* Benfica defeated French outfit Paris Saint-Germain 3-2 on aggregate in the third round of the Europa League to reach the quarter-finals.
* The Aguias have won four out of their five European home matches this season. Only Schalke managed to get a result at Estadio da Luz.
* Jorge Jesus' men are still unbeaten in the Europa League after entering the competition in the round of 32.
* Oscar Cardozo and Franco Jara are Benfica's top scorers in the Europa League with two goals each.
* Benfica's next European loss will be their 100th defeat in European club competitions.
* PSV defeated Scottish side Rangers 1-0 on aggregate in the third round of the Europa League to reach the quarter-finals. They won the second leg 1-0 away after drawing the first match at home 0-0.
* Marcelo and Erik Pieters have both featured in all of PSV's European games this term, but are only one booking away from a suspension.
* The Eindhoven side haven't won a European tournament since beating Benfica in the final of the European Cup in 1988.
* Hungarian winger Balazs Dzsudzsak is PSV's top scorer in the competition with four goals.
* PSV are unbeaten in their last five European away games, recording four wins and one draw on the way.
LAST MEETING
December 9, 1998: PSV 2-2 Benfica
The Dutch side picked up the lead minutes before the break, before Nuno Gomes - who is still part of the Benfica squad, but will miss Thursday's game due to injury - netted a brace to gift Benfica the lead. A late Ruud van Nistelrooy strike drew things level again.
PROBABLE LINE-UPS
Benfica: Roberto; Maxi Pereira, Luisao, Sidnei, Coentrao; Salvio, Javi Garcia, Aimar, Gaitan; Saviola, Cardozo
PSV: Isaksson; Manolev, Marcelo, Bouma, Pieters; Hutchinson, Bakkal, Engelaar; Lens, Berg, Dzsudzsak
Prediction
Benfica are one of the favourites to win the Europa League, but PSV certainly won't be pushovers on Thursday. The Eindhoven side have been pretty solid at the back this season and have some class players up front. Nevertheless, the individual class of players such as Nicolas Gaitan, Pablo Aimar and Eduardo Salvio will eventually prove to be just too much for the Dutch side. The Aguias are likely to record a small victory in this first leg.
Benfica 2-1 PSV Eindhoven 
