Juventus vs Benfica Preview: Team News & Prediction
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Thiago Motta’s Juventus have been frustrated with far too many draws but they somehow remain in a good position to finish in the top eight of this season’s UCL league phase.
Kick-off date/time: Wednesday 29th January, 2025: UK – 8:00pm / US ET – 3:00pm / US PT – 12:00pm
How to watch on TV: UK – Not televised / US – CBS Sports
How to watch online: UK – Discovery+ / US – Paramount+
Juventus Team News: Defensive injuries
Juventus have been dealing with several injury issues throughout this campaign with Brazil international centre-back dealing with an ACL injury, whilst full-backs Danilo, who is actually set to join Flamengo, and Juan Cabal are both sidelined alongside Poland international striker Arkadiusz Milik.
Predicted XI (4-2-3-1): Di Gregorio; Savona, Gatti, Kalulu, McKennie; Locatelli, Luiz; Weah, Koopmeiners, Mbangula; Gonzalez
Unavailable: Bremer (Injured), Danilo (Injured), Cabal (Injured), Cambiaso (Injured), (Injured)
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Benfica Team News: Couple of suspensions
Benfica appear very busy in the January transfer window but they are dealing with no injury concerns or suspension issues for this one but they do have a couple of suspensions as both Alvaro Carreras and Arthur Cabral are unavailable for this week.
Predicted XI (4-3-3): Trubin; Araujo, Silva, Otamendi, Beste; Aursnes, Luis, Kokcu; Akturkoglu, Pavlidis, Schjelderup
Unavailable: Carreras (Suspended), Cabral (Suspended)
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Juventus vs Benfica Prediction
In their 22nd match of the 2024/25 Serie A campaign, Juventus suffered their first defeat as league leaders Napoli beat them by two goals to one at Stadio Diego Armando Maradona. They have drawn 13 of those 22 games, though, so things aren’t as positive as they should be and that was exacerbated by a goalless draw with Club Brugge last week to mean they are in a very good position to finish in the top eight of the league phase of the UEFA Champions League. Benfica were 4-2 up against Barcelona at Estadio da Luz last week but eventually suffered a 5-4 loss due to a late Raphinha goal with Bruno Lage giving his players a dressing down on the pitch after the game. He didn’t get the reaction he wanted at the weekend, though, as they suffered a 3-1 loss to Casa Pia to pile the pressure on Lage. Given that, and their low-scoring tendencies, a frustrating home win would appear the likeliest outcome for this one at the J Stadium.
Juventus vs Benfica Tip: Juventus to win & under 3.5 goals
