Champions League Benfica vs PAOK 21/08/2018

Benfica vs PAOK Champions League Prediction

Both teams want to take the lead in this first meeting of play-offs. No benefit in terms of motivation

State of form

2nd in the standings in Portugal last season behind Porto, Benfica resumed his championship with 2 first-place victories, first against Vitoria Guimaraes (3-2), then Boavista last weekend (0-2). To reach the play-offs of this Champions League, the Portuguese put out a real performance by eliminating the Fenerbahçe Turks (1-0, 1-1).
Opposite, the PAOK Salonique has signed 2 exploits to arrive in the play-offs, getting rid of the Swiss FC Basel (two wins 2-1 and 0-3) and Russia’s Spartak Moscow (3-2 and 0-0) . Still in summer break but already in legs, the 2nd of the last championship of Greece will resume the championship next weekend.

The staff for Benfica vs PAOK

As for Benfica’s rookies, only Vlachodimos (goalkeeper, Panathinaikos) and Ferreyra (striker, Shakhtar) have their place in the 11th place at the moment. Best director of the last 2 seasons, Jonas is always aside.
PAOK Thessaloniki can still count on new recruits: Akpom (ex-Arsenal), Leo Jaba (left wing) and Evgen Khacheridi (central defense). Top scorer of the Greek championship (2017-2018) with 19 goals, the Serbian Prijovic is the number 1 danger in attack.

Get complete analysis for Benfica vs PAOK H2H

In great form at the beginning of the season, Benfica should logically win at home against a training PAOK Thessaloniki brave, but does not box in the same category. Victory of Benfica