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Benfica v Auckland City FC match preview
Benfica take on New Zealand amateurs Auckland looking for a first win at the Club World Cup.
The Portuguese giants drew with Boca Juniors in a classic opening game while Auckland were thumped mercilessly by Bayern Munich.
Unsurprisingly these two sides have never met before.
Benfica have only failed to score once in 2025, and that was against Barcelona. So the scoreboard could be kept busy once again.
Benfica v Auckland City FC team news
Benfica forward Andrea Belotti was shown a red card against Boca so will miss out for Bruno Lage’s side.
What did VAR see?
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Orkun Kokcu came on in the opening game but has strapping on his leg so may be rested for the final game against Bayern.
Auckland have no fresh injury concerns as they hope that striker Myer Bevan can conjure something up for them.
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Benfica v Auckland City FC expected line-ups
Benfica: Trubin; Dahl, A. Silva, Otamendi, Carreras; Aursnes, Luis, Sanches; Akturkoglu, Pavlidis, Schjelderup
Auckland: Tracey; Murati, Boxall, Den Heijer, Mitchell, Lobo; De Vries, Garriga, Ilich, Manickum; Bevan
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Prediction
Bayern hit double figures against the Kiwis and while Benfica don’t possess that sort of firepower it could still be a relative walk in the park.
Benfica 4-0 Auckland
