AGF vs SL Benfica

This Europa League play-off second leg matters plenty: the winner reaches the competition's league phase for the first time in years. Aarhus host as reigning Danish champions after a 40-year wait for the Superliga title, though they've stumbled domestically, sitting mid-table with just two points from their opening fixtures. Benfica are using this tie to regroup after Champions League qualifying elimination, hungry to secure European football one way or another. Form clearly favors the visitors. Benfica have been ruthless lately, hammering Casa Pia 7-0 and Hearts 6-1, with Vangelis Pavlidis scoring a hat-trick and Rafa Silva finding the net in five of his last seven games. Aarhus, meanwhile, arrive without a domestic win and were thumped 4-0 by Sabah FK in Champions League qualifying, leaning on Tobias Bech for attacking spark. The sides have never met competitively before, adding an unknown factor to the tie. Our prediction: 1-3