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Benfica v Bayer Leverkusen Bet Builder Tips & Match Predictions

Benfica v Bayer Leverkusen Bet Builder Tips & Match Predictions

Wednesday 5 November, 20253 min read
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A huge game in Lisbon this Tuesday evening, two sides still without a win in the Champions League this campaign. It’s been a tough fixture list for Benfica after suffering away defeats to Chelsea and Newcastle, while a defeat at home to Qarabag was a huge missed opportunity to get 3 points on the board. 

It’s been a tough start to the Champions League for Leverkusen, after experiencing a humbling 7-2 defeat to PSG last time out, they were unable to find victories in their first two games to FC Copenhagen and PSV, being held to draws.

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Despite an underwhelming opening few months to the season for Leverkusen, scoring goals hasn’t been an issue for them, bagging 23 goals across twelve matches in the Bundesliga and Champions League. Leverkusen have scored in every single match they’ve played this season aside from their 3-0 defeat to Bayern Munich at the weekend. The visitors also haven’t managed an away clean sheet, conceding an average of 2.40 goals across five matches in the league and Champions League. 

Both sides will be eager to pick up their first win of the Champions League, and this could result in a very open encounter. 

In terms of finding the net, it’s been a confident start for Benfica in home matches, they’ve netted 12 goals across five home matches in the league, while scored 2 against Qarabag in their Champions League defeat. All the logical signs point towards both teams to score here.

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Although Benfica lost to Chelsea and Newcastle, they still showed an ability to be competitive in and out of possession, having sequences of territory and getting themselves higher up the pitch against quality opposition. Across Benfica’s first three Champions League games they averaged 7 corners, getting 5 plus corners on each occasion. 

Benfica have averaged 7.4 corners in home league matches this season, going under 3.5 corners on just one occasion. It’s also a must win game for the home side after three defeats, they need to come out the blocks quickly and put their opposition under pressure, three points are vital for their qualification chances. 

While Leverkusen have been able to pick up some favourable away results in the league, there’s never been a tendency to completely dominate games, they’ve always had to sacrifice territory at times, enabling the opposition to rack up shots and corners. FC Copenhagen are arguably a weaker side than Benfica, but they went toe to toe with Leverkusen and enjoyed a good portion of the game, having 4 corners and 12 shots. 

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📈 Benfica v Bayer Leverkusen Form & Stats

It’s been a frustrating start to the season for Benfica, they currently sit in 3rd place, behind Portuguese rivals FC Porto and Sporting Lisbon. FC Porto occupy top spot and have a 4 point advantage over Benfica. 

Such is the relentless pace at the summit of the league, Benfica are still unbeaten yet remain in 3rd place, picking up seven wins and three draws. The underlying data suggests that Benfica’s league position is fairly reflective of their performances this season, but there has been a significant overperformance on xGA, conceding 6.6 goals less than expected. This is possibly not the greatest surprise as Benfica have only conceded four goals in ten league matches. 

It’s been a turbulent season for Bayer Leverkusen so far, Erik Ten Hag was dismissed just three games into his reign as manager. However, things have improved for Leverkusen after only winning one of their first four league matches. Before losing to Bayern at the weekend, they’d won four consecutive Bundesliga games. Leverkusen sit 5th in the league, a whole 10 points behind league leaders Bayern Munich. 

However, a leaky defence has posed Leverkusen a problem, they’ve now conceded 24 goals across 11 games in the league and Champions League, a sobering 7-2 defeat to PSG was a prominent feature of that. With just 2 points and a very negative goal difference from their opening three Champions League games, it’s vital they start picking up wins. 

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