Benfica vs Monaco Prediction, Lineups & Odds

By Matthew Wright, Football Analyst | Published: 2 months ago | Last Updated: Feb 19, 02:00 | 4 min read

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Football UEFA Champions League Estadio da Luz Wed 19 Feb 03:00

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  1. Prediction
  2. Odds
  3. Stats
  4. Team News
  5. Lineups
  6. Injuries
  7. Squads
  8. Table

We’re Backing Benfica To Claim Victory

Benfica take on Monaco in the second leg of this Champions League knockout phase play-off tie at Estadio da Luz. Benfica won the first leg 1-0.

We’re heading to the Full-Time Result market and our betting prediction is for Benfica to win. The Eagles have a strong chance of beating Monaco and the 1.83 makes plenty of appeal.

Match Preview & H2H

Benfica beat Santa Clara 1-0 away when they last played. This was a Portuguese Primeira Liga game at Estadio do Sao Miguel, with Bruma scoring the winner. The Lisbon side enjoyed 56% possession and had seven shots on target.

Monaco approach this fixture after winning 7-1 in the French Ligue 1 against Nantes. Mika Biereth (3), George Ilenikhena (2), Takumi Minamino and Eliesse Ben Seghir scored for Les Monegasques in the home clash at Stade Louis II, with Monaco having 65% possession and eleven shots on target.

It was a 1-0 away victory for Benfica when they faced Monaco in the first leg, with Benfica enjoying 55% possession and winning the shots on target 6-4.

Benfica – Last 10 League Games

6 wins, 3 losses and 1 draw, averaging 1.9 goals from 6.3 shots on goal and 15.1 attempts. Benfica have had 59.0% possession, 504.0 passes and 6.8 corners per game. On average, Bruno Lage's team have conceded 1.1 goals from 3.2 shots on goal and 8.2 attempts, while the opposition have been awarded 2.3 corners.

Top scorer Vangelis Pavlidis has found the net 4 times, with Angel Di Maria, Leandro Barreiro and Zeki Amdouni getting 3 each. Zeki Amdouni, Vangelis Pavlidis and Kerem Akturkoglu are top assists makers with 2, while goalkeeper Anatolii Trubin has kept 4 clean sheets.

Monaco – Last 10 League Games

Monaco have 4 victories, 4 defeats and 2 draws, with an average of 2.3 goals from 15.9 attempts and 6.5 shots on goal. There’s been an average of 54.3% possession, 492.3 passes, 5.6 corners in their favour and 3.3 corners against, while they’ve conceded 1.9 goals from 10.8 attempts and 4.8 shots on goal.

Mika Biereth has landed 7 goals, Breel Embolo 3, with Eliesse Ben Seghir and two others scoring 2. Lamine Camara is top assists provider with 5, while Radoslaw Majecki and Philipp Koehn have collectively recorded 3 clean sheets in the previous 10 games.

Confirmed Lineups

Benfica confirmed lineup (4-1-2-3): Anatoliy Trubin (GK), Tomas Araujo, Antonio Silva, Nicolas Otamendi, Alvaro Carreras, Leandro Barreiro, Fredrik Aursnes, Orkun Kokcu, Kerem Akturkoglu, Vangelis Pavlidis, Andreas Schjelderup.

Monaco confirmed lineup (5-3-2): Radoslaw Majecki (GK), Wilfried Singo, Thilo Kehrer, Christian Mawissa, Krepin Diatta, Caio Henrique, Maghnes Akliouche, Lamine Camara, Eliesse Ben Seghir, Takumi Minamino, Breel Embolo.

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Expert Champions League Analysis

The football betting tips stem from knowing the team news and the latest form for each side. We work hard to unearth the most pertinent stats which can also act as a guide.

Key Benfica vs Monaco stats:

  • Benfica have won 5 consecutive matches
  • Benfica have won 16 of their 22 Primeira Liga matches this season
  • Benfica have scored 2 or more goals in 13 of their 22 Primeira Liga matches this season
  • Benfica have kept 10 clean sheets in their 22 Primeira Liga matches this season
  • Monaco have conceded 2 or more goals in 7 of their last 10 away matches

Benfica vs Monaco Prediction

We are betting on the hosts in this Champions League game. You can back our prediction at 1.83 on the Full-Time Result market and we think this offers good value.

If you’re looking for bigger odds, check out Benfica on the Asian Handicap market. You can potentially back them -1 or even -1.5 if you’re expecting them to win comfortably.

Our Pick

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Benfica vs Monaco Odds

The bookies betting odds have Benfica as 1.83 favourites for this Champions League clash, implying that they are 55% likely to win the match. At 3.80, Monaco are regarded as having a lower probability of winning this match.

A high-scoring match is a possibility and that is reflected in the Over 2.5 Goals odds. BTTS betting is popular and you can back Yes at 1.44 on the Both Teams to Score market.

The football betting sites offer a Draw No Bet market for all Champions League matches and you can back Benfica at 1.40 and Monaco at 2.75.

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Team Stats

Latest Champions League and domestic league stats. Full Time Result, Goals, Corners and Possession.

Benfica logo Benfica Betting Stats

Monaco logo Monaco Betting Stats

Full time Result

  • 13 wins, 5 defeats and 2 draws in previous 20 matches
  • 6 wins, 4 defeats and 0 draws in previous 10 home matches

Full time Results

  • 8 wins, 10 defeats and 2 draws in previous 20 matches
  • 4 wins, 5 defeats and 1 draws in previous 10 away matches

Goals

Goals

Benfica

Monaco

Goals / match
2 2.4
Conceded / match
0.8 2.2
Total / match
2.8 4.6

Corners

Corners

Benfica

Monaco

For / match
5.6 3.4
Against / match
3.4 3.2
Total / match
9 6.6

Possession

Possession

Top Scorers & Assists

Top Scorers & Assists

Team News

It’s great to get the latest lineups for the match, with injuries being flagged up thanks to our up-to-date Benfica vs Monaco team news.

Getting the player information you need is easy thanks to the Champions League squads.

Benfica vs Monaco Lineups

Benfica Confirmed Lineup 4-1-2-3

Monaco Confirmed Lineup 5-3-2

Benfica Confirmed Lineup 4-1-2-3

1 Anatoliy Trubin
44 Tomas Araujo 4 Antonio Silva 30 Nicolas Otamendi 3 Alvaro Carreras
18 Leandro Barreiro
8 Fredrik Aursnes 10 Orkun Kokcu
17 Kerem Akturkoglu 14 Vangelis Pavlidis 21 Andreas Schjelderup
1 Radoslaw Majecki
17 Wilfried Singo 5 Thilo Kehrer 13 Christian Mawissa 27 Krepin Diatta 12 Caio Henrique
11 Maghnes Akliouche 15 Lamine Camara 7 Eliesse Ben Seghir
18 Takumi Minamino 36 Breel Embolo

Monaco Confirmed Lineup 5-3-2

Benfica Substitutes

  • 7Zeki Amdouni
  • 9Arthur Cabral
  • 19Andrea Belotti
  • 24Samuel Soares
  • 25Gianluca Prestianni
  • 26Samuel Dahl
  • 60Nuno Felix
  • 71Leandro Santos
  • 81Adrian Bajrami
  • 84Joao Rego
  • 86Diogo Prioste
  • 88Tiago Freitas

Monaco Substitutes

  • 14Mika Biereth
  • 16Philipp Koehn
  • 20Kassoum Ouattara
  • 21George Ilenikhena
  • 22Mohammed Salisu
  • 28Mamadou Coulibaly
  • 37Edan Diop
  • 41Lucas Michal
  • 42Saimon Bouabre
  • 50Yann Lienard

Previous Benfica Lineups

16 Feb Primeira Liga
Santa Clara 0-1 Benfica
13 Feb Champions League
Monaco 0-1 Benfica
09 Feb Primeira Liga
Benfica 3-2 Moreirense

Previous Monaco Lineups

16 Feb Ligue 1
Monaco 7-1 Nantes
13 Feb Champions League
Monaco 0-1 Benfica
08 Feb Ligue 1
PSG 4-1 Monaco

If you’re looking for the Benfica vs Monaco lineups, then we have predicted lineups and confirmed starting 11s along with the substitutes for each team.

Injuries & Suspensions

Benfica Injury Table

Type Name Info
No players are currently reported injured or suspended.
Florentino Luís Disciplinary (accumulated yellow cards)
Angel Di Maria Hamstring
Tomas Araújo Muscle injury
Manuel Jorge Silva ACL injury
Alexander Bah ACL injury
Renato Sanches Thigh injury
Tiago Gouveia Shoulder injury

Monaco Injury Table

Type Name Info
No players are currently reported injured or suspended.
Moatasem Al-Musrati Suspended (after 2nd yellow)
Vanderson Disciplinary (accumulated yellow cards)
Denis Zakaria Disciplinary (accumulated yellow cards)
Soungoutou Magassa Head injury
Aleksandr Golovin Groin injury
Jordan Teze Muscle injury
Wilfried Singo Hamstring
Folarin Balogun Shoulder injury

Team Squads

Benfica Squad

Monaco Squad

We have injury news so you can get the list of player injuries, while suspensions are also flagged up which means a player is missing the next game.

Get the important stats for every player thanks to our team-by-team squad information.

UEFA FlagTables & Standings

Champions League

# Team G W D L +/- P
1 Liverpool 8 7 0 1 17:5 21
2 Barcelona 8 6 1 1 28:13 19
3 Arsenal 8 6 1 1 16:3 19
4 Inter Milan 8 6 1 1 11:1 19
5 Atlético Madrid 8 6 0 2 20:12 18
6 Leverkusen 8 5 1 2 15:7 16
7 Lille 8 5 1 2 17:10 16
8 Aston Villa 8 5 1 2 13:6 16
9 Atalanta 8 4 3 1 20:6 15
10 Dortmund 8 5 0 3 22:12 15
11 Real Madrid 8 5 0 3 20:12 15
12 Bayern Munich 8 5 0 3 20:12 15
13 AC Milan 8 5 0 3 14:11 15
14 PSV 8 4 2 2 16:12 14
15 PSG 8 4 1 3 14:9 13
16 Benfica 8 4 1 3 16:12 13
17 Monaco 8 4 1 3 13:13 13
18 Brest 8 4 1 3 10:11 13
19 Feyenoord 8 4 1 3 18:21 13
20 Juventus 8 3 3 2 9:7 12
21 Celtic 8 3 3 2 13:14 12
22 Man City 8 3 2 3 18:14 11
23 Sporting 8 3 2 3 13:12 11
24 Club Brugge 8 3 2 3 7:11 11
25 Dinamo Zagreb 8 3 2 3 12:19 11
26 Stuttgart 8 3 1 4 13:17 10
27 Sh. Donetsk 8 2 1 5 8:16 7
28 Bologna 8 1 3 4 4:9 6
29 Crvena Zvezda 8 2 0 6 13:22 6
30 Sturm Graz 8 2 0 6 5:14 6
31 Sparta Prague 8 1 1 6 7:21 4
32 RB Leipzig 8 1 0 7 8:15 3
33 Girona 8 1 0 7 5:13 3
34 RB Salzburg 8 1 0 7 5:27 3
35 Slovan Bratislava 8 0 0 8 7:27 0
36 Young Boys 8 0 0 8 3:24 0
# Team G W D L +/- P
1 Bayern Munich 4 4 0 0 14:3 12
2 Liverpool 4 4 0 0 10:1 12
3 Arsenal 4 4 0 0 9:0 12
4 Inter Milan 4 4 0 0 9:0 12
5 Leverkusen 4 4 0 0 9:0 12
6 Barcelona 4 3 1 0 14:3 10
7 Lille 4 3 1 0 11:4 10
8 Celtic 4 3 1 0 10:3 10
9 PSV 4 3 1 0 11:5 10
10 Aston Villa 4 3 1 0 7:2 10
11 Dortmund 4 3 0 1 13:5 9
12 Real Madrid 4 3 0 1 14:7 9
13 Monaco 4 3 0 1 10:5 9
14 Atlético Madrid 4 3 0 1 8:6 9
15 AC Milan 4 3 0 1 7:5 9
16 Man City 4 2 2 0 11:4 8
17 PSG 4 2 1 1 7:5 7
18 Sporting 4 2 1 1 8:7 7
19 Brest 4 2 1 1 4:5 7
20 Club Brugge 4 2 1 1 3:4 7
21 Juventus 4 2 0 2 5:4 6
22 Feyenoord 4 2 0 2 8:9 6
23 Sturm Graz 4 2 0 2 2:3 6
24 Sh. Donetsk 4 2 0 2 5:9 6
25 Atalanta 4 1 2 1 7:3 5
26 Dinamo Zagreb 4 1 2 1 4:6 5
27 Benfica 4 1 1 2 9:8 4
28 Stuttgart 4 1 1 2 7:8 4
29 Bologna 4 1 1 2 3:4 4
30 Crvena Zvezda 4 1 0 3 10:11 3
31 Girona 4 1 0 3 5:6 3
32 RB Leipzig 4 1 0 3 6:8 3
33 Sparta Prague 4 1 0 3 4:9 3
34 Slovan Bratislava 4 0 0 4 4:14 0
35 Young Boys 4 0 0 4 1:11 0
36 RB Salzburg 4 0 0 4 1:13 0

Portugal FlagPrimeira Liga 2024/2025

# Team G W D L +/- P
1 Sporting 30 22 6 2 78:25 72
2 Benfica 30 23 3 4 74:25 72
3 Braga 30 19 6 5 51:25 63
4 Porto 30 19 5 6 57:26 62
5 Vitória 30 12 12 6 41:32 48
6 Santa Clara 30 14 5 11 29:29 47
7 Famalicão 30 11 10 9 39:33 43
8 Casa Pia 30 11 8 11 35:38 41
9 Estoril 30 10 9 11 38:48 39
10 Moreirense 30 9 8 13 35:44 35
11 Rio Ave 30 8 9 13 33:48 33
12 Arouca 30 8 9 13 30:45 33
13 Nacional 30 9 5 16 27:41 32
14 Gil Vicente 30 7 8 15 30:43 29
15 Estrela 30 6 8 16 22:43 26
16 AVS 30 4 12 14 23:49 24
17 Boavista 30 5 6 19 20:47 21
18 Farense 30 4 9 17 20:41 21

France FlagLigue 1 2024/2025

# Team G W D L +/- P
1 PSG 30 24 6 0 83:28 78
2 Marseille 30 17 4 9 62:42 55
3 Monaco 30 16 6 8 57:35 54
4 Lille 30 15 8 7 47:32 53
5 Nice 30 14 9 7 56:38 51
6 Lyon 30 15 6 9 58:41 51
7 Strasbourg 30 14 9 7 48:37 51
8 Lens 30 13 6 11 35:33 45
9 Brest 30 13 5 12 48:49 44
10 Rennes 30 12 2 16 45:40 38
11 Auxerre 30 10 8 12 41:45 38
12 Toulouse 30 9 7 14 38:39 34
13 Reims 30 8 8 14 32:42 32
14 Nantes 30 7 10 13 35:50 31
15 Angers 30 8 6 16 29:48 30
16 Le Havre 30 8 3 19 33:64 27
17 Saint-Étienne 30 7 6 17 33:68 27
18 Montpellier 30 4 3 23 22:71 15

A great starting point for placing football bets is to check out the Champions League standings so that you can see where each team is placed in the table.

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