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AEK Athens vs FC Benfica Prediction & Betting tips
In order to add their first points in the group stage of the UEFA Champions League, this Tuesday at the Olympiako Stadio Spyros Louis in Athenas, the cast of AEK Athens awaits the visit of a powerful Portuguese cast as Benfica, at stake which corresponds to Group E.
AEK Athens:
Those led by Marinos Ouzounidis received a blow in their UEFA Champions League debut, when they visited Ajax from the Netherlands and were defeated by a convincing 3-0, in a game that showed many defensive flaws, unfortunately these problems could not be corrected in the derby against PAOK Thessaloniki and added a new defeat but now with a score of 2-0, luckily, for the happiness of their fans AEK I can meet again with the triumph last weekend and won 0-3 in their visit to OFI and with it they are located in the third place of the Super League of Greece with 12 points, one point less than the leaders PAOK and Atromitos.
The Greek cast knows the importance of victory in this commitment, and that with Bayern Munich in the group everything aims to finish in second place and for now they lost the first battle against a direct rival as Ajax Amsterdam , so there is no other way to recover on Tuesday against his fans.
Benfica:
For its part, the situation of those led by Rui Vitória is very similar, so the Portuguese eagles come to lose in their debut in the UEFA Champions League when they received at home to Bayern Munich with a score of 0-2. This defeat has been the eighth consecutive in a group stage of Champions League and also has been the sixth game in that phase without being able to score goals.
Recall that last season was forgotten for a Benfica who lost all their group stage games in the Champions League and that for a change he saw FC Oporto snatch the champion crown and thus finished in the second place that took them to qualify for the qualifying stage where they closed their participation just before a Greek cast as PAOK who put them in trouble with the draw at one goal on Portuguese soil and that for a change in the round was put up on the scoreboard so early, but happily appeared the category of players that counts Benfica and turned the game and finally won by a clear 1-4, so now on his return to his Greek lands expected to repeat the story and for this Rui Vitória can to have one of his main referents in the attack, such as Brazilian striker Jonas, who is already qualified after recovering from an injury.
In terms of clashes between these teams, we have to say that both were part of the group stage of the UEFA Europa League season 2009/10 and both won their game at home.
Now for the AEK Athens has not been pleasant to face Portuguese teams in European competitions, since of the six games against Portuguese teams four of them finished in defeat while the other two were wins; and beware that the situation is very similar for a Benfica who will face a second Greek team for Champions League, remember that the first time was in the group stage of the 2013/14 season where he faced Olimpiakos and the eagles fell by the smallest difference in your visit to Greece.
AEK Athens vs FC Benfica head to head matches
17.12.09 EL Benfica AEK Athens FC 2 : 1
01.10.09 EL AEK Athens FC Benfica 1 : 0