Benfica prepared really well this season. They bought Rui Pedro Braz as sports director and he was the main responsible for the transfers of Joao Mario (free), Yaremchuk and Meite. Their last match against Moreirense they rotated almost the whole team because the coach Jorge Jesus said that the Champions League is more important for now. Even with the rotation Benfica made an incredible game, they were winning 2-0, but then Diogo Gonçalves got red card and it complicated the rest of the match and then they ended the game defending the result. In the first hand against Spartak, Benfica was so much better than them, creating a lot of goal chances. For this game they will play at home, with 20.000 spectators at Estadio da Luz. They are leading 2-0 at home, but the coach Jorge Jesus is not a defensive coach, speciality because he will play against Rui Vitoria, his biggest rival since they were on Sporting and Benfica, respectively. He will try to smash Spartak and win by 4 if possible. I really think that Spartak will have no chances to stop the fast counters of Rafa, Gonçalo Ramos and Diogo Gonçalves.

Probable line-up: Odysseas; Diogo Gonçalves - Lucas Verissimo - Otamendi - Vertonghen - Grimaldo; Weigl - Joao Mario - Pizzi; Rafa and Gonçalo Ramos.

Spartak made an incredible pre-season with the new coach Rui Vitoria, but when the season started everything has changed. They started the season with a loss and then won the 2nd league game, but didn't deserve to. They scored the last goal by penalty. After that game they received Benfica and lost 2-0 at home and were completely dominated and the doubts started to arise under Rui Vitoria. When he joined the team he was contested by the big majority of supporters but after that loss against Benfica even more. In the halftime of Spartak vs Benfica happened an unusual story, the sports director of Spartak resigned because the president didn't accept to buy Gonzalo Montiel, right defeder of River Plate. After the match Rui Vitoria commented that and said that the club need stability to be able to compete against Zenit internally. The most recent match, against Nizhny Novgorod, Spartak lost again at home 1-2 and I really believe that they will lose the 3rd game in a row. Their 2 best players are Promes and Moses and both will miss the game due to injuries.

Probable line-up: Maksimenko; Raaskazov - Dzhikiya - Gigot - Lucas; Kral - Zobnin - Bakaev; Larsson - Ponce - Mirzov.

本菲卡本赛季准备得非常好。他们聘请了 Rui Pedro Braz 担任体育总监，他主要负责了 Joao Mario（免费）、Yaremchuk 和 Meite 的转会。上一场对阵莫雷伦斯的比赛，他们几乎轮换了全队，因为主教练热苏斯说欧冠现在更重要。尽管本菲卡在轮换中打出了令人难以置信的比赛，他们还是以 2-​​0 获胜，但随后迪奥戈·贡萨尔维斯吃到红牌，这让比赛的其余部分变得复杂，然后他们以捍卫结果结束了比赛。在对阵斯巴达克的第一手比赛中，本菲卡比他们好得多，创造了很多进球机会。对于这场比赛，他们将在主场进行，在 Estadio da Luz 有 20.000 名观众。他们在主场2-0领先，但主教练Jorge Jesus不是保守的教练，因为他将与Rui Vitoria比赛，他分别是在Sporting和Benfica之后的最大对手。如果可能，他将尝试以 4 球的优势击败对手。我认为斯巴达克没有机会阻止拉法、贡萨洛·拉莫斯和迪奥戈·贡萨尔维斯的快速反击。

斯巴达克在新教练瑞·维多利亚的带领下完成了令人难以置信的季前赛，但当赛季开始时，一切都发生了变化。他们以一场失利开始了本赛季，然后赢得了第 2 场联赛的胜利，但比赛的结果并不合理。他们最近一个进球是一粒点球。在那场比赛之后，他们在主场0-2输给了本菲卡，对手完全占据优势，在瑞维托的带领下，疑虑开始出现。当他加入球队时，他受到了绝大多数球迷的质疑，但在输给本菲卡之后，他的质疑声更多。斯巴达对阵本菲卡的中场休息时发生了一个不寻常的故事，斯巴达的体育总监因总统不同意收购河床右后卫贡萨洛·蒙蒂尔而辞职。赛后，维多利亚评论说，俱乐部需要稳定才能在内部对抗泽尼特。最近一场对阵下诺夫哥罗德，斯巴达克在主场1-2再次失利，我认为他们会连续第3场输球。他们的 2 个最好的球员普罗姆斯和摩西，都将因伤缺席比赛。