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Benfica v Monaco : Champions League match betting preview, prediction and odds

Tue 18th Feb, 20:00 BST, ,

Below we've got predictions for all the biggest betting markets, supporting stats including head-to-heads, and the best odds. All is accessible via the tabs below.


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Best Tip: Over 2.5 goals

In alignment, our prediction and the odds from the bookies suggest that this Champions League tie should present fine viewing for neutrals in the ground, with at least 3 goals to scored in the game. As we don't have an obvious winner here given their latest form, we're going with the stats and past head-to-head (H2H) records below, both of which point strongly towards a tip of over 2.5 goals.

In-Play
Win / Draw / Win
Over / Under 1.5 Goals
Over / Under 2.5 Goals
Over / Under 3.5 Goals
Win To Nil
Both Teams To Score
Correct Score
Both Teams To Score & Result
Double Chance
Half Time / Full Time
Over / Under 0.5 Goals
Over / Under 4.5 Goals
Over / Under 5.5 Goals
Draw No Bet
Team To Score First
If you’re looking for a winner in this match, we think Benfica are the most likely. Our predictive algorithm gives them a 56% chance of victory, and the bookies have them at a best price of 1.75.

Checkout the hundreds of tips picked but our top win/draw/win tipsters

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Predictions Add Bet365 Coral
Benfica
56%
3/4
1%
3/4
10%
Draw
21%
31/103/1
8%
Monaco
23%
16/5
3%
3/1
7%
Benfica 2-1
10%
15/213/2
Draw 1-1
10%
7/113/2
15%
Benfica 2-0
8%
9/18/1
5%
Benfica 1-0
8%
9/1
5%
15/2
6%
Benfica 3-1
7%
11/1
8%
10/1
8%
Draw 2-2
6%
12/110/1
Monaco 2-1
6%
12/110/1
Benfica 3-0
5%
14/112/1
Monaco 1-0
5%
14/112/1
18%
Benfica 3-2
4%
20/114/1
12%
Draw 0-0
4%
16/112/1
18%
Benfica 4-1
3%
22/116/1
19%
Monaco 2-0
3%
25/118/1
12%
Benfica 4-0
3%
25/120/1
9%
Monaco 3-2
2%
28/120/1
9%
Over 2.5 Goals
63%
4/78/15
8%
Under 2.5 Goals
37%
11/811/8
13%
Home 1st Goal
54%
1/2-
Away 1st Goal
44%
13/8-
No 1st Goal
2%
16/1-
BTTS - Yes
61%
4/7
3%
4/7
3%
BTTS - No
39%
5/4
2%
13/10
5%
BTTS - Home Win
30%
21/10
3%
2/1
12%
BTTS - Draw
18%
15/4
5%
18/5
6%
BTTS - Away Win
13%
11/25/1
4%
Home/draw
77%
2/9
2%
2/9
2%
Away/draw
44%
1/1
2%
21/20
11%
Home/away
79%
2/92/9
5%
Over 1.5 Goals
83%
1/6
3%
1/6
4%
Under 1.5 Goals
17%
4/1
11%
18/5
15%
Over 3.5 Goals
41%
11/8
5%
13/10
12%
Under 3.5 Goals
59%
4/7
3%
11/20
8%
Over 4.5 Goals
23%
10/329/10
15%
Under 4.5 Goals
77%
2/92/9
4%
Over 5.5 Goals
11%
7/16/1
18%
Under 5.5 Goals
89%
1/121/12
2%
Over 0.5 Goals
96%
1/33
1%
1/50
1%
Under 0.5 Goals
4%
14/1
12%
12/1
18%
Home DNB
71%
1/3
2%
1/3
5%
Away DNB
38%
9/4
8%
2/1
11%
Benfica win to nil
26%
5/2-
Monaco win to nil
9%
8/1-
Benfica / Benfica
30%
13/8
5%
13/8
10%
Benfica / Monaco
3%
28/122/1
Benfica / Draw
6%
12/1
13%
11/1
Draw / Benfica
16%
4/119/5
Draw / Monaco
9%
8/115/2
6%
Draw / Draw
12%
6/1
8%
5/1
14%
Monaco / Benfica
4%
18/1
10%
16/1
Monaco / Monaco
12%
6/15/1
4%
Monaco / Draw
6%
14/112/1
8%
Win / draw / win Champions League table

Benfica have played 8 matches so far this season and lay in 16th place in the Champions League league table.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 6 games against teams below in the table, having won 4, drawn 1 and lost 1 match. They have kept 3 clean sheets and have failed to score in 1 fixture. Benfica have outscored their opponents by 16 goals to 13 goals.

Home League Performance

Benfica have played 4 games at home winning 1, drawing 1 and losing 2 games. They have scored 9 goals, kept 2 clean sheets and conceded 8 goals at home.

Monaco are in 17th position in the Champions League on 13 points having played 8 matches so far this season.

Away League Performance

2 of those games have been losing matches. They have conceded 8 goals and kept 1 clean sheet. They have scored 3 goals in total and failed to score in 2 fixtures.

Performance against teams above them in the league

6 games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 4 games, drawn 0 and won 2. Monaco have conceded 11 goals, scored 5, failed to score in 3 fixtures and have kept 1 clean sheet.

Won
Draw
Lost
Benfica
Monaco
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD W D L GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
Liverpool87011221 
-
-
-
-
2
Barcelona86111519 
-
-
-
-
3
Arsenal86111319 
-
-
-
-
4
Inter86111019 
-
-
-
-
5
A.Madrid8602818 
-
-
-
-
6
Leverkusen8512816 
-
-
-
-
7
Lille8512716 
-
-
-
-
8
A Villa8512716 
-
-
-
-
9
Atalanta84311415 
-
-
-
-
10
Dortmund85031015 
-
-
-
-
11
Real Madrid8503815 
-
-
-
-
12
Bayern8503815 
-
-
-
-
13
Milan8503315 
-
-
-
-
14
PSV8422414 
-
-
-
-
15
PSG8413513 
-
-
-
-
16
Benfica Home8413413 
-
-
l
 
0-1A
Feb 18
17
Monaco Away8413013 
Feb 18
w
 
0-1F
-
-
18
Brest8413-113 
-
-
-
-
19
Feyenoord8413-313 
-
-
-
-
20
Juventus8332212 
-
-
-
-
21
Celtic8332-112 
-
-
-
-
22
Man City8323411 
-
-
-
-
23
S. Lisbon8323111 
-
-
-
-
24
Brugge8323-411 
-
-
-
-
25
D. Zagreb8323-711 
-
-
-
-
26
Stuttgart8314-410 
-
-
-
-
27
Shakhtar8215-87 
-
-
-
-
28
Bologna8134-56 
-
-
-
-
29
Red Star Bel.8206-96 
-
-
-
-
30
Sturm Graz8206-96 
-
-
-
-
31
Sparta8116-144 
-
-
-
-
32
RB Leipzig8107-73 
-
-
-
-
33
Girona8107-83 
-
-
-
-
34
Salzburg8107-223 
-
-
-
-
35
S. Bratislava8008-200 
-
-
-
-
36
Young Boys8008-210 
-
-
-
-
Next round
Play Off
Win / draw / win form
Benfica 16TH
20 league games
Home
Overall
Goals: Scored
42
Conceded
31
Games: Scored
16 / 20
Conceded
15 / 20
Clean sheets
5 / 20
Failed to score
4 / 20
Won
9
Draw
5
Lost
6
Goals: Scored
31
Conceded
26
Games: Scored
14 / 20
Conceded
14 / 20
Clean sheets
6 / 20
Failed to score
6 / 20
Won
9
D
4
Lost
7
Monaco 17TH
20 league games
Away
Overall
Goals: Scored
22
Conceded
37
Games: Scored
14 / 20
Conceded
17 / 20
Clean sheets
3 / 20
Failed to score
6 / 20
Won
6
Draw
7
Lost
7
Goals: Scored
31
Conceded
32
Games: Scored
15 / 20
Conceded
17 / 20
Clean sheets
3 / 20
Failed to score
5 / 20
Won
8
Draw
5
Lost
7
Goal Statistics

Monaco have been abject at the back of late, conceding 2 or more goals in 6 consecutive Champions League outings. This run could continue, with Benfica's PG an impressive 2.0.

Benfica 16th Monaco 17th
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
2.0
goals
1.2
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
13%
1
27%
2
27%
3
18%
4+
15%
There is a 60% probability that Benfica will score 2 or more goals in this match
0
30%
1
36%
2
22%
3
9%
4+
There is a 66% probability that Monaco will score no more than 1 goal
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
+12
Benfica have scored 12% more goals at home than predicted
-25
Monaco have scored 25% fewer goals when away than predicted
2.1
average goals scored
1.1
average goals scored
1.6
conceded
1.9
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
Champions League - 2024/2024 season
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Benfica
PG (predicted goals)
Monaco
2
1.2
Attack rating
%
better
BEF
MCO
view stats
Games scored0
0
Failed to score0
0
Scored first0
0
Goals scored0
0
Avg. goals scored0
0
Avg. shots per game0
0
Avg. shots per goal0
0
Conversion rate for0
0
Avg. XG for0
0
KickOff rating
0%
Defence rating
%
better
BEF
MCO
view stats
Games conceded0
0
Clean sheets0
0
Conceded first0
0
Goals conceded0
0
Avg. goals conceded0
0
Avg. shots/game conceded0
0
Avg. shots/goal conceded0
0
Conversion rate against0%
0%
Avg. XG against0
0
KickOff rating
0%

The line-ups for the Champions League match between Benfica v Monaco will show here when available.

Benfica Champions League squad statistics 2024
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
9624
A TrubinV PavlidisÁngel Di MaríaÁlvaro Fernandez
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
A Trubin GLK9
-
N Otamendi DEF9
2
-
O Kökcü MID93
2
-
F Aursnes MID91
2
-
K Aktürkoglu FWD93
1
-
Z Amdouni FWD91
1
-
Ángel Di María FWD912
-
V Pavlidis FWD961
1
-
Álvaro Fernandez DEF81
4
-
T Araújo DEF8
-
Florentino MID8
3
-
A Bah DEF712
2
-
A Silva DEF6
-
L Barreiro MID6
-
A Cabral FWD51
1
A Schjelderup FWD4
-
R Sanches  MID2
1
-
J. Seno Luis Rêgo MID1
-
A Belotti FWD1
-
Monaco Champions League squad statistics 2024
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
9224
T KehrerM AklioucheVandersonD Zakaria
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
T Kehrer DEF911
2
-
Vanderson DEF92
3
-
A Golovin MID91
1
-
E Seghir FWD91
1
-
M Akliouche FWD921
-
B Embolo FWD912
1
-
L Camara MID8
2
-
T Minamino FWD821
-
R Majecki GLK7
-
C Henrique DEF7
-
S Magassa MID71
-
D Zakaria MID71
4
-
M Salisu DEF61
1
-
C Mawissa DEF51
2
1
W Singo DEF521
1
1
G Ilenikhena FWD51
-
J Teze DEF3
-
K Diatta FWD3
-
F Balogun FWD3
1
-
P Köhn GLK2
-
K Ouattara DEF1
-
A Musrati MID1
1
1
M Biereth  FWD1
-