Benfica - St. Gallen (2025/26): Live stream, likely XI, times and… | OneFootball

Benfica will be playing for their life 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 a two-goal margin 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.

Anatoliy Trubin; Amar Dedic, Tomás Araújo, Clément Lenglet and Samuel Dahl; Leandro Barreiro, Fredrik Aursnes; Rafa Silva, Dodi Lukebakio, Andreas Schjelderup; Vangelis Pavlidis. .

Despite this being the second match, 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 make their first appearances under Marco Silva.

To secure a place in the league phase of the competition, Glorioso will have to come 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.

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