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Football Bet of the Day for Thursday: as Thursday’s action unfolds across Europe, our BettingTips4You experts have turned their focus to the Women’s Champions League, where Arsenal Women travel to Portugal to face Benfica Women at the Estádio da Luz. With both sides still chasing their first points in the group stage, this encounter promises attacking quality, tactical intelligence, and high stakes.
Today’s Football Bet of the Day comes from Gram Dodd, one of our most experienced analysts, who specialises in European women’s football. His pick for this clash combines form trends, tactical patterns, and key player data to identify where the value lies.
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Best Bet Rationale
Arsenal’s attacking depth and tempo should overwhelm Benfica’s open style. Russo and Mead stretch defences, with McCabe and Fox supplying width. Benfica concede frequently in Europe and fade late. Expect the Gunners to control possession and create volume. Win & Over 3.5 captures likely scorelines.
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⚽ Football Bet of the Day
Benfica Women vs Arsenal Women
Gram Dodd; Sports journalist at BettingTips4You
📈 Three Key Stats Behind Today’s Best Bet
- Benfica have scored in four of their five competitive matches this season but conceded in all of them.
- Arsenal have scored two or more goals in five of their last seven European away games.
- Benfica’s unbeaten home streak stretches to over a year in domestic football, but their last home European clean sheet came in 2022.
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Rationale:
Arsenal’s start to their European title defence was far from ideal, but Thursday’s trip to Portugal offers the perfect opportunity for the reigning champions to reassert their dominance. Their 2-1 defeat to Lyon was frustrating given how well they played for long spells, particularly in transition. Under Renee Slegers, Arsenal’s attacking patterns are structured around fluidity and intelligent rotation, with Alessia Russo, Beth Mead, and Chloe Kelly all capable of stretching defences through movement and pace.
Benfica, for all their domestic success, have shown vulnerabilities at this level. Their defeat to Juventus highlighted their defensive fragility in the final 20 minutes of matches. Despite being technically composed, Ivan Baptista’s side often struggle to maintain compactness when faced with quick combinations and overlapping runners. Arsenal’s full-backs — Katie McCabe and Emily Fox — will likely exploit these areas, supporting attacks with width that Benfica may find difficult to contain.
The Portuguese champions will be missing key forward Nycole Raysla, a loss that weakens their counter-attacking potential. While they are likely to score through players like Lucia Alves or Cristina Martin-Prieto, keeping Arsenal quiet across 90 minutes seems unlikely. The visitors’ pressing structure and superior attacking quality should translate into multiple scoring opportunities, particularly if Benfica are forced to chase the game late on.
Arsenal’s recent 1-0 win over Brighton in the Women’s Super League helped restore confidence and defensive shape, but Slegers will expect a far more assertive attacking performance here. Given the firepower available and the open nature of Benfica’s home fixtures, this encounter could develop into a high-scoring affair with the Gunners taking control.
✅ Best Bet: Arsenal Women to Win & Over 3.5 Goals
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