Juventus suffered a 2-1 defeat against Paris Saint-Germain in Paris, the Italian giants also rallied back from a 2-0 down against Salernitana to a 2-2 in their Serie clash on Sunday evening.
Benfica started their campaign with a 2-0 win over Maccabi Haifa and went on with a 1-0 win over Famalicao in the Primera Liga division, they will have to win this clash to remain competitive.
IMPORTANT STATS:
JUVENTUS:
Juventus has been in poor form in their last five games, they won just one of those games with three draws and one defeat.
All Juventus’ last five games witnessed over 1.5 and GG with just one not ending in GG.
Juventus won one match against Benfica in their last five outings dating back to 1993, with Benfica winning one as well in 2014.
BENFICA:
The Premera Liga team has shown great form this season having won all their last five clashes including the 2-0 win over Maccabi Haifa in their Champions League opener.
Benfica scored a minimum of over 1.5 in their five games except their last outing against Famalicao this weekend.
The Portuguese team defeated Juventus once in their last five meetings, drew three and Juventus claimed a victory as well and four of those games ended in over 1.5.
FCNAIJA PREDICTION:
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