Benfica vs Maccabi Haifa Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 6th September 2022
Benfica take on Maccabi Haifa at Estadio da Luz, where an exciting match should be on the cards on Tuesday. It is one of 16 matches in round one of the group stages of the Champions League this season.
Benfica hammered their way through to another participation in the Champions League in a great qualifying campaign. They have been untouchable in brushing all resistance aside and won four matches on the bounce. They will be eager to follow up on the semifinal from last season.
Maccabi Haifa are back in the Champions League after more than a decade away. They went through three rounds of qualifying, winning three games along the way. They enter the group as massive underdogs.
There are no shortage of goals, when Benfica enter the pitch, as they pulled off a formidable average of 2.8 goals per game. An excellent total of 28 goals scored, while allowing seven goals against. The latter makes an average of 0.7 conceded per game. During this run, they fought their way to five clean sheets.
Maccabi Haifa are brimming with confidence in front of goal before the upcoming away match in the Champions League, as they can show off very handsome numbers from their previous ten games. The visitors scored 2.1 times on average per match, for a total of 21 goals. They also let in ten goals, leaving an average of one per match. They fought their way to three clean sheets.
Benfica vs Maccabi Haifa Prediction
Benfica swept all aside in their last three matches and started off by winning 0-3 against Boavista. They went on to defeat Pacos de Ferreira 3-2 and made it three on the spin against Vizela in a 2-1 victory. In their last six Champions League home matches, Benfica have three wins, while they've drawn one and lost two. They scored 12 and conceded ten goals.
In their last three matches, Maccabi Haifa first beat Maccabi Netanya 4-1, then Bnei Sakhnin by 0-1 and finally Hapoel Beer Sheva by 1-2. Maccabi Haifa claimed just one win from the last six away games in the Champions League. They also drew two and were defeated three times, as they were outscored by 13 goals to nine.
Anything but a home win for Benfica will be a massive surprise, and with goals flowing freely Maccabi Haifa could be in for a hammering.
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Benfica vs Maccabi Haifa Stats
- Benfica have won the last 15 matches in a row
- Benfica have scored in 37 of the last 39 matches
- Benfica have not lost the last 15 matches in a row
- Benfica have scored in 26 of the last 28 home matches
- Benfica have won the last 8 home matches in a row
- Maccabi Haifa have not lost 8 of the last 9 matches
- Maccabi Haifa have won 6 of the last 8 matches
- In 4 of the last 5 matches Maccabi Haifa played, both teams scored
- Maccabi Haifa have scored in 8 of the last 9 matches
- Maccabi Haifa have not lost the last 3 away matches in a row
Benfica vs Maccabi Haifa Team News
Benfica have an almost full squad available against Maccabi Haifa at Estadio da Luz with only one player possibly missing.
Sidelined with an injury, Benfica can't field Julian Draxler this coming Tuesday against Maccabi Haifa.
Maccabi Haifa have just one player unavailable for selection, when visiting Benfica at Estadio da Luz.
Abdoulaye Seck is too injured to face Maccabi Haifa.
Benfica vs Maccabi Haifa H2H
This is the first time Benfica squares up against Maccabi Haifa in the Champions League in the 21st century, thus both face a whole new experience of coming up against an unknown opponent.
Benfica vs Maccabi Haifa Betting Tips
Benfica against Maccabi Haifa is also a battle between Goncalo Ramos and Frantzdy Pierrot with both in decent form. The former scored five while the latter has five Champions League goals in their last six games respectively.
Benfica have been pretty scary at home, winning eight of their last 10 home games across all tournaments, while also managing to draw one of the games in the process. They were defeated in one of the games in this run. Maccabi Haifa won four of their last 10 games away, drew one and lost all points in five of those matches along the way. Of the previous 10 outings at Estadio da Luz, Benfica scored the opening goal sixtimes, whereas their visitors were first on target in twoof their last 10 games away from home.
In their previous ten matches across all tournaments Benfica saw over 2.5 goals scored eight times, and they scored 2.8 goals on average during this run. Over 2.5 goals came up in six of the last ten matches Maccabi Haifa played across all tournaments. They managed to score an average of 2.1 goals in these matches.