On the 25th of October, in this week 5 match, Benfica and Juventus will play a match in Lisboa in a Champions League match. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 18 degrees, a perfect day for football. In their last match, Benfica recorded a 1-0 shutout win against Porto. Rafa Silva struck first for Benfica in the 72nd minute, and that was all the excitement the two teams could muster In the end, Porto couldn’t muster any offence and Benfica ran away with the shutout win. Benfica looks to continue their winning ways, having won 7 of their last 10, while juventus is fresh off their 4-0 shutout win against Empoli. Moise Kean struck first for Juventus in the 8th minute on a feed from Filip Kostić, then Weston McKennie added another in the 56th minute At the end of 90 a dissapointed Empoli couldn’t manage to score, and Juventus took the shutout win. Juventus is looking for direction having 4 win and 2 losses in their last 10 matches.
On Wed Sep 14th, Juventus hosted Benfica at the Allianz Stadium in their last match together. Benfica took the match by a score of 2 to 1. Arkadiusz Milik struck first for Juventus in the 4th minute, then João Mário tied it up for Benfica in the 43rd minute Finally they completed the comback in the 55th minute on a goal by David Neres to cap off a wild match.
Juventus is fortunate enough to have Adrien Rabiot in top form. In the last 5 matches the midfielder has scored four goals. Benfica’s most prolific scorer has been Goncalo Matias Ramos. He has netted two goals over the last 5 matches.