- 勒沃库森在过去的七场德甲和欧冠比赛中赢了四场，平了一场，输了两场
- 本菲卡在预选赛中苦苦挣扎后，输掉了所有三场联赛阶段的比赛
- 本赛季，亚历克斯·格里马尔多在13场比赛中打入7球，助攻4球
冠军联赛级别超越本菲卡
本菲卡本赛季未能达到要求的水平；周三，勒沃库森队将造访卢兹球场，这场比赛可能会在联赛阶段遭遇连续第四场失利。
何塞·穆里尼奥在主场以3比2输给卡拉巴格的尴尬失利后接管了球队几天，在随后以1比0和3比0输给切尔西和纽卡斯尔的比赛中，他们一直未能扭转颓势。
但他们已经连续赢得了三场国内比赛，没有失球，勒沃库森也不会轻易赢得本赛季的第一场欧洲胜利。Kasper Hjulmand；中国男篮在前两场比赛中与哥本哈根和埃因霍温战平，但在主场以7比2惨败巴黎圣日耳曼的耻辱性比赛中，他们处于领先地位。
格里马尔多回到了他的旧地
双方似乎都不太可能在本赛季走得太远；勒沃库森至少有一些令人印象深刻的进攻球员；包括前本菲卡球星亚历克斯·格里马尔多。本赛季，在被推到进攻型中场后，他在13场比赛中攻入7球，助攻4球。
帕特里克·希克有可能回到一线，格里马尔多提供子弹，勒沃库森看起来很有能力在对阵节奏非常缓慢的本菲卡队的比赛中得分。
在平局无赌注市场上支持客队对穆里尼奥的信心；虽然勒沃库森队在本场比赛中的第一分很低，但他们已经进了太多的球，不能被视为一个可靠的赌注。
- Bayer Leverkusen have won four, drawn one and lost two of their last seven Bundesliga and Champions League games
- Benfica have lost all three league phase games after struggling through the qualifiers
- Alex Grimaldo has scored seven and assisted four goals in 13 appearances this season
Champions League level looks beyond Benfica
Benfica have not been able to meet the required level in this season’s Champions League and could fall to a fourth straight league phase defeat when Bayer Leverkusen visit Estadio da Luz on Wednesday.
Jose Mourinho took over a couple of days after their embarassing 3-2 home defeat to Qarabag and has not been able to turn their ailing fortunes around in subsequent 1-0 and 3-0 defeats against Chelsea and Newcastle.
But they have won three domestic games in a row without conceding and will not make it easy for Leverkusen to bag their first European win of the campaign. Kasper Hjulmand’s men scrapped out draws against Copenhagen and PSV Eindhoven in their first two games before a humiliating 7-2 home defeat against Paris Saint-Germain put them in their place.
Grimaldo goes back to his old stomping ground
Neither side looks likely to go far in this season’s competition, but Leverkusen at least have some impressive attacking players – including ex-Benfica star Alex Grimaldo. He has scored seven and assisted four goals in 13 appearances this season after being pushed into an attacking midfield role.
With Patrick Schick potentially back to lead the line and Grimaldo providing the bullets, Leverkusen look well equipped to score against a very one-paced Benfica side.
Back the visitors in the draw no bet market as confidence in Mourinho’s men getting their first point of the campaign is low, but Leverkusen have let too many goals in for them to be considered a solid punt.
