Portuguese Champions Benfica travel to German side Bayer Leverkusen in Group C of the Champions League tonight.
Bayer Leverkusen have been in mixed form so far this season, they currently occupy 3rd place in the German Bundesliga but have only won 1 of their last 6 games in all competitions. Leverkusen suffered defeat In their opening Champions League game, going down 1-0 to French side Monaco. The Germans will be without Kyriakos Papadopoulos, Julian Brandt and Simon Rolfes tonight through injury.
Portuguese Champions Benfica come into tonights game in great form, they're top of their domestic league with 5 wins and a draw from 6 games. However Benfica suffered defeat in their opening game of the Champions League, losing 2-0 at home to Russian side Zenit St Petersburgh. Goalkeeper Artur Moraes was sent off in that defeat and is ineligible to play this evening.
This will be a tight group with 4 evenly matched teams in Bayer Leverkusen, Benfica, Zenit and Monaco. This put a impotence on these 2 sides to get a victory tonight after losing their opening games, so expect a tight affair.
Prediction: Bayer Leverkusen 1 - 1 Benfica.