After sweeping aside Belgian champions Club Brugge with a rampant 5-1 second-leg victory, Benfica secured safe passage to the quarter-finals for the second year in a row. With their price shortening considerably, we are taking a look at the latest Benfica Champions League odds following their impressive display.
Benfica Champions League Winner Odds
Benfica have a strong European heritage dating back to the 1960’s, and have reached a total of seven finals in this competition. Could this dazzling attacking display be an indicator of things to come? Perhaps.
The Primeira Liga leaders have been rampant so far this season, dropping just seven points across their 23 league games so far which sees them eight points clear of bitter rivals Porto.
Their success is mirrored by their impressive Champions League record this term, first topping a group that featured both PSG and Juventus as the third-highest scorers in the opening round of the competition, before going on to put seven goals past Scott Paker’s Brugge in the last-16.
Manager Roger Schmidt, in conjunction with club legend and now-sporting director Rui Costa, has assembled a budding young squad that displayed some mesmerising attacking flair across the two legs against Brugge, with Portugal’s World Cup breakout star Gonçalo Ramos netting a brace to make it 38 goals for the season, while former Ajax winger David Neres and Rafa Silva’s dazzling close control helped rack up a convincing scoreline.
Gonçalo Ramos's game by numbers vs Club Brugge:
28 touches
8 passes completed
7 duels won (most)
5 shots
3/3 dribbles complete
2 tackles made
2 goals
1 chance created
1 assist
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The Portuguese side will be eager to better their European journey from last season, where they were dumped out by eventual finalists Liverpool at the quarter-final stage.
The Eagles have not reached the semi-final of this competition since the 1989-90 season, where they would go on to lose the final to a star-studded Milan team featuring Carlo Ancelotti, Marco Van Basten and Paolo Maldini.
Benfica Champions League Winner Odds – 24/1
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