Benfica hosts Zenit in round 6 of the Champions League group stage. The match will be played on Tuesday, December 10th at Estádio da Luz (Lisabon)
I have absolutely no doubts that my prediction will at least not lose. It is difficult to imagine that Benfica, which will be satisfied only with a victory with a two-goal difference, will play defense first. This scenario is very difficult to imagine, especially the Lisbon grandee even does not know how to play defense first at the native stadium, constantly attacking the opponent's goalkeeper both in the Portuguese championship and in the European cups. For example, it already has led the Eagles to several goals scored at da Luz arena in recent international matches with German Leipzig (a 1:2 defeat) and French Lyon (a 2:1 victory).
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As for Zenit, I have some concerns, first of all, about the moral state of St. Petersburgers. According to the already established vile Russian football tradition, they may well abandon their game style and begin to defend the needed draw with the whole crowd. Most likely, it will lead to a stupid bustle + primitive clearances from the penalty area that sneaky Benfica will take advantage of and score a couple of goals since it has absolutely nothing to lose!
Naturally, it is necessary to add that Zenit left the field without a goal conceded in only one game of the ending group stage of the UEFA Champions League. The Russian team conceded goals from RB Leipzig (two defeats 0:2, 1:2), Lyon (1:1) and Benfica in the city on the Neva. On the other hand, the Lisbon team upset the opposing goalkeeper in each duel of the current Champions League... Let’s draw the appropriate conclusions.
Prediction for the match: Benfica to score over 1.0 goal
