Benfica will host bottom-dwellers Dynamo Kyiv in the final group stage game of the Champions League this season.
Venue: Estadio da Luz
Key statistics
- Benfica played a goaless draw against Dynamo Kyiv in their Champions League this season.
- Benfica are third in Group E with 5 points, trailing Barcelona by 2 points.
- Dynamo Kyiv are winless in the UCL this season and are out of Europa League equation as well.
- Kyiv have lost both of their away games played against Benfica in European competitions.
- Benfica have failed to qualify for the knockouts in their last three campaigns in the Champions League.
Head to Head record
Benfica have won two of the three games played against Dynamo Kyiv. The Ukrainian side have no victories to their name.
Latest performances in all competitions
Benfica: L W W D L
Dynamo Kyiv: L W L W W
Benfica
Benfica would look to qualify for the knockouts by beating Dynamo Kyiv on Wednesday night.
However, it wouldn’t be enough for the Portuguese side as they should hope for Barcelona to drop points against Bayern Munich.
Benfica’s only victory of this season in the Champions League came against Barca. They have picked up two draws and two defeats in the remaining games.
They might be feeling low in confidence after suffering a heavy defeat against Sporting in the Primeira Liga fixture at the weekend.
Jorge Jesus’ side played a stalemate against Barca on matchday 5 and they would have had the upper hand if it wasn’t for Haris Severovic’s missed chance in the final minutes.
Possible Benfica line-up
Odysseas Vlachodimos; Nicolas Otamendi, Morato, Jan Vertonghen; Gilberto, Pizzi, Julian Weigl, Alex Grimaldo; Rafa Silva, Roman Yaremchuk, Darwin Nunez
Injured: Rodrigo Pinho, Lucas Verissimo, Diogo Goncalves and Nemanja Radonjic
Doubtful: None
Suspended: None
Dynamo Kyiv
Dynamo Kyiv have endured a dormant campaign in UCL this season, failing to win a single game so far.
They are out of the equation for both UCL and Europa League but they would still look to spoil the party for Benfica.
The Ukrainian giants would look to conclude Champions League campaign on a high note by picking up their first win of the season against Benfica.
Furthermore, Kyiv have won all of their last three games in the Ukrainian top-flight this season and are full of confidence ahead of their clash against Benfica.
Possible Dynamo Kyiv line-up:
Georgiy Bushcan; Oleksandr Karavaev, Artem Shabanov, Vitaliy Mykolenko, Tomasz Kedziora; Serhiy Sydorchuk, Mykola Shaparenko; Vitaliy Buyalskiy, Viktor Tsygankov, Carlos de Pena; Ilia Shkurin
Injured: Denys Popov, Ibrahim Kargbo, Artem Besedin, Vladyslav Supriaga
Doubtful: None
Suspended: None
Prediction
Benfica 1 -1 Dynamo Kyiv
