Chelsea’s Champions League clash with Benfica has taken on added significance since the visitors brought in Jose Mourinho as their new manager.
‘The Special One’ is always assured of a warm welcome back at Stamford Bridge, but it is unlikely any such hospitality will spill over onto the pitch.
Both teams lost their opening fixtures in this competition, but it is far easier to forgive the Blues for going down 3-1 away to Bayern Munich than the Eagles for a 3-2 home defeat against Qarabag.
Looking at the Chelsea vs Benfica odds, we like a BOYLE Sports price boost of 9/4 for the hosts to prevail and both teams to score.
Betting Ods
Chelsea v Benfica Betting Odds – Champions League 2025/26
Team | Odds | Chance |
|---|---|---|
Chelsea | 6/10 | 23.1% |
Benfica | 4/1 | 61.9% |
Draw | 14/5 | 23.1% |
Chelsea are the current favourites ahead of this Champions League fixture with odds of 6/10 for the win. Benfica are priced as 4/1 outsiders and the draw can be backed at 14/5.
Chelsea v Benfica Result - Champions League 25/26
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Handicap Betting
Chelsea -1 @ 8/5
Benfica +1 @ 13/10
Handicap Draw -1 @ 13/5
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How To Watch
How To Watch Chelsea vs Benfica
Tuesday night’s match is scheduled to kick off at 20:00 BST and will be broadcast live on TNT Sports 1.
Head To Head
Chelsea vs Benfica Head-To-Head Record
These clubs had an eventful encounter at this summer’s Club World Cup, when Chelsea won 4-1 in extra time against 10 men after a near two-hour interruption in play due to extreme weather in Charlotte.
Reece James opened the scoring with a superb free-kick on that occasion and is 6/1 to net at any time here.
The Blues also came out on top 2-1 when they met in the 2013 Europa League final and in both legs of the 2012 Champions League quarter-finals, including a 2-1 Stamford Bridge success.
Form Guide
Chelsea Form Guide
Chelsea Form Guide
Enzo Maresca’s men began the season brightly but go into this game needing a boost after suffering back-to-back Premier League defeats against Manchester United and Brighton.
There have been mitigating circumstances, though, with goalkeeper Robert Sanchez sent off after just five minutes at Old Trafford and Trevoh Chalobah seeing red against the Seagulls, after which Chelsea went from 1-0 up to losing 3-1.
“The message was clear,” said Maresca after the Brighton game. “Against any team in the Premier League, you cannot continue to give away presents. We are giving away presents. The red card is a big mistake because the game completely changed.”
To be fair, the Blues had looked in control versus Brighton before going down to 10 men and showed plenty of heart in earlier away losses against Bayern and United, so it is too soon to start pressing any panic buttons.
A fast start here would settle any nerves, and 6/4 for the hosts to be ahead at half-time and full-time is another Chelsea vs Benfica prediction.
Benfica Form Guide
Benfica Form Guide
Having finished second to Sporting in the Primeira Liga last term, Benfica did well to get past Nice and Fenerbahce – managed at the time by Mourinho – in qualifying rounds and hit the ground running in the league stage by going 2-0 up at home to Qarabag.
However, the Azerbaijan outfit produced an incredible rally to win 3-2 at Estadio da Luz, and Eagles boss Bruno Lage paid the price.
Mourinho has since picked up seven points out of nine in three domestic matches after Vangelis Pavlidis bagged both goals in Friday’s 2-1 home victory over Gil Vicente.
The Greece international has netted five times in as many games, so 5/2 for him to score at any time will tempt some, but the Blues look too strong overall and 15/4 for them to win by exactly two goals is added to our Chelsea vs Benfica betting tips.
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