Clubs going in different directions will meet up in Group H play in the 2022 UEFA Champions League on Wednesday on Paramount+. Benfica have surged to the top of the Liga Portugal table with six wins to open the season. The Portuguese side also got off to a fast start in Champions League play, beating Maccabi Haifa 2-0 last Tuesday. Juventus, meanwhile, are struggling, entering this matchup as the eighth-place team in the Italian Serie A table and coming off a group stage loss to PSG last week. You can see what happens when you stream the match now on Paramount+.
Kickoff is set for 3 p.m. ET. The latest Juventus vs. Benfica odds from Caesars Sportsbook list Juventus as the +119 favorites (risk $100 to win $119) on the 90-minute money line, with Benfica the +225 underdogs. A draw is priced at +245 and the over/under for total goals scored is 2.5. Wednesday's match will be streamed live on Paramount+ with their must-have Premium plan.
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How to watch Juventus vs. Benfica
- Juventus vs. Benfica date: Wednesday, September 14
- Juventus vs. Benfica time: 3 p.m. ET
- Juventus vs. Benfica live stream: Paramount+
UEFA Champions League picks for Benfica vs. Juventus
Before turning into Wednesday's match, you need to see the UEFA Champions League picks from soccer insider Mike Goodman. A soccer editor for CBS Sports, Goodman is at the forefront of the advanced statistics and analytics movement in soccer, with eight years of experience working with cutting-edge predictive statistical analysis. Among his credits are work for FiveThirtyEight and StatsBomb, and he has immense experience diving deep into the analytics involved in dissecting the sport.
For Juventus vs. Benfica, Goodman is calling for the Under 2.5 total goals to hit, which pays out -125 at Caesars.
Goodman notes that Juventus have a plus-five goal differential in Serie A play, but the deeper numbers indicate that the number might be misleading. Their xG, or expected goals, is only plus-0.2, and Goodman points largely to Juventus's struggles setting up striker Dusan Vlahovic with quality looks.
"Vlahovic can create mediocre shots for himself, or he can have others create for him and right now nobody is creating anything," Goodman told SportsLine.
While Benfica are handling business in Liga Portugal, this is a clear step up in competition. That should lead to a "particularly slow scoring affair" that Goodman believes results in the Under hitting. Stream the match now here.
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