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Benfica Borussia Dortmund betting prediction


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This clash brings as protagonists two great clubs that stand out in their respective countries. Borussia Dortmund is among the top four in the Bundesliga, and their top scorer in the competition is Aubameyang. Already Benfica leads the Portuguese Championship, with the highlight being the striker Mitroglou, one of the responsible for the fact that Benfica have the best attack of the competition. Borussia Dortmund also shows great offensive power. Thus, we expect a balanced game, high level, the draw being a good betting option, but with the favoritism for the German club, which seems to have a more qualified cast.
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Preview
Benfica and Borussia Dortmund face at Estádio do Sport Lisboa and Benfica (da Luz), in a match for this stage of the UEFA Champions League (8th Finals). These two teams have never met before, so this will be the first head‑to‑head between them. The home advantage may play an important role in this match , since Benfica presents significant differences between home and away results.

Analysis Benfica

The home team comes to this stage of the UEFA Champions League (8th Finals) after having finished the group stage in the 7th position of Group B, with 0 points won. This is a team that usually makes good use of the home advantage, stronger with the help of its supporters, since in the last 30 matches they register 8 wins, 3 draws and 4 losses in away matches, with 25 goals scored and 16 conceded; against 13 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss at their stadium, with 46 goals scored and 8 conceded. In their last match, for the Primeira Liga, they got a home win against Arouca by (3‑0). In the last 10 home matches Benfica has won 8, tied 1 and lost 1. Their offense has scored consistently, as they have scored at least one goal in each of the last 6 matches for this competition. In their home matches there is a tendency for goals, since 20 of the last 30 matches have ended with Over 2,5 goals. They have been able to score first and have done so in 13 of the last 15 matches, they have reached half‑time in advantage in 10 of those 13 matches and have held on to the lead until the end of the 90' in 12 of them.

Benfica is making the debut in the UEFA Champions League final, their third in front of their fans, as their last two matches have taken place in their domains. The team comes packed with the results recently achieved, scoring six goals in the last two clashes, without suffering any. The Portuguese club qualified in second place of Group B, whose leader was Napoli. In that year, of the six matches played as principal, the team managed not to concede goals in four of them, having scored in all those games, resulting in a good average of 3.83 per game. For that game, the technician should know to maintain the team in the 4-4-2.

Confirmed Lineup: Ederson Moraes, Nélson Semedo, Eliseu, Luisão, Victor Lindelöf, Ljubomir Fejsa, Eduardo Salvio, Pizzi, Rafa Silva, André Carrillo, Konstantinos Mitroglou.
Coach: R. Schmidt.

Analysis Dortmund

The away team comes to this stage of the UEFA Champions League (8th Finals) after having finished the group stage in the 9th position of Group F, with 0 points won. This is a team that usually maintains its competitive level in home and away matches, since in the last 30 matches they register 7 wins, 5 draws and 3 losses in away matches, with 41 goals scored and 22 conceded; against 9 wins and 6 draws at their stadium, with 35 goals scored and 13 conceded. In their last match, for the Bundesliga, they got an away loss against Darmstadt 98 by (2‑1). In the last 10 away matches Borussia Dortmund has won 4, tied 4 and lost 2. Their offense has scored consistently, as they have scored at least one goal in each of the last 6 matches for this competition. In their away mathes there is a tendency for goals, since 23 of the last 34 matches have ended with Over 2,5 goals. In 15 matches, they have conceded the first goal 9 times but have turned the score around in 3.

Borussia Dortmund takes their place in the first round of the UEFA Champions League semi-finals to earn a good result trying to maintain their unbeaten run in the competition. The team won every match they played, except against Real Madrid, who got two draws in 2x2. In this way, the team managed to qualify as the first placed team of Group F. In the German Championship the team has also been doing a good campaign, despite having seen their seven game unbeaten run in the last round. For this match, the coach must keep the team in 3-4-3.

Confirmed Lineup: Roman Bürki, Łukasz Piszczek, Erik Durm, Marcel Schmelzer, Bartra, Sokratis, Raphaël Guerreiro, Julian Weigl, Ousmane Dembélé, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, Marco Reus.
Coach: E. Terzic.

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The tip and bet suggestion for the Benfica vs Dortmund match, on 14 February 2017, of the preview written by the editors of Online Betting Academy, goes to: Double chance, Draw or Dortmund ⇒ bet available on williamhill.

The Benfica vs Dortmund on 14 February 2017 will be played at Lisboa, Estádio do Sport Lisboa and Benfica.

 

UEFA Champions League - 2016/2017

  • 100% 217 / 217 Games

  • Home team wins 46.08%
  • Draws 27.65%
  • Away team wins 26.27%
  • Over 1.5 78.34%
  • Over 2.5 51.61%
  • Over 3.5 29.95%
  • Goals 613
  • Goals /match 2.82
  • Goals /match home 1.7
  • Goals /match away 1.12
  • Both teams score 50.69%
  • Goals after 80' 14.19%
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