Benfica vs Paris Saint-Germain Match Analysis and Prediction

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Benfica and Paris Saint-Germain will both be looking to continue their perfect starts to the 2022-23 Champions League when they meet in Wednesday’s Group H game at the Estadio da Luz.

Both sides have picked up six points from their opening two matches, but something has to give in this week’s top-of-the-table contest in Lisbon.

Benfica saw their impressive winning streak come to an end in a goalless draw with their Primeira Liga opponents on Saturday.

Prior to that, Roger Schmidt’s side had kicked off the 2022-23 campaign with 13 victories from 13 games across all competitions during an impressive start to their new era under Schmidt, who has quickly steered them to first place in the league table, three points clear of Porto and Braga.

After opening their European campaign with a 2-0 victory over Maccabi Haifa, As Aguias made further waves in Europe with a 2-1 win at Juventus, as Joao Mario and David Neres cancelled out an Arkadiusz Milik fourth-minute opener.

Benfica are only in second place having scored a goal fewer than PSG, and despite having to battle past Midtjylland and Dynamo Kyiv in Champions League qualifying, they have taken to the group stage like a duck takes to water.

Still holding off closest challengers Marseille in the Ligue 1 title fight, PSG were handed a scare against Maccabi Haifa in last Champions League match but eventually succeeded 3-1, and they continue to sit at the top of the Group H standings.

PSG have also gone through the 2022-23 campaign unbeaten so far, winning each of their last seven matches across all competitions, but they have not kept a clean sheet away from home in the Champions League since October 2020.

Benfica and PSG have not met a competitive match since July 2015 in the Internationa Champions Cup

Benfica vs Paris Saint-Germain head to head

These two teams have previously met on eight occasions across all competitions, where Benfica have claimed four victories while PSG have won three, and they have drawn once. PSG have scored 13 goals and conceded 14 in the process. In their last meeting, PSG won 3-2 away in the International Champions Cup.

PSG 1-1 Benfica 17/03/11

Benfica 3-1 PSG 15/07/11

PSG 3-0 Benfica 02/10/13

Benfica 2-1 PSG 10/12/13

Benfica 2-3 PSG 19/07/15

Benfica latest home form

Benfica have recently been on a good run of form at home, having won each of their 11 most recent matches across all competitions. They defeated Maritimo 5-0 in their last home game in the league. In their last five matches, they have scored 15 goals and conceded just three.

Benfica 3-0 Dinamo Kiev 23/08/22

Benfica 3-2 Pacos Ferriera30/08/22

Benfica 2-1 Vizela 02/09/22

Benfica 2-0 Maccabi Haifa 06/09/22

Benfica 5-0 Maritimo 18/09/22

Benfica latest away form

Benfica have recently been on a good run of form on the road, having been unbeaten in their 12 most recent matches. They drew 0-0 with Vitoria Guimaraes in their last away game in the league. In their last five matches, they have scored eight goals and conceded just one.

Dinamo Kiev 0-2 Benfica 17/08/22

Boavista 0-3 Benfica 27/08/22

Famalicao 0-1 Benfica 10/09/22

Juventus 1-2 Benfica 14/09/22

Vitoria Guimaraes 0-0 Benfica 01/10/22

Paris Saint-Germain latest home form

Paris Saint-Germain have recently been on a good run of form at home and have been unbeaten in their five most recent matches. They managed to defeat Nice 2-1 in their last home game in the league. In their last five matches, they have scored 11 goals and conceded five.

PSG 5-2 Montpellier 13/08/22

PSG 1-1 Monaco 28/08/22

PSG 2-1 Juventus 06/09/22

PSG 1-0 Brest 10/09/22

PSG 2-1 Nice 01/10/22

Paris Saint-Germain latest away form

PSG have recently been on a good run of form on the road, having been unbeaten in their 10 most recent matches. They managed to defeat Lyon 1-0 in their last away game in the league. In their last five matches, they have scored 17 goals and conceded just two.

Lille 1-7 PSG 21/08/22

Toulouse 0-3 PSG 31/08/22

Nantes 0-3 PSG 03/09/22

Maccabi Haifa 1-3 PSG 14/09/22

Lyon 0-1 PSG 18/09/22

Benfica news

Benfica will be without defenders Lucas Verissimo, Joao Victor and Morato and while Victor is close to recovering from a serious knee injury, he will not be ready for midweek.

Antonio Silva should continue to man the backline with Nicolas Otamendi for the time being, while Julian Draxler could earn some minutes here.

Paris Saint-Germain news

Renato Sanches cannot catch a break on the fitness front, as he was only on the pitch for 16 minutes against Nice as a substitute before being forced off with a groin injury.

He joins Marco Verratti and Presnel Kimpembe on the sidelines, while Galtier may consider swapping Fabian Ruiz out for Danilo Pereira.

Prediction and Odds

It may be difficult to decide this contest between two unbeaten heavyweights, both of whom underwhelmed at the weekend, and Benfica are not to be taken lightly on home turf.

PSG’s front three are capable of producing some game-defining moments and we expect them to edge the contest in Lisbon.

Odds: 1 2.30 X 2.05 2 2.20