Week 6 brings us a match on Dec 8th where Dynamo Kyiv will travel to Lisboa to battle Benfica in a meeting of these two Champions League teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 12 degrees, which is great football weather. Benfica is fresh off their 1-3 loss against Sporting CP. Pablo Sarabia struck first for Sporting CP in the 8th minute, then Paulinho added another in the 62nd minute. Benfica is on a hot streak lately, having won 7 of their last 10 matches, while in their last match, Dynamo Kyiv recorded a 1-2 loss against Bayern München. Robert Lewandowski struck first for Bayern München in the 14th minute, then Kingsley Coman added another in the 42nd minute. Dynamo Kyiv looks to improve on their recent performance, having lost 7 of their last 10.
In their last match together, in Nsk Olimpijs’kyj, Dynamo Kyiv and Benfica battled to a 0-0 draw in front of almost 22000. Neither Dynamo Kyiv nor Benfica could manage to put one past the goalie. They had 8 and 12 shots on net respectively, but no one could score, and the match ended in a scoreless draw,. Benfica is fortunate enough to have Darwin Nuñez in top form. In the last 5 matches the attacker has scored five goals.