Benfica vs Maccabi Haifa: UEFA Champions League Live| Kick off time, Live Streaming, When and where to watch Benfica vs Maccabi Haifa Live score, Teams, Prediction, Online Channel
Benfica vs Maccabi: Benfica begin their Champions League campaign on Wednesday when they face Maccabi Haifa at home on Matchday 1 in Group H.
Match Details:
Teams: Benfica vs Maccabi
Venue: Estadio do Sport Lisboa e Benfica, Portugal
Date: Wednesday 7th September, 2022
Time: 12:30 AM IST
Live Link: http://www.sonyliv.com/
Preview:
Benfica come into this after a 2-1 win over Vizela in their previous Liga Portugal clash on Friday.
Osmajic broke the deadlock for the visitors before Neres and Mario scored late in the second half to ensure a recovery win for the Benfica side.
This was their 5th successive win of the league campaign as they remained top of the table with a perfect record.
Benfica got past Midtjylland and Dynamo Kyiv in the UCL Qualifier rounds to ensure their place in the finals.
On the other hand, Maccabi Haifa make their return to the UCL for the first time since the 2009-10 season, where they finished last in the group stage.
Haifa had to get past Olympiacos and FK Crvena Zvezda through the Qualifiers to ensure their place in this round.
The returnees have plenty to look forward and mustn’t add much pressure on themselves to deliver.
They head into this after a 2-1 league win over Hapoel Beer Sheva in the Ligat HaAl. With that win, they stay 2nd in the table with 9 points from 3 matches.
Maccabi are on a three-match winning run and are confident ahead of the tough UCL group stage, where they hope to impress.
Form Guide
Benfica: WWWWW
Maccabi Haifa: WWWDW
Last Matches of both teams:
Benfica 2-1 Vizela
Hapoel Beer Sheva 1-2 Maccabi Haifa
✅ Mission Completed#יאללהמכבי pic.twitter.com/1gpfkTIb2C
— Maccabi Haifa FC (@mhfootballclub) September 3, 2022
Where to watch the live stream and broadcast of Benfica vs Maccabi in India?
The match will be streamed on Sony LIV and Jio TV App.
Team News
Victor, Draxler and Verissimo are out for the Portuguese side due to muscle and knee injuries respectively. Maccabi has no such concerns and travelled with a fit squad for this one.
Benfica possible 11:
Vlachodimos, Junior, Morato, Otamendi, Grimaldo, Luis, Fernandez, Neres, Silva, Mario and Ramos
@ChampionsLeague mode 🔛🆑#SLBMAC #UCL pic.twitter.com/1OuMb5oP4w
— SL Benfica (@slbenfica_en) September 5, 2022
Maccabi Haifa possible 11:
Cohen, Cornud, Arad, Goldberg, Sundgren, Mohamed, Lavi, David, Chery, Atzili and Pierrot
Prediction: Benfica 2-0 Maccabi
We expect a home win on MD 1 for the Portuguese side, as they are the more experienced and in-form side.
Maccabi will take some time on return to this stage after more than a decade’s absence and are expected to take some learnings from this.
Players to watch out for: Silva, Grimaldo, Chery and Lavi.
