Benfica and Inter Milan face each other this Tuesday, April 11, in their match first leg of the Champions League quarterfinals.
An exciting confrontation in which the leader of the Portuguese League wants to secure a victory that brings him closer to the semifinals of the tournament, an instance that he has not yet played.
Meanwhile he Inter, fifth in Serie Awill try to achieve a good result for the second leg, which is played at their stadium.
Possible alignments and casualties
These are the starting eleven that Roger Schmidt and Simone Inzaghi could align:
- Benfica’s probable 11: Vlachodimos; Bah, Antonio Silva, Morato, Grimaldo; Florentino, Chiquinho; Aursnes, Joao Mario, Rafa Silva; Goncalo Ramos.
The ‘Águilas’ face this quarterfinal match with the Guedes and Draxler absent due to injury.
Sanctioned: Otamendidue to the accumulation of yellow cards, this duel will be lost.
- Probable 11 for Inter: Onana; Darmian, Acerbi, Bastoni; Dumfries, Barella, Gagliardini, Mkhitaryan, Dimarco; Lautaro Martinez, Dzeko.
The Nerazzurri travel to Lisbon with two casualties in their ranks, those of: Çalhanoglu and Skriniar.
Schedule and where to see Benfica vs. Inter de Milan
The first leg of the quarterfinals takes place this Tuesday, April 11, starting at 9:00 p.m., at the ‘Estádio da Luz’.
You can watch Benfica-Inter live through Movistar+ and bet live to meet from betfair.es.
In addition, at Betfair you can also create your bets for the rest of the Champions League matches. For example, for the Manchester City FC vs. Bayern Munich.
Match history
This will be the second duel in all history between both teams in the main European competition.
Their first confrontation took place in the 1965 European Cup final. A clash in which Inter was proclaimed champion for the second time in its history, after beat the Portuguese 1-0, thanks to the goal from Jair Da Costa.
How do both teams arrive?
Benfica lost to Porto (1-2) in the last day of the Portuguese League, his first league stumble so far in 2023, and his recent record is of 4 wins and 1 loss in all competitions.
In Champions Leaguethe ‘Águilas’ achieved their pass to the quarterfinals for the second consecutive season after beat Club Brugge with a 1-7 aggregate. In addition, they are the second club that has conceded the most goals in the tournament (23), only behind Napoli.
His rival, the Inter Milan, comes from drawing against UD Salernitana (1-1) in the A series and accumulates six consecutive games without winning, counting all competitions (3 draws and 3 losses).
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In the Champions League, the Nerazzurri qualified for the quarterfinals for the first time after 12 years by beating Porto in the previous round with an aggregate score of 1-0, and they remain the second team that has left a clean sheet the most times in this championship (5), tied with Man. City and Bruges.
Betfair bets: what to bet on in Benfica-Inter?
1. Benfica win against Inter a [2.15]: The streak with which the Portuguese club comes to this match makes us confident that they will win at home.
2. Joao Mario scores at any time at [3.3]: the midfielder is Benfica’s top scorer in this 22/23 Champions League and he scored in both round of 16 games, so it is likely that we will see him score in this match.
JOINTED
Benfica win against Inter + Gonçalo Ramos scores the first goal + Goal scored in both halves a [14.7]