Lyon vs Benfica Prediction & Match Preview

Lyon vs Benfica
Champions League
Date: Tuesday, 5 November 2019
Kick-off at 20:00 UK/ 21:00 CET
Venue: Parc Olympique Lyonnais (Lyon).

Parc Olympique Lyonnais will host a match between Lyon and Benfica in the fourth round of the group stage of the Champions League on Tuesday 05 November 2019.

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THE TEAM NEWS

LYON
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Olympique Lyonnais have endured a tough start to the season but they have managed to pick up back-to-back wins in Ligue 1.

Attention will now turn to Europe and an extremely tight Group G with all four teams separated by just three points at the halfway stage.

The French side have just the two players unavailable for this fixture with Fernando Marcal and Terrier both sidelined through injury.

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BENFICA
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Benfica arrive in France knowing they cannot afford to lose but will be confident having won their last five in all competitions.

The Portugese side sit bottom of Group G but picked up their first win against their opponents in this game last time out.

Rafa Silva is a big loss for Benfica and Raul de Tomas also looks like missing out through injury in a further blow for crucial contest.

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Lyon vs Benfica: Predicted Starting Lineups

Lyon vs Benfica Head-to-head (h2h)

Teams Lyon Benfica played so far 5 matches.
Lyon won 3 direct matches. Benfica won 2 matches. 0 matches ended in a draw. On average in direct matches both teams scored a 4.40 goals per Match.