PAOK – Benfica, Prediction – Champions League

🟢 PAOK have conceded only 1 goal in their last 8 games

PAOK had a pretty bad period last season in which they lost too many points and so the battle with Olympiacos for the title at one point just ended because PAOK was far behind. However, the visible major improvement, especially in defense, which has always been PAOK’s strength since early July, must be acknowledged. The team has not lost a game in 9 consecutive games in total. The Greeks are not very active in the transfer window, but many players who have returned from loan have been released.

✔️ Benfica has 8 wins in its last 9 games

Benfica did not win a single trophy last season. This is a huge problem for the club. As one of the two huge teams in Portugal, this is unforgivable and cannot be repeated in the 2nd season in a row. For this reason, the management took action. Five new players were bought for a total of an absurd almost 100 million pounds during the crisis. In addition, Jan Vertonghen came as a free transfer from Tottenham, and the talented Nunez, as well as Everton, Pedrinho, Gilberto, and Waldschmidt, are the new expensive names in the team. 4 of these players are young and talented attacking players.

Benfica has much more experience than PAOK in this tournament

 Expert view: It will be very interesting how the strong defense of PAOK will oppose the new quality attack of Benfica, which has been scoring a lot of goals lately. We should not forget something important – Benfica has played 4 times with PAOK in the last 6 years. In the first two matches, PAOK won to 0 in matches with an exchanged visit for the Europa League in 2014. The most important games, however, were the final playoffs for entering the groups in the 18/19 season. Then Benfica made 1-1 with PAOK at home, but then defeated them 4-1 as a guest. We think that class and experience for Benfica will be decisive again and they will just win the match with a routine. Prediction – Benfica to win at 1.88.