September 6th features a match where Benfica and Maccabi Haifa will play a match in Lisboa in a clash of the Champions League. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy but warm day with daytime temperatures of 20 degrees, which is great football weather. Benfica is fresh off their 2-1 win against Vizela. Milutin Osmajic struck first for Vizela in the 20th minute, but David Neres got the equalizer for Benfica in the 76th minute Finally they completed the comback victory in the 102nd minute on a penalty goal by João Mário to cap off a wild match. With 20 points in their last 10 matches Benfica should be reasonably happy with their performance, while maccabi Haifa is fresh off their 1-0 shutout win against Bnei Sakhnin. Sean Goldberg struck first for Maccabi Haifa in the 67th minute, and that single goal was all that was necessary as neither team could manage any more scoring At the end of 90 a dissapointed Bnei Sakhnin couldn’t manage to score, and Maccabi Haifa took the shutout win. Maccabi Haifa is looking for direction having earned 14 points in their last 10 matches.
This will be the first match for these two teams against eachother this season.
Omer Atzili has been the most prolific scorer on Maccabi Haifa in the last 5 matches with 3 goals. Benfica is glad to have João Mário in top form. In the last five matches the midfielder has scored 4 goals.