Benfica vs Leverkusen – Preview and betting tips

Benfica and Bayer Leverkusen will be face to face Tuesday evening from 19:45, UK Time, in the last fixture of Uefa Champions League group stage. The hosts have no reason to fight, while Leverkusen are already qualified in the next round.

Benfica was one of the most dissapointing teams of this edition in Uefa Champions League, considering that they were coming after two good european seasons, with two finals in Europa League. The lusitans won only four points in Group C, having the worst goal difference, 2-6. With numbers like these, Benfica are on the 4th place, without any chance to get a place in the last 32 round of Europa League.

Bayer Leverkusen are leading this group, with nine points after five games and they also have the best goal difference of this group, 7-4. The guests have one point ahead Monaco and two ahead Zenit and they can’t miss the last 16 round of UCL. The only thing that they are fighting for is to get the first place of this group. Leverkusen ticked one victory and one defeat in their two away games in UCL.

Leverkusen won the first leg against Benfica, 3-1 more than two months ago in front of their own fans, getting a revenge after they were eliminated last season in Europa League by Benfica.

Prediction: Under 2.5 goals @ 1.80
There are no reasons for Benfica or Leverkusen to force a victory here and we expect a tight game between them, with less than three goals, despite the first leg result (3-1 for Bayer).