Monaco vs Benfica Predictions

• Monaco have lost three of their last four Champions League ties.
• Benfica have won three of their four Champions League away games this season.
• Vangelis Pavlidis has scored seven goals in his last four starts

Eagles can fly high in Monaco

A late comeback Barcelona comeback resigned Benfica to defeat in their final league phase game of the Champions League but they may be able to pull off a first-leg upset when they visit Monaco on Wednesday night.

The Portuguese side beat Wednesday’s opponents 3-2 at Stade Louis II back in November and head back to Monte Carlo on a three-match winning streak, while Les Rouge et Blanc have dropped off the boil a bit.

The hosts lost 4-1 at PSG on Friday night and were beaten 3-0 against Inter Milan in their final Champions League league phase game, making it three defeats from their final four matches in the competition.

Benfica, who won three of their four away games in this competition, look a good price to upset the odds, and a repeat of their 2-1 win in Belgrade in September could be the correct score play.

Vangelis Pavlidis is a great option to score anytime, too, with the Greece international registering five goals in this competition already. He scored against Monaco earlier this season and has seven goals and two assists from his last four starts in all competitions.