This is probably the closest duel in the Champions League qualifier playoffs. Lisbon's Benfica will host PSV Eindhoven at the Estadio da Luz, with fans back after one year of empty grounds. Both teams come from very successful triumphs against their previous opponents, as Benfica defeated Spartak Moscow 4-0 on aggregate, while the Dutch eliminated Midtjylland with the same result from a two-leg clash. Benfica will miss Jan Vertonghen and Haris Seferovic, while the guests start without Richard Ledezma. The hosts are coming from their opening league game vs. Arouca, getting a persuasive 2-0 victory at home. On the other side, the visitors come from a 2-0 away win over Heracles.
"As Aguias", led by coach Jorge Jesus, finished third last season in the Portuguese top division. Many fans were unpleasantly surprised by this placement, as Benfica dropped a lot of points at the beginning of the campaign. That cost one of the biggest clubs in Portugal a group stage place in this season's Champions League, making them face one of the best teams from the Netherlands. Still, Benfica has had more success in these two teams' six duels throughout history, winning two, losing one, with the other three ending without a winner. Both those triumphs happened on Benfica's field, 4-1 in 2011 and 2-1 back in 1998.
The guests began their Champions League campaign from the second round of the qualifiers, having Turkey's Galatasaray as their first rival. PSV won both games comfortably, 5-1 and 2-1, with Israeli star player Eran Zahavi scoring a hattrick at PSV's Philips Stadion. The bad news for Roger Schmidt's club is that the players must be exhausted after a busy month, playing six matches of high value.
I expect the hosts to open this duel with a home victory, considering everything stated above. Good luck!
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这可能是欧冠预选赛中最接近的一场比赛。里斯本的本菲卡将在卢茨球场主场迎战PSV埃因霍温,在一年的空球场之后,球迷们又回来了。这两支球队都在对之前对手的比赛中取得了非常成功的胜利,本菲卡以总比分4-0击败了莫斯科斯巴达克,而荷兰在两回合比赛中以同样的比分淘汰了米德日兰。本菲卡将会想念维通根和塞费罗维奇,而莱德斯马将会缺席。东道主刚刚结束了首场联赛对阵阿洛卡队的比赛,在主场以2-0大获全胜。另一方面,客队在客场2-0战胜了赫拉克勒斯。
由豪尔赫·赫苏斯执教的“阿吉亚斯”上赛季在葡萄牙甲级联赛中排名第三。许多球迷对这个位置感到不高兴和惊讶,因为本菲卡在赛季开始时丢了很多分。这让葡萄牙最大的俱乐部之一失去了本赛季欧冠小组赛的席位,让他们面对荷兰最好的球队之一。尽管如此,本菲卡在这两支球队历史上的六场比赛中取得了更多的成功,赢了两场,输了一场,其他三场比赛都没有胜者。这两次胜利都发生在本菲卡的球场上,2011年4-1,1998年2-1。客人们从第二轮资格赛开始他们的欧冠之旅,土耳其的加拉塔萨雷是他们的第一个对手。埃因霍温分别以5-1和2-1轻松拿下两场比赛,以色列球星扎哈维在埃因霍温的飞利浦球场打进一记帽子戏法。对于罗杰·施密特的俱乐部来说,坏消息是球员们在忙碌了一个月之后,打了六场高价值的比赛,肯定已经筋疲力尽了。
考虑到上面所说的一切,我希望主队能以主场胜利开始这场决斗。