Champions League, Wednesday, 10/23/2024 at 9:00 p.m.
Benfica Lisbon continue their run in the Champions League after their great start on Wednesday. The Portuguese top club hosts Feyenoord Rotterdam after their gala performance against Atletico Madrid.
The home side are favorites, and rightly so, although I don’t expect another one-sided game like the last Champions League match. Even though Atletico is the bigger opponent on paper, the Dutch club brings more offensive zest for the game.
Although they are currently still without their striker Santiago Gimenez, they should still score a goal away from home. In my Benfica Feyenoord Rotterdam betting tip, I am targeting a goal from both teams at Oddset.
Four goals against the otherwise compact Madrilenians. That has to be done first, Benfica scored again after the 2-1 away win against Belgrade and laid the foundation for reaching the knockout phase.
The men in the iconic red jerseys are currently on a roll, having won six games in a row and not even conceded a goal in the last two. Feyenoord will have to step up…
The online betting providers are already quite sure that Benfica will bag the next three. With a 1.57, they start as the clear favorite into the third group game. Rotterdam gets a 5.75 assigned at Happybet.
In my opinion, the difference is a bit too big, the draw can be found in the range of 4.50. The X2 at 2.35 does have a certain value in my eyes. What does ChatGPT say?
KI-Prognose Benfica vs. Feyenoord Rotterdam: That’s what ChatGPT tips
In fact, it would even advise users looking for higher odds to go for the away win, but the AI also labels the bet as “high risk”.
Without asking the AI first, I analyze the teams myself, assess the situation and only then familiarize myself with the odds market. It happens more and more often that the AI tip with “low risk” matches my bet.
The artificial intelligence also has both teams’ goals on the radar for Benfica against Feyenoord.
And the double chance X2, which I don’t mind either, has selected it as a medium-risk variant. In my opinion, ChatGPT often has poor taste when it comes to medium and high-risk bets.
Today I can go along with the odds, especially the X2.
Analysis: Benfica vs. Feyenoord Rotterdam
Ultimately, the guests are anything but a casual customer. In the Dutch league, the 16-time champions are still unbeaten, with four wins and four draws, scoring more than 2.0 goals on average.
This puts them in fourth place in the table, but due to the high quality of PSV, they are already eleven points behind in first place. Eindhoven has won all nine league games so far and even scored 29 balls.
The club from the port city warmed up for the Champions League before the trip to the Portuguese capital with a 5-1 win against Go Ahead Eagles, and the positive trend continues. The new head coach Brian Priske, who arrived in July, is warming up with the team.
Rotterdam has won four of its last five games, scoring at least twice in four of them and without Gimenez, who was substituted due to injury in the 2-0 win over Breda.
Odds Analysis
Rotterdam have scored ten goals in their last three appearances alone. Before the 5-1 win at the weekend, the team went into the international break with a 2-1 win over Twente, and before that they won their first CL game at Girona (3-2).
A match in which Feyenoord benefited from two own goals by the guests. Ultimately, it wasn’t a bad performance offensively, and even in the 4-0 defeat to the German champions Leverkusen, which was quite clear in the end, the team had a few opportunities.
It was a lot of bad luck that it wasn’t enough for a goal in this match, but I expect that in Lisbon after the hat-trick against Girona.
Betano is the best place to go for over goals, with a strong 1.50 available for the bet that Rotterdam will score.
Benfica vs. Feyenoord odds: Benfica a force at home
I think it’s a bit too low as a single quote, which is why I preferred to take the 1.65 for the goal of both teams from Oddset. In the entire season, the guests have only kept their white west once, in the 2-0 home win against Breda.
An away game in the Champions League against the Eagles is a completely different matter. Especially since Benfica have only been unable to score in one competitive game so far, in the season opener against Famalicao (0-2).
At home, the outcome was quite different each time. Four home wins in four games, 13-2 goal difference and a 4-0 win against Atletico in the premier league.
Benfica-Trainerwechsel zeigt Wirkung
Yes, the Estadio da Luz has rightly earned its reputation as a cauldron and the fans can look forward to a full house on Wednesday. Tiago Gouveia is the only absentee.
A few weeks ago, Roger Schmidt was sacked after 115 games with the capital city club. Although he won after the opening defeat against Famalicao, he and his team failed to pick up further points against Moreirense (1:1).
That was already too much for the club management before the start of the Champions League season and the head coach was replaced by Bruno Lage, who led the team to six wins in six competitive games.
Benfica and Feyenoord have a long history in European football. Both teams have won the European Champion Clubs’ Cup, Benfica twice, while Feyenoord have lifted the UEFA Cup twice.
However, there have not been many encounters between these traditional clubs, to be precise there have only been four and they were some years back. In 1963, Benfica prevailed in the semi-final of the Champions League’s predecessor.
However, Benfica did not manage to defend the title twice after their triumphs in 1962 and 1963 after losing to AC Milan (1-2).
The last time the teams faced each other was in the 1972 quarter-finals, again with Benfica coming out on top (5-1 on aggregate).
The teams have played friendly matches during the last two summer breaks. Rotterdam won 2023 2-1 and got a 5-0 beating in July.
Benfica – Feyenoord Rotterdam betting tip
In the past, Benfica have had the better end for themselves and, around 50 years after the last games in international business, it looks like the eagles will be successful again according to the bookmakers.
Under Bruno Lage, the team has won all its games so far, twice recently even without conceding a goal. The 38-time Portuguese champions are at the top of the Champions League.
But Rotterdam have also put in some impressive performances of late, have a few other injuries in their ranks alongside Gimenez, but have been able to compensate well.
The team has shown some attacking promise against both Leverkusen and Girona, although they didn’t score against Bayer.
Playing defensively and hoping for a 0-0 or a 1-0 lucky punch is not in Feyenoord’s DNA. The visitors could get crushed, but they shouldn’t leave the Estadio da Luz without scoring. They have scored ten goals in the last three games alone.
My Benfica Feyenoord Rotterdam prediction: Both teams to score!
