We're predicting a stalemate in Russia this week and here's why. Benfica head into the 1st leg as the favourites but are yet to play a competitive game this season and have drawn two of their last three matches, while Spartak Moscow have won one and lost one in the Russian Premier League this season and have the home advantage but did lose against Benfica when the two sides last met.

Under 2.5 Goals
We're not predicting many goals in this game as under 2.5 were scored when the two sides last locked horns. Each of Spartak Moscow's last two outings and all of Benfica's last three fixtures have all ended with fewer than three goals being scored, so we believe the most likely result is a low-scoring draw this Wednesday.

1-1 Draw
In terms of a final scoreline, we're predicting that Wednesday's clash will end 1-1. We've already mentioned above why we think this game will be low-scoring and a final scoreline of 1-1 seems most suited because Benfica have scored in all bar one of their last four matches and Spartak have only failed to score in one of their last six outings.

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我们预测俄罗斯本周将陷入僵局，原因如下。本菲卡在第一回合的最爱但尚未发挥竞争本赛季比赛,引起了他们的两个最后三场比赛,而莫斯科斯巴达克队赢得了一个,失去了一个在俄罗斯超级联赛本赛季的主场优势,但失去双方上次见面对阵本菲卡。

低于2.5的目标
我们预测这场比赛进的球不会很多，因为双方上次对峙时进的球还不到2.5个。莫斯科斯巴达克最近的两场比赛和本菲卡最近的三场比赛都以不到三球结束，所以我们相信本周三最有可能的结果是一场低比分的平局。

1:1的平局
就最终比分而言，我们预计周三的比赛将以1比1结束。我们上面已经提到了为什么我们认为这场比赛的得分会很低，而1-1的最终比分似乎是最合适的，因为本菲卡队最近四场比赛中都有进球，而斯巴达克队最近六场比赛中只有一场没有进球。

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