Topics: aek, benfica, europa league
Portugal Giants Benfica travel to Greece to play greek side AEK Athens in the UEFA Europa League Match day 2, October 1, 2009

Benfica have been in stellar form lately in their domestic campaign and playing great attacking football with the new discovered form of Argentina´s Pablo Aimar as well as the goals coming from Di Maria and Cardozo. Benfica have been walking over all their competition with large victories. They currently are 5-1-0 in the Portugal Liga Sagres league with 21 goals and only 3 against. That´s more than double the goal differential of FC Porto. Benfica sit in 2nd shadowing SP. Braga thanks in great part to their new messiah, Jorge Jesus the former SP Braga coach. Benfica sit top and tied in their Europa League group with 3 points after a home win against FC Bate Borisov. AEK sit bottom after getting clobbered at Everton´s ground in Match Day 1 4-0. On current form, expectations are flying high for Benfica to take all 3 points in this away fixture.