Juventus – Benfica. Forecast and announcement for the Champions League match

On January 21, the match of the 7th round of the main round of the UEFA Champions League will be held at the Allianz Stadium, in which Juventus will meet with Benfica. The match will start at 22:00 Kyiv time.

Juventus

A little less than a year ago, the team shamefully released Thiago Motta, who was frankly disappointing. Tudor, who replaced him, coped with the task set before him that spring – finished fourth in Serie A. However, already in the new season, everything gradually fell apart. It was possible to correct the situation only thanks to the casting with the arrival of Spalletti in Turin – an experienced specialist returned the new wards to the fight for a place in the top four.

The change of coach also affected performances in the Champions League. There, the Italians started very modestly: three draws and a loss to Real Madrid. However, Luciano managed to adjust the game here again towards the end of 2025, and the club won two consecutive victories – however, over debutants of the tournament “Bude/Glimt” and “Paphos”. This made it possible to preserve the chances of entering the playoffs, but now the team only needs to win.

Benfica

Last season, the club was limited to only winning the League Cup. In other, more prestigious tournaments, failures came from the main rival – “Sporting”. However, at that time the coach was not fired, and this decision seemed justified. Having started the new season with a victory in the Super Cup, the team then started with a series of victories in the Premier League, simultaneously knocking out Nice and Fenerbahce in the qualifiers. As a result, Istanbul left Mourinho fired by the Turks.

In about a month, he already found himself in Lisbon – after the 2:3 loss at home to “Karabakh”, the coach was changed again. However, there were many disappointments with Jose. In the Premier League, Sudkov and his new teammates are only third, significantly behind the leading Porto, who also lost in the Cup. Earlier, Brazi also lost in the League Cup. And in the Champions League, there were three more defeats in a row under the new coach. And only in the matches with “Ajax” and “Napoli” was it possible to win – with two “dry” matches of Trubin.

Statistics of personal meetings

In total, the teams played seven matches in European Cups. In them, the Portuguese suffered only one defeat and won five, including last year.

Forecast

Bookmakers GGBET evaluate the chances of the teams with very decent coefficients: 1.91 for Juventus and 4.52 for Benfica. And which forecast to choose is up to you. Play with the best odds, get instant payouts and support your favorite team with us.

Bookmakers believe that this time the Italians will finally be stronger. Let’s agree with this and bet on the victory of “Juventus” (coefficient – 1.87).