Juventus vs Benfica Prediction, Odds and Picks for Wednesday, 01/29/25

Benfica sustained a gut-punching 5-4 defeat to Barcelona last week but their final match of the league phase should be less eventful when they make the trip to Juventus. The Portuguese club led Barcelona 4-2 until the 78th minute, only for the Spanish giants to complete a remarkable turnaround with an equalizer in the 86th minute and a winner in the 94th. The good news for Benfica fans, however, is that they are still on course to finish in the 9th-24th positions, as are Juventus, and there could be little between the teams in Turin.

Juve have been tie specialists in Serie A this season, posting stalemates in 13 of their 22 league games and only suffering their first league loss of the season against Napoli last weekend. It has been a similar story in the Champions League, in which they have lost just 1 of their 7 games, tying three. They are almost guaranteed a place in the knockout-round playoffs and this could make for a bit of a dead rubber given that Juventus are solid but unspectacular anyway.