Boca Juniors vs Benfica predictions, betting tips and odds: Eagles to edge competitive affair

Where to watch Boca Juniors vs Benfica

You can watch Boca Juniors vs Benfica in the Club World Cup at 11pm on Monday, June 16, live on Channel 5 & DAZN

Boca Juniors vs Benfica best bet

Benfica to win & under 3.5 goals
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Boca Juniors vs Benfica odds

Here are the latest odds ahead of Boca Juniors vs Benfica in the Club World Cup

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Boca Juniors vs Benfica predictions

Benfica endured a disappointing campaign last season, finishing as runners-up to their Lisbon rivals Sporting in the Portuguese Primeira Liga and in Portuguese Cup.

That could spur on Bruno Lage’s side at this year’s Club World Cup and they are fancied to open their campaign by grinding out a win over Boca Juniors.

With amateur side Auckland City set to be the whipping boys in Group C and Bayern Munich odds-on to win the section, the other qualifying spot for the knockout stages could come down to a straight shootout between this pair.

Boca will be match fit but have not been in particularly good form. They were knocked out of the Argentinian Apertura at the quarter-final stage and failed to qualify for the Copa Libertadores after losing out to Peruvian side Alianza Lima.

Fernando Gago was replaced by manager Miguel Angel Russo at the start of this month, with the veteran boss returning for his third spell in charge, and there is a sense that this is a club in turmoil at present.

The Argentinians will have the fitness edge over Benfica but the Eagles’ squad is littered with quality and they picked up some impressive results last season, beating Atletico Madrid, Juventus and Monaco in the Champions League before losing to Barcelona.

A low-scoring affair looks likely as both teams find their feet in this tournament but Benfica’s class should tell and they are taken to grind out a win in a game which produces fewer than four goals.

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Key stat

Benfica are unbeaten in their last 13 games in 90 minutes

Boca Juniors vs Benfica team news

Boca Juniors
Edinson Cavani is injured while full-back Luis Advincula is a doubt.

Benfica
Manu Silva and Alexander Bah remain long-term absentees and Zeki Amdouni has returned to Burnley after his loan spell.

Boca Juniors vs Benfica predicted line-ups

Boca Juniors (4-2-3-1): Marchesin; Blondel, Battaglia, Rojo, Blanco; Delgado, Herrera; Zeballos, Palacios, Zenon; Merentiel 

Benfica (4-3-3): Trubin; Araujo, A. Silva, Otamendi, Carreras; Aursnes, Luis, Kokcu; Di Maria, Pavlidis, Akturkoglu 

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Boca Juniors vs Benfica predictions

Vangelis Pavlidis to score at any time
Benfica's Vangelis Pavlidis netted 29 goals in all competitions for the Eagles last season and looks their main attacking threat

Kerem Akturkoglu to have a shot on target
The 25-year-old Kerem Akturkoglu averaged 1.30 shots on target per 90 minutes in the Portuguese top flight last season

Marcos Rojo to be shown a card
Marcos Rojo has already been booked three times this season and could add to that tally in this clash

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