Benfica is set to meet Real Madrid on Wednesday, Feb. 25 in the Champions League. The game at Santiago Bernabeu starts at 3 p.m. ET.
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Real Madrid to win vs Benfica -221
Real Madrid vs. Benfica Odds & Favorites
- Favorite: Real Madrid (-221)
- Underdog: Benfica (+490)
- Over/under: 3.5
Real Madrid vs. Benfica Betting Insights
- In LaLiga, Real Madrid has put up 75 goals in 38 matches (first in league), and Benfica has allowed 20 in 34 Primeira Liga matches (second).
- Real Madrid has been favored on the moneyline 36 times this LaLiga season, and has finished 24-6-6 in those games.
- Real Madrid has a 14-2-1 record (winning 82.4% of its LaLiga games) when it has played as a moneyline favorite of -221 or shorter.
- Based on this matchup’s moneyline, Real Madrid has an implied win probability of 68.8%.
- Offensively, Benfica is first in the Primeira Liga (82 goals, 2.4 per match). And defensively, Real Madrid is fourth in LaLiga (36 goals conceded, 0.9 per match).
- Benfica won the only Primeira Liga game it has played as an underdog this season.
- Benfica has not been a bigger underdog this season in the Primeira Liga than the +490 moneyline set for this game.
- The implied probability of a win by Benfica, based on the moneyline, is 16.9%.
- In 12 of 38 LaLiga matches this season, Real Madrid and its opponent have combined for more than 3.5 goals.
- Benfica has played 12 Primeira Liga games this season that ended with over 3.5 goals.
Real Madrid vs. Benfica Champions League Betting Insights
- In the Champions League, Real Madrid scores 2.4 goals per match and Benfica concedes 1.0.
- Thus far in Champions League play, Real Madrid has gone 6-0-1 in seven matches as a favorite.
- Real Madrid (-221) has been at least this big a favorite in four Champions League games, and won every time.
- Benfica scores 1.2 goals per match in Champions League play, and Real Madrid gives up 1.3.
- Benfica has been the underdog in five Champions League matches, and won once.
- Benfica has not been a +490 underdog or greater in Champions League play.
- In four games in Champions League action, Real Madrid and its opponent have combined to score more than 3.5 goals.
- Benfica Champions League games have finished with over 3.5 goals only two times.
Real Madrid vs. Benfica Offensive Leaders
Real Madrid Offensive Leaders
- Rodrygo has taken a team-high 59 shots (seventh in league) for Real Madrid in LaLiga, and scored nine goals.
- Real Madrid’s Vinicius Junior has taken 56 shots in LaLiga, and he has 10 goals.
- Real Madrid’s primary playmaker is Junior as well — he also leads the team with 58 chances created, and has nine assists.
Benfica Offensive Leaders
- Benfica’s Rafa Silva has 35 Primeira Liga shots (20th in league) and eight goals (12th) this season.
- In 28 Primeira Liga matches, Fredrik Aursnes has 17 shots and two goals.
- Silva also has five assists, and is tops on Benfica in chances created with (first in league, per game).
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