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UEFA Europa League · Round 1 · Wed 16 Sep, 19:00

Pre-match prediction

44%
26%
30%
AC Milan 44% Draw 26% 30% Benfica

Based on the confirmed starting lineups, not just each club's overall record.

Expected goals
1.66 – 1.19
Over 2.5 goals
54%
Both teams to score
57%
Model confidence
normal

Most likely scorelines

1-1 12% 2-1 9% 1-0 9% 2-0 8% 1-2 7%

Lineups

Reference only — not used by the prediction model. Positions (LB/CB/RB etc.) are a best-effort guess from the source's own left-to-right player order, not a confirmed tactical slot.

Benfica 4-2-3-1
1
Trubin GK
34
Karouani LB
3
Circati CB
44
Araújo CB
58
Banjaqui RB
36
Palhinha CDM
8
Aursnes CDM
13
Kamiński LW
10
Sudakov CAM
11
Lukebakio RW
22
Durán ST
16
Maignan GK
1779
31
Pavlović CB
1548
5
Winter CB
1550
42
Terracciano CB
1492
33
Bartesaghi LM
1553
30
Jashari CM
80
Musah CM
1489
21
Chukwueze RM
1533
70
Cissè LW
1517
20
Hutchinson ST
9
Ramos RW
1524
AC Milan 3-4-2-1

AC Milan · Bench

Lorenzo Torriani, Fikayo Tomori, Mario Gila, Matteo Gabbia, Pervis Estupiñán, Ruben Loftus-Cheek, Adrien Rabiot, Luka Modrić, Diego Moreira, Alexis Saelemaekers, Christian Pulišić, Francesco Camarda

Benfica · Bench

Samuel Soares, Clément Lenglet, Samuel Dahl, Enzo Barrenechea, Manu Silva, Leandro Barreiro, Andreas Schjelderup, Gianluca Prestianni, Rafa Silva, Claudio Echeverri, Vangelis Pavlidis, Anísio Cabral

Head-to-head

News

No recent news mentioning either team in our sources.