France, Feb. 12 -- Monaco head coach Adi Hutter claimed Wednesday night's opponents Benfica were the slight favourites in the two-leg play-off for a place in the last-16 of the Champions League.

The sides met in November during the group stages of European football's most prestigious competition. The Portuguese giants emerged 3-2 winners.

"In a double-header, Benfica may be favourites because they beat us once in Monaco, but we'll be doing everything we can to reach the next round," said Hutter ahead of the clash at the Stade Louis II.

"It's going to be a big game for us again. However, there are differences between the group stages and the play-offs.

"We want to get a good result before we go back to Lisbon.I went there once when I w...