Rangers FC – SL Benfica: each team scores a goal and more than 2.5 goals in a match

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March 14, 2024

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Our pick: Rangers FC – SL Benfica: each team will score and more than 2.5 goals in the match

14.03.2024 18:45

Three mutual games since 2020, three wild draws and 14 goals in total! These rivals’ matches are entertaining, they split amicably 2-2 in Lisbon a week ago and their promotion chances are more or less fifty-fifty.

Rangers have twice led, Benfica have twice equalised, the first time from a strictly-ordered penalty for a handball, the second time thanks to an own goal, and they are also tied 2-2 in their duels. Both teams played offensively, getting into the end zone often, the Eagles produced 25 shots (5 on target) and 14 corners last Thursday. The Scots needed two fewer scoring chances, but the Eagles’ defence has confirmed its woes in recent weeks, conceding ten goals in four games, with the 0-5 debacle at Porto particularly notable.

At Ibrox Park, backed by a sell-out crowd, Rangers will be even stronger and bolder. They are on a nine game unbeaten streak in the Europa League and against their Portuguese opponents they have a record of 8 wins and 3 draws from their last eleven encounters there. Benfica and especially their coach Roger Schmidt are under a lot of pressure. They crashed out of the Champions League in the autumn, they are not doing well in the Portuguese league and the fans are sending the German coach away with the message that no one is more than Benfica.

What to bet on:

Ibrox will witness another intense battle between these rivals in which goals will fall. Both teams will score and at least three will be produced again.

Confidence:

7/10

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