{"id":64592,"date":"2025-09-30T08:38:44","date_gmt":"2025-09-30T08:38:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/?p=64592"},"modified":"2025-09-30T18:07:47","modified_gmt":"2025-09-30T18:07:47","slug":"chelsea-vs-benfica-betting-tips-jose-mourinho-champions-league","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/news\/chelsea-vs-benfica-betting-tips-jose-mourinho-champions-league\/","title":{"rendered":"Chelsea Vs Benfica Betting Tips As Jose Mourinho Returns To Stamford Bridge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>It promises to be a special one in West London as Chelsea host Jose Mourinho&#8217;s Benfica at Stamford Bridge, and you can back our betting tips with this 11\/1 bet builder.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Champions League is back again this week as match day two brings with it some intriguing encounters.<\/p>\n<p>None more so than Chelsea vs Benfica, which now comes with added familiarity.<\/p>\n<p>Benfica have just appointed a certain Jose Mourinho as manager, following his sacking by Fenerbahce.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;The Special One&#8217; will therefore return to Stamford Bridge in the opposite dugout to the one that earned him his nickname.<\/p>\n<p>Former Chelsea boss Mourinho won three Premier League titles, the FA Cup and three League Cups with the Blues.<\/p>\n<p>This season, Chelsea, under boss Enzo Maresca, have been inconsistent so far.<\/p>\n<p>They have two wins, two draws and two losses in the Premier League, leaving them eighth after six games.<\/p>\n<p>And their opening Champions League fixture ended in a 3-1 defeat at Bayern Munich.<\/p>\n<p>As for Benfica, they opened their Champions League season with a shock home defeat to Azerbaijani side Qarabag.<\/p>\n<p>On the domestic front, they are third in the Portuguese Primeira Liga, one point below leaders Sporting CP, but having played one more game.<\/p>\n<p>Looking ahead to Tuesday, Chelsea are 4\/6 favourites with most football betting sites, while Benfica are priced around 4\/1.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Turning our attention back to the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/UCL?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#UCL<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/xonmRrVEOh\">pic.twitter.com\/xonmRrVEOh<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Chelsea FC (@ChelseaFC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ChelseaFC\/status\/1972368227456954615?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 28, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Chelsea Vs Benfica Betting Tips<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Full Time Result &#8211; Benfica @ 4\/1<\/li>\n<li>Both Teams To Score &#8211; YES @ 4\/6<\/li>\n<li>Over 3 Cards @ 2\/5<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Full Time Result &#8211; Benfica @ 4\/1<\/h3>\n<p>First up, we are backing Jose Mourinho to get the win on his return to Stamford Bridge.<\/p>\n<p>How could we not? It feels written in the stars that the Special One would come back to haunt his former club.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/news\/jose-mourinho-record-against-former-sides-europa-league-draw\/\"><strong>Mourinho&#8217;s record against former sides<\/strong><\/a> is actually quite poor, with only five wins from 14 games against Chelsea.<\/p>\n<p>But he has won two from two in the Champions League against the Blues, and it would be a special European night if he can deliver once more.<\/p>\n<h3>Both Teams To Score &#8211; YES @ 4\/6<\/h3>\n<p>Next up, we feel that both teams will get on the scoresheet in what promises to be an entertaining fixture.<\/p>\n<p>Benfica have scored a whopping 13 times in seven league games, while Chelsea have 11 in six.<\/p>\n<p>the Blues have also conceded eight in that time, showing they have some fragility at the back.<\/p>\n<h3>Over 3 Cards @ 2\/5<\/h3>\n<p>And finally, we think there will be at least four cards shown at Stamford Bridge.<\/p>\n<p>On a vital European night where both sides need a win, we are expecting a few rash tackles and flaring tempers.<\/p>\n<p>As a result, it stands to reason that the referee will dish out a god number of yellow cards across the 90 minutes.<\/p>\n<h2>Back Our Chelsea Vs Benfica Betting Tips: 11\/1 Champions League Bet Builder<\/h2>\n<p>You can back any of these three tips individually, or combine them in to an 11\/1 Champions League Bet Builder.<\/p>\n<p>Doing so means that placing a stake of \u00a310 will return \u00a3120.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-64601\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/09\/Screenshot-2025-09-29-at-12.12.36-411x560.png\" alt=\"chelsea benfica betting tips\" width=\"411\" height=\"560\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/09\/Screenshot-2025-09-29-at-12.12.36-411x560.png 411w, https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/09\/Screenshot-2025-09-29-at-12.12.36-257x350.png 257w, https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/09\/Screenshot-2025-09-29-at-12.12.36.png 427w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 411px) 100vw, 411px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>Chelsea Vs Benfica Betting Odds<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><div class=\"su-table su-table-responsive su-table-alternate\"><\/span><\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\"><b>Match Result<\/b><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\"><b>Odds<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\">Chelsea<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\">4\/6<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\">Draw<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\">29\/10<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\">Benfica<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\">4\/1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Player to Score at Any Time<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Odds<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\">Joao Pedro<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\">5\/4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\">Marc Guiu<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\">7\/5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\">Shumaira Mhueka<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\">7\/5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\">Pedro Neto<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\">2\/1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\">Alejandro Garnacho<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\">11\/5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\">Estavao<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\">11\/5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\">Vangelis Pavlidis<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\">11\/5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\">Jamie Bynoe-Gittens<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\">11\/5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\">Tyrique George<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\">11\/5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\">Franjo Ivanovic<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\">5\/2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It promises to be a special one in West London as Chelsea host Jose Mourinho&#8217;s Benfica at Stamford Bridge, and you can back our betting tips with this 11\/1 bet builder. 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