We have reached the final round of matches in the 2020/21 UEFA Europa League group stages. We already know the two teams who will progress to the Round of 32 in Group D but top spot is still up for grabs.
Benfica is one of the two teams who could win the group and they travel to Belgium to take on Standard Liège at the Stade Maurice Dufrasne.
Standard Liège come into the game having been held to a 2-2 draw at home against Mechelen in the Belgian First Division on the weekend.
That result leaves them in 5th place in the table and Standard Liège have recorded just a single victory in their last 7 matches in all competitions.
The win came at home in the Europa League against Polish club Lech Poznan and is their only victory in the Europa League group stages to date.
Standard Liège have recorded just a single victory in their last 5 Europa League games. They have lost each of the other 4 matches, including a 2-0 home defeat at the hands of Glasgow Rangers.
Home form shows Standard Liège are undefeated in their last 4 games in all competitions. In terms of the Europa League, Standard Liège have proven difficult to beat on home soil and have lost only one of their last 16 home matches in the competition.
Trends show both teams have scored in 9 of Standard Liège’s last 12 Europa League games and they have scored 2 or more goals in 6 of their 8 most recent home matches in the competition.
Benfica travel to Belgium knowing they need to record a victory to have a good chance of winning the group but also a draw may be enough depending on the other result.
The Portuguese club come into the match having defeated Paços de Ferreira 2-1 at home in the Primeira Division on the weekend.
That result means Benfica are undefeated in their last 5 games in all competitions, including a win at home over Lech Poznan and a draw away at Glasgow Rangers in the Europa League.
Benfica are enjoying a run of 6 Europa League matches without defeat and are yet to lose a game in the group this season. Trends show there have been over 2.5 goals in each of the last 7 Europa League matches involving Benfica.
Team news and Standard Liège will be without Zinho Vanheusden who is injured. They also have doubts over the fitness of Selim Amallah.
Benfica have only one player who will definitely miss the match, with Andre Almeida out for the remainder of the season. Jean-Clair Todibo is a doubt.
We expect to see plenty of goals in this game and it should be entertaining to watch. It would not be a surprise to see both teams find the back of the net, perhaps on more than one occasion, and for the game to end in a draw.
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