Benfica hanging onto Playoff spot in Champions League

Benfica head into Turin to play their final league game of their Champions League campaign needing at minimum at least one point in their encounter with Juventus if they are to reach the knockout rounds of the competition.

Benfica are coming off a shocking defeat to city rivals Casa Pia in the Portuguese League over the weekend and the heat is on manager Bruno Lage to turn around the club's fortunes around and remain alive to play another day.

A Benfica win or draw will move them into the knockout round and if the club suffers a loss, it does not necessarily knock them out, but they will need to have other results go their way if they are to continue moving forward.

Benfica rivals Sporting are also just hanging on and will face Bologna at home needing a win or draw to remain in the competition. In a worse case scenario for Portugal, both clubs could be out of the competition once 10pm WEST comes around tomorrow night. Now that would be a disaster.