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Check out the likely XI and where to watch the clash between Benfica and St. Gallen, valid for the second leg of the 2nd Europa League qualifying round

Benfica will play for their lives in the 2026/27 Europa League this Thursday against St. Gallen, in the second leg of the second Europa League qualifying round. Marco Silva’s side lost the first match 2-1 and need to win by two goals to qualify.

If Benfica win by just one goal, the tie will go to extra time. If they fail to win, Benfica will be eliminated from the Europa League and ‘demoted’ to the Conference League qualifiers, after the Eagles finished third last season

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Anatoliy Trubin; Amar Dedic, Tomás Araújo, Clément Lenglet and Samuel Dahl; Leandro Barreiro, Fredrik Aursnes; Rafa Silva, Dodi Lukebakio, Andreas Schjelderup; Vangelis Pavlidis. This is expected to be Benfica’s starting eleven for the match against the Swiss side.

Despite it being only the second game, the Reds are still a work in progress, especially with the return of the players who took part in the World Cup, such as Andreas Schjelderup and Dodi Lukebakio, who are expected to play their first matches under Marco Silva.

To secure a place in the league phase of the competition, Glorioso will have to get through three consecutive qualifying rounds: the second, against St. Gallen, the third qualifying round, where the opponent will be Hearts of Scotland, as well as the play-off.

Information: Thursday – 23 July – 20:00 – Estádio da Luz

Broadcast: BTV, LiveModeTV, Sport TV 5 and SIC

Unavailable: Bruma, Joshua Wynder and Jaden Umeh (injuries); Gianluca Prestianni (suspension);

Officiating team: Referee: Florian Badstübner (GER); Assistants: Christof Günsch (GER) and Philipp Hüwe (GER). VAR: Christian Dingert (GER).

This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇵🇹 here.