​Benfica v Club Brugge, second leg of the Champions League round of 16, takes place on Tuesday 7th March at 22:00 at the Estadio da Luz in Lisbon and will be broadcast live on Digi Sport 2, Orange Sport 3 and Prima Sport 2.
Benfica are already thinking about the next stage of the competition after they beat Club Brugge 2-0 in the first leg of their Champions League round of 16 three weeks ago (Joao Mario 51p, Neres 88).
After 23 matches, Benfica are undisputed leaders of the Premier League, eight points clear of arch-rivals Porto, and after the tour match against Club Brugge, they have won three more league matches, 3-1 against Boavista (a), 2-0 with Wiesel (d) and 2-0 with Falimacao (a).
In 2023, the Eagles won seven matches and drew once in the Premier League, won the Champions League round of 16 in Belgium and lost just once on penalties to Braga in the Portuguese Cup.
Roger Schmidt’s side won a group that also included Paris Saint-Germain, Juventus Torino and Maccabi Haifa after four wins and two draws to reach the eighth leg of the Champions League final.
Benfica have two Champions League trophies, won in 1961 (3-2 in the final in Bern with Barcelona) and 1962 (5-3 in the final act with Real Madrid in Amsterdam), and have played in five finals, the last in 1990 (0-1 with Milan in Vienna).
Club Brugge are only 4th in the Pro League, 21 points behind leaders Genk and just one above Gent and Standard (the top four will compete in a play-off for the league title, where the points are divided by two).
Scott Parker’s team lost in the last stage of the championship with a score of 0-3 at Oostende, and in the last 10 matches of the Pro League, there were two wins, six draws and two defeats.
Club Brugge qualified for this phase of the competition after finishing 2nd in a group won by Porto, which also included Bayer Leverkusen and Atletico Madrid, with three wins, two draws and one defeat
Club Brugge’s best game in the Champions League was the 1978 final, lost 0-1 against Liverpool at Wembley in London.
Superbet offers the odds of 1.45 on the odds of 1: home win in the main time 90 minutes in the match Benfica – Brugge.
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* the tariff is valid at the time of publication of the article
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