Comments and predictions for Monaco vs Benfica: 90 minutes of tug-of-war

Monaco, who have started strongly, host in-form Benfica at Stade Louis II on Wednesday evening in matchday five of the Champions League.

Both teams won their domestic league games at the weekend and look set to progress to the knockout stages of the competition.

Latest Monaco vs Benfica team information

Monaco will welcome back Lamine Camara to the starting line-up after serving a suspension, giving the hosts a strong midfield trio with Denis Zakaria returning from injury. However, who will play at left-back remains unclear, with Caio Henrique missing the win over Bologna. Monaco will also be without Folarin Balogun and Krepin Diatta for this game.

Benfica will be without Alexander Bah due to a knee injury, and Tiago Gouveia and Gianluca Prestianni are also absent. Lage is likely to retain the impressive Angel Di Maria and Arthur Cabral, although the 36-year-old may struggle playing twice in a week. Arthur Cabral could be replaced by Vangelis Pavlidis, despite scoring twice. Kerem Akturkoglu, Orkun Kokcu, Tiago Araujo and goalkeeper Anatolii Trubin will return to the squad after being rested.

Latest expected lineup for Monaco vs Benfica

Monaco:

Majecki, Vanderson, Kehrer, Salisu, Caio Henrique; Zakaria, Camara; Akliouche, Golovin, Ben Seghir; Embolo

Benfica:

Trubin; Kabore, Tiago Araujo, Otamendi, Fernandez; Aursnes, Florentino Luis, Kokcu; Di Maria, Pavlidis, Akturkoglu

Latest football commentary on Monaco vs Benfica

Monaco have bounced back strongly from their defeat to Angers earlier this month, with three straight wins. Adi Hutter’s side won 3-1 at Strasbourg and 3-2 at Brest, taking them to 26 points from 36 Ligue 1 games. They are third in the Champions League table, behind only Liverpool and Sporting Lisbon, with impressive home form, winning eight of their last nine, including a win over Barcelona.

The last time the two teams met was in the 2014 Champions League group stage, when Benfica surprisingly won 4 points despite finishing bottom of the group. Monaco now have 10 points from 4 games, this is only the second time in their history they have won 3 games in the group stage (the first was in 1997-98).

Benfica, despite an unimpressive start both domestically and in the Champions League, have bounced back strongly under the guidance of Bruno Lage, with a 4-0 win over Atletico Madrid and a 7-0 win over Estrela in the cup. However, Benfica have a big test to overcome as they have never won away from home in the Champions League, with 3 draws and 5 losses in 8 away games.

Monaco vs Benfica score prediction

Based on the above football comments, we and the world's leading football sites have given the following results for the Monaco vs Benfica match:

• Sportsmole: Monaco 1-0 Benfica

• WhoScore: Monaco 1-1 Benfica
• Our prediction: Monaco 1-1 Benfica

When and where to watch Monaco vs Benfica live?

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