Maccabi Haifa take on the visitors Benfica in the round 6 match of UEFA Champions League group stage. The match will be played on Wednesday, November 2nd at Sammy Ofer Stadium (Haifa).
Maccabi Haifa can be satisfied with their performance. The Green Monkeys are considered the giants of national football. And they confirmed this by taking another title last spring. But, most importantly, they were also able to break into the group stage of the Champions League - a rare experience for the representative of Israel. On the way there, the wards of Barak Bahar beat such experienced opponents as Olympiakos, Apollon and Crvena Zvezda. This could already be considered a success. So also in the autumn it turned out to win 2-0 against the formidable Juventus! True, all the other 4 fights were lost. The voyage to Paris last week turned out to be especially painful - there was a rout with a score of 2-7, which is quite rare for football!
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Benfica will play in the knockout stages of the Champions League again. "Eagles" remembered in the last draw. Then they left behind Barcelona, relegating them at the group stage to Europa League. Now the Portuguese did look on equal terms with PSG itself - at least, judging by the head-to-head meetings, which ended twice with a score of 1-1 with Mbappe and company this fall. In addition, Roger Schmidt's wards (who, by the way, passed Midtjylland with Dynamo Kyiv in the summer qualifying, winning all their matches), were able to beat not only Maccabi, but also, sensationally, Juventus. Moreover, the wards of Massimilano Allegri were defeated in September in Turin and, a week ago, in their native Lisbon. By the way, at the beginning of the 2nd half, the Portuguese were able to score 4-1 in their favor. Then, however, "Old Signora" was able to score twice, but could not even bring the meeting to a draw.
Maccabi Haifa is a rather rare guest in the main rounds of European competition, especially the Champions League. So this club quite naturally did not intersect with the status of the Portuguese. On September 6, the sides played each other for the first time. Benfica, by and large, does not have much motivation. But it is unlikely that after victories over Juventus and draws with PSG, they will want to blur her impressions in the very end. We dare to bet on the victory of the visitors.
Prediction for the match: Benfica to win.
