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Lyon Women - Benfica Women
UEFA Women's Champions League - Stade Municipal de Gerland
3rd Round
Lyon take a narrow 2-1 lead into the second leg of their Champions League tie with Benfica on Wednesday, and we're bringing you our predictions for the game.
Ada Hegerberg had a couple of recent seasons ruined by injury but Lyon's Norwegian attacker is back and the Benfica defence will no doubt be worried. However, the Portuguese side have a top striker of their own in the form of Marie-Yasmine Alidou who has scored eight times in the Champions League this season so it's going to be interesting to see how both perform in this game and you can find all our goalscoring tips for this game, and more, in our betting insights area.
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Lyon vs Benfica Women predictions: Possible goal-fest on the cards
🔥 Hot Tip
Over 3.5 Goals
⚽ Correct Score prediction
Lyon 4-1 Benfica
💥 Both Teams to Score predictions
BTTS
Key Stats
- Two of the last three meetings between these two clubs have featured over 3.5 goals, and four of Lyon and three of Benfica's last six outings have also produced at least four goals.
- Lyon have won five of their last six matches in all competitions and have scored at least four goals in two of their last three outings, while Benfica have found the back of the net in each of their last six matches.
- Both teams scored when these two sides met in the first leg and we're predicting more of the same on Wednesday night as four of Benfica's and three of Lyon's last six matches have also ended with both teams scoring.
Pre-game odds and win probability: Lyon the heavy favourite
- HOME: 1/5 (1.20) – 83.3%
- DRAW: 13/2 (7.50) – 13.3%
- AWAY: 14/1 (15.00) – 6.7%
*odds from Ladbrokes, subject to change
Lyon are the expected winners of this game with a probability of 83.3%, and we can't argue with the bookmakers on this selection.
Lyon are in good form right now with five wins and a draw from their last six matches, smashing Lille 7-0 in their last game, while Benfica's only defeat in their last six games came against Lyon with the Portuguese side bouncing back after that loss with a 4-1 home win against Braga.
For more football betting tips on the game, check out the Anytime Goalscorer market. Ada Hegerberg and Eugenie Le Sommer are the joint-favourite to score in this game with both priced at 10/11 (1.91) which has a probability of 52.4%.
Last five H2Hs: Lyon dominte
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Lyon have won each of their three previous encounters with Benfica the most recent of which being via a 2-1 scoreline thanks to goals from Cascarino and Dabritz.
Team news and form guide
Lyon: Enjoying an unbeaten run
We're backing Lyon to go with the same starting eleven that won 2-1 in Portugal last week, though, Damaris Egurrola and Melchie Dumornay were both introduced into the first leg early in the second half and will be hoping to have done enough to earn a starting role on Wednesday.
Predicted lineup: Endler (GK), Mbock, Carpenter, Bacha, Gilles, Horan, Majri, Däbritz, Le Sommer, Diani & Cascarino
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Arsenal Women
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Lyon Women
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Nantes Women
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Lyon Women
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Arsenal Women
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Lyon Women
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Paris FC Women
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Lyon Women
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FC Fleury 91 Women
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Lyon Women
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Benfica: Have it all to do in Lyon
Nycole Raysla picked up an injury in the first leg against Lyon, being replaced by Canada's Chandra Davidson after just 16 minutes, so that is the only change we are expecting ahead of the second leg.
Predicted lineup: Pauels (GK), Costa, Alves, Gasper, Araújo, Faria, Ucheibe, Alidou, Falcón, Davidson & Nazareth
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Sporting Women
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Sporting Women
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Benfica Women
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Sporting Women
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Benfica Women
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Hammarby Women
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Hammarby Women
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Player to watch – Ada Hegerberg
Lyon's Ada Hegerberg is scoring goals for fun once again after only making 21 league appearances for the French club in the last three seasons.
Hegerberg has netted 12 times in 14 league games this season as well as joint-top scoring in the Champions League for Lyon with five goals.
Lyon's Norwegian striker is back to her very best this season
We're backing Hegerberg to lead by example on Wednesday night, scoring the goals to secure Lyon safe passage into the next round of the Champion League.
