Benfica – AEK Athens FC Predictions
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Benfica 1-0 AEK Athens FC
Date: 12.12.2018 | Match at: 21:00 | League: Champions League – Group E | Tip: Home Win | Odds: 1.40 | Bookie: Bet365
WON!!!
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| With no further Champions League (CL) participation for both clubs this season, Benfica (W1, D1, L3, GD: 5:11) host AEK Athens (L5, GD: 2:12) with the knowledge that despite the result, a EL place is guaranteed due to finishing in third-place. |
| Just one win between them separates these teams from the top-two, with the reverse fixture being the only CL fixture where both these teams scored more than one goal (Benfica won 3-2). A 1-1 home draw with Ajax produced Benfica’s only other points in an uncharacteristically dull draw. |
| Aside from Europe, in all domestic competitions, Benfica are on a five-game winning run but are four points off the top of the Primeira League after registering two defeats this season (W8, D2, L2). |
| Failing to score a single away goal in the group stage, AEK Athens are facing their worst-ever CL campaign and despite an away win and draw over Mol Vidi and Celtic in the qualifying rounds, zero shots on target away from home exemplifies their European form. |
| Having lost the reverse fixture, AEK have now lost two-consecutive H2H fixtures with Benfica but did register a 1-0 home win in the 2009 EL; can they level the record here? |
| Players to watch: Haris Seferović has four league goals this term and opened the scoring with a sixth-minute goal in Benfica’s 3-2 win in the reverse fixture. |
| Viktor Klonaridis (AEK) levelled the game in their last meeting with a brace – he has four CL goals this season. |
| Stat attack (in all competitions): With 22 fouls, six yellow cards (total) and one dismissal for Benfica in the reverse fixture, these teams now have 18 total yellow cards and two red cards from three H2H meetings. |
| In 13 home games this season, Benfica have only kept five clean sheets. |
| Despite their poor CL run, AEK have only seen goals in both halves of two of their defeats. |
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