Looking for the 3rd win

Benfica and Feyenoord will look to maintain their recent good form when they face off at the Estadio da Luz in the Champions League on Wednesday.

Both teams have lost just one game this season and are in decent form in the 36-team Champions League standings, but are still trailing the dominant forces in their domestic leagues.

Latest Benfica vs Feyenoord squad information

Against a weaker opponent, Lage rotated the Benfica squad, keeping the likes of Angel Di Maria, Kerem Akturkoglu and Nicolas Otamendi at home to prepare for this encounter.

Jan-Niklas Beste was handed his first start under Lage and repaid his faith by scoring both goals in the win over Pevidem. Benfica's starting line-up at the weekend featured only four players who started against Atletico.

In terms of injuries, Renato Sanches (muscle injury) and Tiago Gouveia (shoulder injury) are both doubtful for this match.

In contrast to their opponents, Feyenoord fielded a full-strength squad for Saturday night's game, as Priske ensured they secured a win over Go Ahead Eagles.

Youngster Thomas Beelen could return to that starting XI, as he has been a mainstay so far and would replace Gernot Trauner.

However, Santiago Gimenez remains a major absentee in attack for the Dutch side, and it is likely that Quilindschy Hartman, Calvin Stengs or Bart Nieuwkoop will not recover in time to feature in this match.

Latest Benfica vs Feyenoord predicted lineup

Benfica:

Trubin; Bah, Antonio Silva, Otamendi, Carreras; Aursnes, Florentino Luis, Kokcu; Di Maria, Pavlidis, Akturkoglu

Feyenoord:

Wellenreuther; Lotomba, Beelen, Hancko, Bueno; Milambo, Hwang, Timber; Osman, Ueda, Igor Paixao

Latest Benfica vs Feyenoord football review

Life could not have started better for coach Bruno Lage at Benfica, with the standout result of his short time in charge so far being the 4-0 win his side secured over Atletico Madrid in their second match.

Having also beaten Red Star Belgrade in the first round, Benfica are one of seven teams to have won their first two games of the tournament, with only Borussia Dortmund having a better goal difference.

Benfica thus had the chance to win their opening three UCL games for the first time in 35 years, and the 1989–90 season saw them reach the final.

Since sacking Roger Schmidt after the draw with Moreirense, Benfica have won all six games under Lage, scoring 20 goals in the process, but they are still behind city rivals Sporting Lisbon, who are yet to drop a point.

Lage did not let the outside headlines regarding match-fixing allegations affect his performance on the pitch over the weekend, as Benfica eased to a 2-0 win over fourth-tier Pevidem in the cup.

The hosts will now face Feyenoord, who they met not long ago in July in a pre-season friendly, which ended 5-0 to Benfica. They have had similar success when they have met in competitive matches.

The two teams have not met in Europe for more than half a century, but Benfica beat Feyenoord in two-legged encounters in 1963 and 1972, winning both easily at home.

After a humiliating home defeat to Bayer Leverkusen in the first round, where Feyenoord were 4-0 down at half-time, Brian Priske's side responded brilliantly by winning away to Girona in a thrilling encounter.

Both teams missed penalties, and two Girona own goals eventually gave Feyenoord the win, with the second crucial one coming when David Hancko, who had had his own own goal ruled out by VAR, saw his former Sparta Prague team-mate Ladislav Krejci divert his shot into his own net.

The visitors clearly took confidence from their win in Spain, as after winning just two of their first seven games of the season, Feyenoord have now won three in a row.

A 2-1 win over a tough Twente side saw them head into the international break in good spirits, and when they returned they crushed Go Ahead Eagles 5-1 away from home, an impressive result considering GAE qualified for Europe last season.

Recent good performances will have Feyenoord believing they can win back-to-back Champions League away games for the first time since 1971, even if their opponents are also in good form. Feyenoord are certainly showing signs of improvement, but there can be no doubting Benfica's superiority on paper, and there are few teams in better form in Europe at the moment.

A 4-0 win over Atletico in the second leg was a statement of intent from Benfica, who have often lacked success in this competition, and a third straight win would put them one foot in the knockout stages.

Benfica vs Feyenoord score prediction

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

• Sportsmole: Benfica 2-0 Feyenoord

• WhoScore: Benfica 3-1 Feyenoord
• Our prediction: Benfica 2-1 Feyenoord

When and where to watch Benfica vs Feyenoord live?

To watch the Benfica vs Feyenoord match live in the Champions League at 2:00 a.m. on October 24, viewers can watch it on K+ Sport, K+PM or online sports channels. Wish you all have fun watching football.

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