Portimonense and Benfica meet forces at Estádio Municipal de Portimão, in a match for the 26th matchday of the Primeira Liga. In the last head ‑ to ‑ head for this edition of the league, played on 30‑10‑2019, Benfica won at home by (4‑0). The record of direct confrontations of the last 3 years is favorable to the visiting team, which in the last 6 games has won 4, tied 1 and lost 1. Particular attention is needed for the home / away condition, since both teams present significantly different results. at home and away.
Portimonense :
The home team is currently in 17th position, with 16 points won, after 2 wins, 10 draws and 12 losses. In the penultimate match, they tied in a home match against Vitória Setúbal, by (0‑0). In the last match, they lost in an away match against Sporting Braga, by (3‑1). This is a stronger team with the support of their fans, since in the last 30 games they have recorded 2 wins, 4 draws and 9 losses as a visitor; against 3 wins, 7 draws and 5 losses in his stadium. In their last 10 home games for the championship, Portimonense won 1, drew 5 and lost 4, for which they conquered 8 points in 30 possible.
For this competition, they did not win 12 games ago. The team allowed the opponent goals in 8 of the last 10 matches for this competition, so he has not been very strong defensively. In their home matches there is a tendency for few goals, since 5 of the last 11 matches for this competition have ended with Under 1,5 goals. In 24 matches in this competition, he never got the comeback in the 13 games in which he suffered the first goal.
The Portimonense has not done the campaign that he would like in this edition of the NOS league and, therefore, reaches this day 26 in the seventeenth position in the leaderboard, the first below the relegation line. With 19 points added, the distance for Paços de Ferreira (sixteenth) remained at six points after the last day. In the return to competition, the Algarve team finally managed to win a game, last Wednesday, by receiving Gil Vicente (1-0). In a balanced game and in which the best goal opportunities belonged to Gil Vicente, Portimonense ended up having Lucas Fernandes as the great hero of the game. He was the Brazilian midfielder to solve the match, with a real goal, candidate for league goal of the year, just at the beginning of the second half, at minute 49.
Benfica :
The visiting team is currently in 2nd place, with 59 points won, after 19 wins, 2 draws and 3 losses. In the penultimate match, they tied in a home match against Moreirense, by (1‑1). In the last match, they tied in an away match against Vitória Setúbal, by (1‑1). This is a stronger team with the support of their fans, since in the last 30 games they have recorded 7 wins, 5 draws and 3 losses as a visitor, with 25 goals scored and 18 suffered; against 12 victories, 2 draws and 1 defeat in his stadium, with 37 goals scored and 14 suffered. In their last 10 away games for the championship, Benfica has recorded 8 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss, so they have won 25 points in 30 possible. In their home league matches the most frequent final result at half-time was 0‑1 (5 in 12 games). His offense has scored consistently, as he has scored goals in 9 of the last 10 matches for this competition. In 24 matches in this competition, they have suffered the first goal 8 times, but have gotten the comeback in 3. In the last 12 home matches for this competition there is 1 period that stands out: they have suffered 3 of their 7 goals between minutes (31’‑ Four. Five’).
Benfica comes to this day 26 at the top of the leaderboard, but ties with rival FC Porto, both with 60 points. Despite FC Porto’s advantage in direct confrontations, league regulations say that this criterion is only applicable at the end of the championship. On the last day, Bruno Lage’s team returned to the competition to continue what they had presented before the league stoppage. In receiving Tondela, the champion achieved only 0x0x, in a game in which he had several opportunities to score. However, it did not present the necessary dynamics for a true candidate for the title. With this 0-0 draw, Benfica lost the opportunity to reach isolated leadership in the table, as rival FC Porto lost on the visit to Famalicão.
PREDICTION: Benfica to win @ 1,40
