Crvena Zvezda vs Benfica Prediction | 2024-25 UEFA Champions League
Sep 19, 2024 published
KICK-OFF: Thursday 19th September, 2024 - Nigeria – 5:45pm / UK – 5:45pm
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PREDICTED LINE-UPS
CRVENA ZVEZDA
PREDICTED XI (4-5-1): Glazer; Mimovic, Spajic, Djiga, Seol; Ivanic, Elsnik, Radonjic, Krunic, Olayinka; Bruno Duarte
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BENFICA
PREDICTED XI (4-2-3-1): Trubin; Bah, Otamendi, Silva, Alvaro Fernandez; Kokcu, Florentino Luis; Di Maria, Rollheiser, Akturkoglu; Pavlidis
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MATCH PREDICTION
Crvena Zvezda do head into the 2024/25 UEFA Champions League as one of the so-called ‘minnows’ or weaker sides in the competition. The Serbians do, though, have the advantage of a hostile crowd at the Maracana. That hostile crowd helped them overturn a first-leg deficit against Bodo/Glimt in the playoff round last month. They now face a Benfica side that have underperformed for over a year now with former Wolverhampton Wanderers boss Bruno Lage replacing Roger Schmidt over the summer. Benfica remain favourites for this one but, with that aforementioned home advantage, Red Star may well expect to score with both teams scoring seeming a good bet.