
At the same time it is the ultimate protagonist and in domestic events marching at full speed to win another championship. Having a record of 18 wins, 3 draws and 2 losses after 23 games is in 1st place with 57 points and in the plus 5 from the second Eindhoven while it is also in the semifinals of the cup.
Last Saturday prevailed, much easier than the final score shows, of Willem away with 1-0 with a goal scored by entering the match in the last ten minutes of the match.

Benfica has been worrying intensely for the last two months in the league, they know that they are not the favorite of the match but they are forced to open up and go for the victory. Ajax, for its part, has been flying to all the competitions since the beginning of the year and can clear the qualification even from today. I think we will see a match with rhythm and many phases between two very aggressive teams.

Proposal: Benfica - Ajax Over 2,5 with odds of 1.75