AC Milan vs Benfica Preview

AC Milan host Benfica at the San Siro on Wednesday evening as both clubs open their Europa League campaigns, with the visitors arriving in scintillating domestic form.

Milan have won 3 of their last 5, drawing two, and remain unbeaten in this run. Most recently, they were held 2-2 away at Lazio. Prior to that, they drew 1-1 away at Juventus. Before that, they beat Venezia 2-0 at home. Four games back, they won 2-1 away at Torino and furthest back, they beat Manchester Utd 4-2 away in a friendly.

Benfica have won all 5 of their last games and arrive as one of the form sides in Europe. Most recently, they beat Gil Vicente 3-1 at home. Prior to that, they won 4-0 away at Moreirense, won 3-0 away at Maritimo, beat Estoril 2-1 at home, and before that they won 3-1 away at Aarhus in the Europa League.

The head-to-head record favours Benfica, who have won 2 of the last five meetings, with 2 draws and 1 win for Milan. Most recently, Benfica won 1-0 away at Milan. In the previous encounter, Benfica won 1(5)-1(4) at home on penalties.

Both sides start this table on zero points from zero games, with the league phase yet to get underway for either club — Wednesday’s meeting will be the first result on the board for both. A win here would put either side among the early pacesetters, though with 36 teams still to play, this single fixture is just the first entry on what will be a long-developing table.

In Portugal, the match is live on Sport TV5, Sport TV+ and Sport TV Multiscreen. In Great Britain, coverage is on TNT Sports 2 and HBO Max, with the same channels extending to Ireland Republic. In the United States, viewers can catch the action on Paramount+, fuboTV, DAZN USA or CBS Sports Network.

Possible Lineups

AC Milan (3-4-2-1)
Maignan, Gila, De Winter, Pavlovic, Chukwueze, Modric, Rabiot, Estupinan, Loftus-Cheek, Cisse, Ramos

Benfica (4-2-3-1)
Soares, Dahl, Araujo, Lenglet, Banjaqui, Barrenechea, Barreiro, Schjelderup, Prestianni, Rafa Silva, Pavlidis

AC Milan Form

Result	Home Team	Score	Away Team	Competition	Date
🤝	Lazio	2-2	AC Milan	SA	12.09.26
🤝	Juventus	1-1	AC Milan	SA	06.09.26
✅	AC Milan	2-0	Venezia	SA	28.08.26
✅	Torino	1-2	AC Milan	SA	23.08.26
✅	Manchester Utd	2-4	AC Milan	CF	15.08.26

Benfica Form

Result	Home Team	Score	Away Team	Competition	Date
✅	Benfica	3-1	Gil Vicente	LP	13.09.26
✅	Moreirense	0-4	Benfica	LP	09.09.26
✅	Maritimo	0-3	Benfica	LP	05.09.26
✅	Benfica	2-1	Estoril	LP	31.08.26
✅	Aarhus	1-3	Benfica	EL	27.08.26

Head-to-Head

Home Team	Score	Away Team	Competition	Date
AC Milan	0-1	Benfica	ICC	28.07.19
Benfica	1(5)-1(4)	AC Milan	CF	08.08.09
Benfica	1-1	AC Milan	CL	28.11.07
AC Milan	2-1	Benfica	CL	18.09.07
Benfica	0-0	AC Milan	CL	15.03.95

TV Listings / Streaming

Country	Channel
Portugal	Sport TV5 / Sport TV+ / Sport TV Multiscreen
Great Britain	TNT Sports 2 / HBO Max
Ireland Republic	TNT Sports 2 / HBO Max
USA	Paramount+ / fuboTV / DAZN USA / CBS Sports Network
Spain	Movistar+ / Movistar Liga de Campeones 4
France	myCANAL / Canal+ Live 3
Argentina	ESPN2 Argentina / Disney+ Premium Argentina
Netherlands	Ziggo Go / Ziggo Sport 2
Canada	DAZN Canada / fuboTV Canada
New Zealand	DAZN New Zealand

Table

POS.	TEAM	MP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	P
1	Sunderland	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Crystal Palace	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	AFC Bournemouth	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Real Sociedad	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	Celta de Vigo	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6	Salzburg	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
7	Sturm Graz	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8	Viktoria Plzeň	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9	Sparta Praha	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
10	Anderlecht	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
11	Union Saint-Gilloise	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
12	Olympique Marseille	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
13	Rennes	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	Olympique Lyonnais	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
15	Bayer Leverkusen	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
16	Hoffenheim	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
17	Juventus	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
18	Milan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
19	NEC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
20	AZ	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
21	Torreense	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
22	Levski Sofia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
23	Dinamo Zagreb	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
24	Omonia Nicosia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
25	OFI	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
26	Olympiakos Piraeus	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
27	Hapoel Be’er Sheva	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
28	Lillestrøm	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
29	Jagiellonia Białystok	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
30	Lech Poznań	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
31	Benfica	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
32	Celtic	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
33	Celje	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
34	Beşiktaş	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
35	Ferencváros	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
36	Ararat-Armenia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0