Benfica eye Europa League progress in Aarhus after 3-1 first-leg win | OneFootball

Benfica travel to Aarhus on Thursday for the Europa League play-off second leg, needing only a draw to go through after a 3-1 win at the Estádio da Luz.

Marco Silva’s side were the better team in the first leg, with goals from Rafa Silva, Leandro Barreiro and Vangelis Pavlidis, while Sebastian Jorgensen scored for the visitors. According to Glorioso 1904, the likely XI is Samuel Soares, Alexander Bah, Tomás Araújo, Clément Lenglet, Samuel Dahl, Enzo Barrenechea, Leandro Barreiro, Rafa, Georgiy Sudakov, Gianluca Prestianni and Vangelis Pavlidis.

Benfica have had a clear week to prepare after no Liga Portugal fixture last weekend, although Fredrik Aursnes and Jaden Umeh are sidelined through injury.

Kick-off is at 19:00 at Ceres Park in Aarhus, with live coverage on SportTV 5.

If they progress, Benfica will enter the league phase, with the UEFA draw on Friday at 12:00 and matches starting on 16 September.

The match officials are referee Daniel Siebert, assistants Jan Seidel and Rafael Foltyn, fourth official Max Burda, VAR Robert Schröder and AVAR Johann Pfeifer.

Source: Glorioso 1904

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