Betting tips for CSKA Moscow vs Benfica - 22.11.2017

The red Foxes Muscovites receive the depressed SL Benfica in match of the 5th round of the Champions League. CSKA Moscow returns to the group stage of the highest European competition, where it hopes to play a good role. After seeing how his great rival in the Russian capital, Lokomotiv, took the title in the Premier League, the team clings to the Champions League to try to return to the elite. With more than 78 million euros of budget, the team of the Russian army will have Viktor Goncharenko as head of responsibility.

The team is immersed in its league competition, of which 17 matches have been played and in which third parties have been placed, behind Lokomotiv and Zenit. The sale of playmaker Kirill Panchenko to Dinamo Moscow in exchange for 1.8 million euros, along with the departure of goalkeeper Sergey Chepchugov to Enisey have been the two main movements of the team, which let go to Serbian right-winger Zoran Tosic and the offensive midfielder Roman Eremenko, who has lent midfielder Sergey Tkachev to Arsenal Tula and center forward Konstantin Bazelyuk to Anzhi.

The Muscovite team comes from eliminating AEK Athens and the Young Boys in the previous qualifiers. In their debut, CSKA won SL Benfica in Lisbon (1-2), before falling consecutively at home against Manchester United (1-4) and Basel (0-2). The victory in Basel puts them squarely in the fight for second place, tied with 6 points with the Swiss two games to go.


UEFA Champions League SL Benfica are going through the worst results since Rui Vitoria arrived to the team two seasons ago. The losses of several players who were key in the successes of last season (the Brazilian Ederson was sold to Manchester City in exchange for 40 million euros, the Swedish center Victor Lindelöf was transferred precisely to Manchester United in exchange for 35 million; lateral right-hander Nélson Semedo went to FC Barcelona for 30.5 million, Kostas Mitroglou was sold to Olympique Marseille) have not been covered by newcomers, like the Brazilian 'Gabigol'; former Real Sociedad striker Haris Seferovic; Croatia midfielder Filip Krovinovic and left-back Pedro Rebocho.

The Lisbon team has started the NOS League with 4 victories and a draw in the first 5 days. However, the team has gone down, falling to third place, 5 points behind the leader, FC Porto. In this group stage, the team has lost all 4 matches and is a de facto eliminator.

CSKA Moscow vs Benfica  Prediction: 1/1 3.00

CSKA Moscow vs Benfica betting tip: Over 2.5 Goals @ 1.80

CSKA Moscow vs Benfica  final score recommendations: 2-110.00