Benfica vs Auckland City: betting tip for the match of the club World Cup

Current form

Benfica found themselves in a rather difficult group at the Club World Cup, along with Bayern Munich, Boca Juniors and Auckland City. Nevertheless, in such a company, Bruno Lajer's team was still considered a clear contender for the second place in the playoffs, inferior in class to Bayern, but having a serious advantage over Boca Juniors in terms of player selection. However, this superiority could not be fully realized in the first round – a 2-2 draw with the Genoese leaves no room for error today.

Disqualifications and injuries

Belotti is disqualified. Araujo, Ba and Silva are injured.

Interesting betting trends

• Benfica has not won in the last four matches – four draws.
• Benfica have conceded in the last five matches.

Approximate line—up: Trubin — Carreras, Otamendi, Silva — Santos, Kekciu, Florentino, Dal Di Maria, Pavlidis, Bruma.

Current form

Auckland City approached the club World Cup as the main outsider – there are enough players in the New Zealanders for whom football is not their main profession. Obviously, under such circumstances, it was almost impossible to seriously count on even the third place, especially since Paul Pose's team was frankly unlucky with the draw. In the first round, Auckland City met with Bayern and suffered a crushing fiasco – a 0-10 defeat sent the New Zealanders to the last place in the group, from where, apparently, they will not be able to get out.

Disqualifications and injuries

Auckland City has no problems with the squad.

Interesting betting trends

• In the last nine matches, Auckland City has suffered only one defeat.
• In 28 of the last 29 matches, Auckland City has scored

Approximate composition: Tracy — Murati, Mitchell, Heyer, Boxall, Lobo — Yu, Ilich, Garriga, Manikum — Bivan.