Maccabi Haifa – Benfica

For the 6th matchday of the 8th group of the Champions League, Maccabi Haifa welcomes Benfica to the Sammy Ofer Stadium. The group is completed by Juventus and Paris, the first two in the ranking advance to the round of 16 of the competition while the third continues in the Europa League.

The difference in quality against Paris was more than evident for Maccabi the previous matchday in the group and they were fatally crushed 7-2. A result that leaves her - as expected - also mathematically out of the duo, but she has mathematical hopes for 3rd place on the condition that she brings a better result than Juventus today.
On Saturday for the domestic championship, despite being behind in the score, they beat Ashdod 3-1. With this victory, he reached 24 points and continues to be at the top of the standings.

Benfica, after an exciting match, won the previous game against Juventus in Lisbon with 4-3 and secured a place in the top two of the group and its qualification to the next phase of the competition. They can even finish in first place, but they have to get a better result than Paris, while in the event of a tie they are minus 4 in goal difference from the French team.
At the same time, he impresses in the Portuguese league, after 11 matches he leads the standings race with 31 points and plus 6 from 2nd Braga, having a record of 10 wins and 1 draw. In her last match in time, she defeated Chavez in Lisbon 5-0.

Interesting matchup with both teams wanting the win for their own reasons. Maccabi to exhaust their chances for 3rd place while Benfica to grab the first place in the group. I expect a match with a good pace and many phases between two teams that score easily.

Tip: Maccabi Haifa – Benfica Over 2,5 goals with odds 1.75