Champions League

Champions League | Group Stage

Nov 2, 2022 at 8pm UK

Kiryat Eliezer

Maccabi Haifa
1 - 6
Benfica

Chery (26' pen.)

FT(HT: 1-1)

Ramos (20'), Musa (59'), Grimaldo (69'), Silva (73'), Araujo (88'), Mario (90+2')

The Match

Match Report

Benfica claim first position in Champions League Group H ahead of Paris Saint-Germain courtesy of a 6-1 victory over Maccabi Haifa.

Preview

Sports Mole previews Wednesday's Champions League clash between Maccabi Haifa and Benfica, including predictions, team news and possible lineups.

Form, Standings, Stats

Maccabi Haifa

Last Game: PSG 7-2 Maccabi Haifa
Tuesday, October 25 at 8pm in Champions League

Benfica

All competitions

Champions League

Last Game: Benfica 5-0 Chaves
Saturday, October 29 at 6pm in Primeira Liga

Goals
for

Top scorers

Data Analysis

Our analysis of all available data, including recent performances and player stats up until an hour before kickoff, suggested the most likely outcome of this match was a Benfica win with a probability of 59.5%. A draw had a probability of 25.5% and a win for Maccabi Haifa had a probability of 15.04%.

The most likely scoreline for a Benfica win was 0-1 with a probability of 17.58%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 0-2 (13.56%) and 1-2 (8.53%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 0-0 (11.39%), while for a Maccabi Haifa win it was 1-0 (7.17%). The actual scoreline of 1-6 was predicted with a 0.1% likelihood. Our team at Sports Mole and our data analysis both correctly predicted that Benfica would win this match.

Result
Maccabi Haifa	Draw	Benfica
15.04% ( 0)	25.45% ( -0.09)	59.5% ( 0.09)

Both teams to score 36.71% (

0.2)

Goals

Over 2.5

Under 2.5

36.97% (

0.27)

63.03% (

-0.27)

Over 3.5

Under 3.5

17.51% (

0.19)

82.49% (

-0.2)

Maccabi Haifa Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

46.69% (

0.16)

53.3% (

-0.16)

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

13.16% (

0.1)

86.84% (

-0.1)

Benfica Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

78.62% (

0.15)

21.38% (

-0.15)

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

45.63% (

0.23)

54.37% (

-0.23)

Score Analysis

Maccabi Haifa 15.04%

Benfica 59.5%

Draw 25.44%

Maccabi Haifa	Draw	Benfica
1-0 @ 7.17% ( -0.04) 2-1 @ 3.48% ( 0.02) 2-0 @ 2.26% ( -0) Other @ 2.14% Total : 15.04%	0-0 @ 11.39% ( -0.12) 1-1 @ 11.06% 2-2 @ 2.68% ( 0.02) Other @ 0.31% Total : 25.44%	0-1 @ 17.58% ( -0.09) 0-2 @ 13.56% ( -0.01) 1-2 @ 8.53% ( 0.03) 0-3 @ 6.97% ( 0.02) 1-3 @ 4.39% ( 0.04) 0-4 @ 2.69% ( 0.02) 1-4 @ 1.69% ( 0.02) 2-3 @ 1.38% ( 0.02) Other @ 2.71% Total : 59.5%