Betting tips for Benfica vs Bayern Munich 19.09.2018

The Luz Stadium receives the visit of Bayern Munich in the match that opens the group stage of the Champions League for both.

SL Benfica saw how their great rival in Portugal, FC Porto, regained the title after four years of clear dominance of the capital. Rui Vitoria will occupy the Águilas bench for the 4th consecutive season, with the clear goal of reaching the league of the maximum continental competition. With a budget of 235 million euros, the Lusos return to be a team more seller than buyer, as in recent years. Four are the sales that have taken something more than 30 million euros to the coffers of the lisboetas.

Portuguese midfielder Joao Carvalho arrives at Nottingham Forest for 15 million euros; midfielder André Horta goes to Los Angeles FC for 5.7 million euros, while Italian Cristante goes to Atalanta for 5 million more. Finally, Joao Amaral goes to Polish Lech Poznan for 1.5 million. To replace them, up to 8 players come to the Da Luz club for an investment of less than just over 15 million euros, which include Shakhtar Donetsk top scorer Facundo Ferreyra, Chilean Nicolás Castillo and Argentine central defender Cristián Lema.

The Eagles have lost their last two preseason games in the International Nations Cup against Juventus (on penalties) and Olympique Lyon (2-3). In the previous round, the Lisboetas won the Turkish Fenerbahçe. Already in the NOS League, the team has added victories in the first two clashes against Vitoria Guimaraes and Boavista and tied the following weekend against Sporting CP (1-1).

 Bayern Munich starts the first project with Niko Kovacs as coach. The former Eintracht Frankfurt won the final of the German Cup to which he is now his team, and comes with clear ideas of what to do with the great staff that he has at his disposal.

In principle, the big stars of the teams will continue one more year. Others, such as Arturo Vidal, have already left and it is rumored that Thiago Alcántara may be next. 880 million euros will be the budget of the Munich club, whose sole objective is to win the Champions League given the ease it has to win all the titles in Germany.

To date, the only confirmed signing is that of the German international Leon Goretzka, who arrives free from Schalke 04. They return to the team discipline Renato Sanches, after his second failed transfer, and the end Serge Gnabry, star of the German Team Sub'21. Regarding the departures, the sale of Douglas Costa to Juventus has been confirmed for 40 million euros.

The team comes from scoring at Eintracht Frankfurt in the final of the German Super Cup (0-5), with Lewandowski's hattrick, and the next two friendlies before debuting winning 3-1 at Hoffenheim. In his first away game, he thrashed Stuttgart 3-0 and this weekend he won at home against Leverkusen (3-1).

Benfica vs Bayern Munich  Prediction: X/2 2.50

Benfica vs Bayern Munich   Betting Tip: Over 2.5 Goals @ 1.80

Benfica vs Bayern Munich Score Recommendations: 1-3 10.00