Benfica extended their unbeaten streak to 11 consecutive Champions League games after an unexpectedly easy win in the first duel against today’s opposition. In addition, this success helped to forget the failure in the Portuguese Cup, where the Eagles were eliminated at the quarter-final stage and will try to avoid this fate today. After the success in the first game, the Reds have only one defeat after 15 fights with the representatives of Belgium. In the championship of the highest league of Portugal Roger Schmidt’s wards have 20 wins and two draws after 23 rounds, which ultimately corresponds to 62 points and the first position in the standings. In addition, the defense, which missed only 13 times, pleases. Today the gap from the second Porto is as much as eight points. In this duel, Chiquinho, Ristik, Guides and Draxler, who has an ankle injury, will not be able to enter the field.
Club Brugge lost ground in the domestic arena, with systematic problems spilling over to the Champions League, where everything started very optimistically. In addition, a mediocre game at home against not the most formidable opponent continued a series of unsuccessful fights after the end of the World Cup in Qatar. Here it is impossible not to recall that the Blue-Blacks qualified for the playoffs after a fantastic five clean sheets in the group stage. All this leaves little hope for success, while the general morale of the players is unlikely to allow hope for a miracle. In the League of Jupilles, Scott Parker’s wards chalked up 12 wins and ten draws after 28 rounds, which corresponds to 46 points and fourth position. On March 3rd FCB lost to Ostend (0:3). Today Skov Olsen and Hendry, who has a muscle injury, will remain on the bench. More today football predictions from the experts can be obtained from the link provided.
