Benfica vs Anderlecht
Portugal’s big club Benfica will make a trial match or the first friendly match at the break of the season where their challenger this time is a big Belgian team, Anderlecht. Interestingly history recorded that these two teams have met 5 times since 2004. From the five meetings Benfica won with 3 wins while Anderlecht 1 won and 1 match left in a draw.
They met 4 times in the Champions League and 1 friendly match, the last time they met at the 2013 Champions League event and of course there are still some players who at that time in the starting line-up still played at this club. For Anderlecht this is the third friendly match, the previous 2 matches they were defeated against Oleksandria 1-2 then won 0-6 over Oudenaarde.
You could say Anderlecht’s record is still disappointing, they collapsed from Alexandria that was the result of the spotlight. Because actually Anderlecht should be able to win. As a result of the last 5 games Anderlecht only won 2 games, while their Benfica are still impressive they closed just yesterday with a successive victory in 5 matches.
Benfica successfully emerged as defending champions of the Portuguese Premier League, they managed to erase the dominance of FC Porto 2 the previous season. Benfica was clearly more favored in this match, they considered the strength and quality better than Anderlecht, moreover benefiting the cage. Most likely Benfica defeated Anderlecht.
Our Prediction: 1
Odds: 1.60