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PAOK vs Benfica Prediction & Betting tips
Hard game that awaits the Portuguese giant Benfica on Wednesday, when he visits the Stadio Toumba in Thessaloniki, Greece, where he will face PAOK Thessaloniki, in play that corresponds to the return for the playoffs of the UEFA Champions League.
PAOK Thessaloniki:
Despite having been dominated much of the first game, those led by Razvan Lucescu managed to return home with a good result as was the draw at one goal and thus a goalless draw will be enough to see them for the first time in a UEFA Champions League group stage and what better than to get it before their fans, so a good atmosphere is expected in Thessaloniki.
The last weekend PAOK debuted with the right foot in the Greek Super League, after beating 1-0 to Astera Tripolis, in what is a result that helps a lot in the motivation of the team that lends itself to live a historical duel.
Benfica:
The eagles are still wondering what happened in the first game, since after all the domain made the logical thing was to win the commitment and quietly, but finally there are no more laps to give and go to Greece and write down that goal that at the moment needs, although it needs to change the “chip”, and is that those led by Rui Vitória could not enforce the house in the derby against Sporting Lisbon and again had to settle for a draw at one goal, although for many This game he played with his mind set on Greece, where he hopes to reach the group stage of the European Champions League for the ninth consecutive time.
In terms of direct confrontations Benfica is the one who has dominated the series, so the eagles stayed with the series of the second round of the UEFA Cup season 1999/00 and repeated in the round of 32 of the UEFA Champions League 2013/14 with a 4-0 aggregate.
Possible alignments:
PAOK Thessaloniki: Paschalakis; Vierinha, Crespo, Varela, Léo Matos; Maurício, Cañas, El Kaddouri, Pelkas, Limnios; Prijović.
Benfica: Vlachodimos; Grimaldo, Days, Jardel, Almeida; Fejsa, Cervi, Fernandes, Pizzi, Salvio; Ferreyra.
PAOK vs Benfica head to head matches
21.08.18 CL Benfica PAOK 1 : 1
27.02.14 EL Benfica PAOK 3 : 0
20.02.14 EL PAOK Benfica 0 : 1
03.11.99 EL Benfica PAOK 1 : 2
20.10.99 EL PAOK Benfica 1 : 2