With Ignacio Ambriz's men focusing on the league and missing some important players, Al Hain-Cole expects the Portuguese giants to end the International Champions Cup with a win
Benfica and Club America will be looking to finish the International Champions Cup with a win when they come face-to-face at the Estadio Azteca on Tuesday.
Having failed to win any of their three previous matches in North America, the Portuguese champions are
Meanwhile, Ignacio Ambriz’s men did secure a victory over San Jose Earthquakes earlier on in the competition but are outsiders to collect all three points in the Mexican capital.
All draws in this tournament are decided by penalties, and you can get odds of on the sides triggering a shootout in this one.
Despite that win over San Jose, the Aguilas will not come into this match in the best of spirits after kicking off their domestic campaign with a 4-2 defeat against Puebla at the weekend.
After only taking over in the summer, that Apertura defeat has already put Ambriz under some pressure as it came just a few days after defeat against Santos Laguna in the Campeon de Campeones.
With this in mind, the hosts are likely to have more important matters on their mind as they contest what is essentially a friendly match, while the number of absentees will only make things more difficult.
With Ventura Alvarado, Moises Munoz, Martin Zuniga, Paul Aguilar and Oribe Peralta all away on Gold Cup duty and Dario Benedetto and Paolo Goltz struggling with injury, the North Americans seem set to struggle against their prestigious opponents.
Although yet to taste victory in pre-season, the match practice already under their belts will see the Aguias come into this encounter feeling fitter than they have all summer, not to mention all the more determined to secure a win.
With under two weeks to go until the start of the Portuguese season, those 5/4 (2.25) odds are not to be missed on Benfica gearing up with a victory against their distracted and out-of-form opponents.
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