Published on Jan 28, 2025
Thiago Motta's Juventus are still in the race to end up in the top eight of the UEFA Champions League's standings, but will need to win against Benfica and also hope for some results on the different matches around Europe. With a defeat, Benfica are seriously risking to lose a spot in the next phase and the game in Turin is crucial for them. Juventus are currently 17th in the table with 12 points, while the guests are sitting 21th with 10 points after seven matches. Here's our storylines, how you can watch the match and more:
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League phase so farThiago Motta's side had a consistent start of the campaign with three wins, three draws and only one home defat against Stuttgart in the League Phase. The Bianconeri were able to beat Manchester City at home while Benfica come from an incredible and disappointing 5-4 home defeat against FC Barcelona and desperately need an away win against Juventus to access the knockout stages.
Team newsJuventus: While new signing Kolo Muani is not available as he's not in the list this January after arriving from PSG, Thiago Motta is unlikely to name Serbian striker Dusan Vlahovic in the starting eleven and former Fiorentina Nico Gonzalez should replace him in the attack.
Possible Juventus XI: Di Gregorio; McKennie, Kalulu, Gatti, Cambiaso; Luiz, Thuram; Yildiz, Koopmeiners, Mbangula; Gonzalez.
Benfica: Argentinian winger Angel Di Maria will make his comeback in Turin, manager Bruno Lage will deal with the absences of Tiago Gouveia and Renato Sanches while both Alvaro Carreras and Arthur Cabral are suspended.
Possible Benfica XI: Trubin; Araujo, Otamendi, Silva, Bah; Aursnes, Luis; Di Maria, Kokcu, Schjelderup; Pavlidis.
PredictionBenfica need to avoid a defeat but playing Juventus away won't be an easy task for them. Pick: Juventus 1, Benfica 1.
Matchday 8 TV scheduleAll times Eastern
WEDNESDAY, JAN. 29 TIME HOW TO WATCHUEFA Champions League Today pre-match
2 p.m.
Paramount+, CBS Sports Golazo Network
The Golazo Show
3 p.m.
Paramount+
Aston Villa vs. Celtic
3 p.m.
Paramount+
FC Barcelona vs. Atalanta
3 p.m.
Paramount+
Bayern Munich vs. Slavon Bratislava
3 p.m.
Paramount+
Brest vs. Real Madrid
3 p.m.
Paramount+
Dinamo Zagreb vs. AC Milan
3 p.m.
Paramount+
Borussia Dortmund vs. Shakhtar Donetsk
3 p.m.
Paramount+
Girona vs. Arsenal
3 p.m.
Paramount+
Inter vs. AS Monaco 3 p.m. Paramount+ Juventus vs. Benfica 3 p.m. Paramount+ Bayer Leverkusen vs. Sparta Prague 3 p.m. Paramount+ Manchester City vs. Club Brugge 3 p.m. Paramount+ Lille vs. Feyenoord 3 p.m. Paramount+ PSV vs. Liverpool 3 p.m. Paramount+ RB Salzburg vs. Atletico Madrid 3 p.m. Paramount+ Sporting CP vs. Bologna 3 p.m. Paramount+ Stuttgart vs. PSG 3 p.m. Paramount+ Sturm Graz vs. RB Leipzig 3 p.m. Paramount+ Young Boys vs. Crvena Zvezda 3 p.m. Paramount+UEFA Champions League Today post-match
5 p.m.
Paramount+, CBS Sports Golazo Network
Scoreline
6 p.m.
CBS Sports Golazo Network
The Champions Club
7 p.m.
CBS Sports Golazo Network
StandingsKey: Positions 1-8 qualify for Round of 16 while positions 9-24 qualify for Knockout Phase Play-Offs and positions 25-36 are eliminated.
Pos Team GP W D L GF GA GD PTS 1 Liverpool 7 7 0 0 15 2 +13 21 2 Barcelona 7 6 0 1 26 11 +15 18 3 Arsenal 7 5 1 1 14 2 +12 16 4 Inter 7 5 1 1 8 1 +7 16 5 Atletico Madrid 7 5 0 2 16 11 +5 15 6 AC Milan 7 5 0 2 13 9 +4 15 7 Atalanta 7 4 2 1 18 4 +14 14 8 Bayer Leverkusen 7 4 1 2 13 7 +6 13 9 Aston Villa 7 4 1 2 9 4 +5 13 10 AS Monaco 7 4 1 2 13 10 +3 13 11 Feyenoord 7 4 1 2 17 15 +2 13 12 Lille 7 4 1 2 11 9 +2 13 13 Brest 7 4 1 2 10 8 +2 13 14 Borussia Dortmund 7 4 0 3 19 1 +8 12 15 Bayern Munich 7 4 0 3 17 11 +6 12 16 Real Madrid 7 4 0 3 17 12 +5 12 17 Juventus 7 3 3 1 9 5 +4 12 18 Celtic 7 3 3 1 11 10 +1 12 19 PSV 7 3 3 1 11 10 +1 12 20 Club Brugge 7 3 2 2 6 8 -2 11 21 Benfica 7 3 1 3 14 12 +2 10 22 PSG 7 3 1 3 10 8 +2 10 23 Sporting CP 7 3 1 3 12 11 +1 10 24 Stuttgart 7 3 1 3 12 13 -1 10 25 Manchester City 7 2 2 3 15 13 +2 8 26 Dinamo Zagreb 7 2 2 3 10 18 -8 8 27 Shakhtar Donetsk 7 2 1 4 7 13 -6 7 28 Bologna 7 1 2 4 3 8 -5 5 29 Sparta Prague 7 1 1 5 7 19 -12 4 30 RB Leipzig 7 1 0 6 8 14 -6 3 31 Girona 7 1 0 6 4 11 -7 3 32 Crvena Zvezda 7 1 0 6 12 22 -10 3 33 Sturm Graz 7 1 0 6 4 14 -10 3 34 RB Salzburg 7 1 0 6 4 23 -19 3 35 Slovan Bratislava 7 0 0 7 6 24 -18 0 36 Young Boys 7 0 0 7 3 23 -20Receive regular soccer updates about our products, special offers and more!
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