Juventus vs Benfica Prediction & Betting Tips (29 January)

Before the last day of the league phase, Juventus, 17th, will compete at least the dams and is only one point of the Top 8 which offers a direct qualification for the round of 16. However, entering the first eight is a most perilous mission in view of the many teams preceding Juve at the gates of direct qualification. In C1, the Bianconeri put themselves from the start in good arrangements but won only one of their last 5 matches, in December against Manchester City 2-0. Last week, the Turinois shared the points with the Bruges 0-0 club in Belgium. The beginning of the year was marked by elimination in the semi-finals of the Italian Super Cup against Milan AC 1-2. Juventus is only 5th of Serie A. It went to the leader Naples on Saturday after taking the best on AC Milan 2-0.

  Benfica has one foot in play -offs by his 21st place and his 2 points ahead of the 25th, the first eliminated club. However, the LisBoets can be blamed for having cracked against FC Barcelona last week in a game in the incredible scenario. In front of the score at the start of the last quarter of an hour 4-2, they finally saw Barça equalize and take the advantage in additional time 4-5. In Portugal, the eagles are sporting dolphins in the league. They crushed Famalicão 4-0 and made a trip to the Casa Pia field during the last days. In parallel, Benfica can boast of having won the League Cup at the start of the year. 

Juventus and its coach Thiago Motta compose again without the injured Bremer (titular defender), Milik (no match) and Cabal (left side), all on the side for several months. In addition, the lateral Alberto Costa, who arrived at the club this winter, is not registered for the league phase. It is therefore a workforce identical to that against the Bruges club which should tackle this last match of the single pool. Vlahovic, author of 12 achievements in all competitions, including 4 in the Champions League, is the Turinois with the best statistics in the attacking sector. However, it was replaced in the starting eleven by Gonzalez during the last meetings.  The Portuguese workforce goes to the Piedmont without the Renato Sanches environment too often subject to injuries and the winger Gouveia, absent for a long time.

Icon Di Maria (13 goals, one in C1) made his return against Barça. It is available to face its former club unlike the recruit Manu, not qualified, the cabral center-forward (8 achievements in all competitions) and the left-handed left side, both suspended. The triplet of Pavlidis was not enough against Barça. The Greek, author of 4 achievements in the Champions League, has become Benfica's top scorer in the league phase, ahead of Aktürkoglu (3 goals). 

• Summary: Juventus is going head to head with Benfica starting on 29 Jan 2025 at 20:00 UTC at Allianz Stadium stadium, Turin city, Italy. The match is a part of the UEFA Champions League .
• Juventus Feedinco Rating: 6.97
• Benfica Feedinco Rating: 8.1