Match without favorites in the Champions League

If anyone wants to describe today’s program at Champions Leaguethe words representing the two games are “match without favourites».

On the one hand Dortmund host Chelsea and on the other hand the surprise of this year’s event Brugge hosts Benfica.

The Belgians who played in the groups with another Portuguese team, now fell to the “eagles” of Lisbon, aiming to make another surprise in the Champions League. Scott Parker’s team had managed to win 4-0 in Portugal, but were defeated by the exact same score by Sergio Conceição’s “dragons”. Now it is a question of what will happen against another traditional power from the Iberian Peninsula.

For its part, Benfica has played a total of 21 matches against Belgian teams in its history, having a record of 12 wins, 5 draws and 4 losses with a goal score of 34-19. The last time they had faced Standard Liège, which they had beaten 3-0 at home and the away game had been 2-2.

The Dortmund-Chelseanow, is one of the big pairs of the “16” phase of the competition, even more so if we consider that the two teams are not leading in their championships compared to previous years.

The possible lineups

Bruges-Benfica

Bruges (4-3-3): Mignolet – Mata, Hendry, Mechele, Meyer – Rich, Vanaken, Onyendika – Buchanan, Yaremchuk (Jutgla), Lanch

Benfica (4-2-3-1): Vlahodemos – Ba, Otamendi, Silva, Grimaldo – Ciquinho, Florentino – Oursnes, Rafa Silva, Joao Mario – Ramos

Dortmund-Chelsea

Dortmund (4-1-4-1): Kobel – Ryerson, Gilles, N. Sloterbeck, Guerreiro – Chan – Brandt, Bellingham, Roiz, Antegemi – Ale

Chelsea (4-3-3): Kepa – James, T. Silva, Chalobah, Chilwell – Mount, Fernandes, Kovacic (Loftus-Cheek) – Mudric, Felix, Havertz