Monaco v Benfica: Prediction and Tips

Partner Authors Published: 27 Nov 24 08:08

Monaco can stay on course for a top-eight place in the UEFA Champions League by seeing off Benfica at home on Wednesday.

Contents

Monaco v Benfica Prediction

Key Prediction Stats & Insights

Supercomputer Prediction

Monaco v Benfica Betting Tips

Predicted Starting Line-ups

Monaco v Benfica Prediction

Prediction	BetSie Supercomputer %	Odds	Odds %
Monaco win	47.5%	13/10	43.5%

Key Prediction Stats & Insights

Monaco are unbeaten in this season's UEFA Champions League with three wins and one draw.
Benfica have won two and lost two so far.
Monaco beat Barcelona 2-1 at home on Matchday One.

Supercomputer Prediction

Monaco	47.5%
Draw	24.3%
Benfica	28.2%

The odds suggest that Monaco have a 43.5% chance of winning their upcoming UEFA Champions League fixture away at Slovan Bratislava.

With a 47.5% probability, the BetSie Supercomputer believes Monaco have a slightly higher chance of winning compared to the betting odds.

Monaco v Benfica Betting Tips

Tip	Current Odds
Monaco to win	5/4
Eliesse Ben Seghir to score anytime	13/5
Luis Florentino to be booked	3/1

Monaco to win - 5/4

Monaco have made a fine start in the UEFA Champions League, beating Barcelona, Bologna and Crvena Zvezda and drawing with Dinamo Zagreb to sit third in the table.

Adi Hutter's side have put themselves in a great position to qualify for the knockout stage as one of the top eight teams and they can pick up another valuable three points with a win over Benfica.

Monaco are second in Ligue 1, six points behind leaders Paris Saint-Germain and warmed up for the Benfica clash with a 3-2 home win over Brest on Friday.

Benfica kicked off their European campaign with victories over Crvena Zvezda and Atletico Madrid - the latter an eye-catching 4-0 home success - but they have since faltered, going down to Feyenoord and Bayern Munich.

Those setbacks have left the Portuguese giants 19th in the table at the start of the fifth matchday and they have much work to do if they are to get back into contention for a top-eight place.

Benfica head into Wednesday's clash in good form, following up a 4-1 league win over Porto with a 7-0 hammering of Estrela in the cup on Saturday and while they should play their part at the Stade Louis II, they look set to be on the end of another damaging defeat.

Eliesse Ben Seghir to score anytime - 13/5

Eliesse Ben Seghir has yet to open his account in the UEFA Champions League but it only looks to be a matter of time.

The Morocco international has been in good form for Monaco in Ligue 1, scoring four times this season, and he looks set to operate in his familiar attacking-midfield role, getting forward regularly to support Breel Embolo.

The 19-year-old hit a brace in the 3-1 win over Strasbourg before the international break earlier this month and is likely to be on penalty duty for the hosts against Benfica, making him an attractive anytime scorer at 13/5.

Luis Florentino to be booked - 3/1

Luis Florentino could be in trouble with the referee in Monaco as the Benfica man attempts to influence proceedings in midfield.

Florentino has been booked once in the Primeira Liga for the Eagles this season and even though he's yet to be shown a yellow card in Europe he has been guilty of giving away free-kicks in the UEFA Champions League.

Florentino has committed a squad-high six fouls in the competition and if the 25-year-old continues to be penalised, a card is likely to be brandished in his direction.

Predicted Starting Line-ups

Monaco

Formation: 4-2-3-1
Team: Majecki; Henrique, Kehrer, Singo, Vanderson; Camara, Zakaria; Ben Seghir, Minamino, Akliouche; Embolo

Benfica

Formation: 5-3-2
Team: Trubin; Carreras, Araujo, Otamendi, Silva, Bah; Florentino, Aursnes, Kokcu; Di Maria, Pavlidis

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