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Porto Benfica betting prediction


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This is already dubbed "game of the year" or "title match" and will bring the two best teams in Portuguese football face to face today. At home, FC Porto will have to try to take over the game, going in search of three very important points in the fight for the champion scepter. The defensive fragility that Benfica has presented may be something to be explored by the team of Conceição, which, on the other hand, has not been well in the defensive chapter and will have an attack in excellent form. Therefore, the expectation will be of a game full of emotion and goals from both teams.
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Preview
Porto and Benfica meet at Estádio Do Dragão, in a match for the 20th round of the Primeira Liga. Porto got an away win by (0‑2), in the last league head‑to‑head, played in 24‑08‑2019. The head‑to‑head record at this stadium couldn't be more balanced, as it shows 2 draws and 1 win for each team in the last 4 head‑to‑heads. Nevertheless, in the last head‑to‑head played at this stadium, on 02‑03‑2019, for the Primeira Liga, Benfica won by (1‑2). Adrián (18' ) scored for Porto and João Félix (26' ) and Rafa Silva (52' ) for Benfica.

Analysis Porto

The home team is currently in the 2nd position of the league, with 47 points won, after 15 wins, 2 draws and 2 losses. In the penultimate match, they won in a home match against Gil Vicente, by (2‑1). In the last match, they won in an away match against Vitória Setúbal, by (0‑4). In their last match, for the Taça de Portugal, they got an away tie against Academico Viseu by (1‑1). In the last 9 home league matches Porto has a record of 8 wins and 1 loss, so they have won 24 points out of 27 possible. In their home league matches the most frequent result at half‑time was the 1‑0 (4 out of 9 matches). Their offense has scored consistently, as they have scored at least one goal in each of the last 10 matches for this competition. In their home matches there is a tendency for goals, since 6 of the last 9 matches for this competition have ended with Over 2,5 goals. They have conceded the first goal in 6 of their 19 matches for this competition, but have been able to turn the score around in 2. In the last 18 home matches for all competitions there are 2 periods that stand out: they have conceded 4 of their 11 goals between minutes (31'‑45') and 4 of their 11 goals between (0'‑15').

FC Porto will go to the match of this 20th round knowing that this could be the game of "all or nothing" as far as the fight for the title of national champion is concerned. Seven points away from the leadership of Benfica, the "dragons" will have the opportunity to reduce the distance to four, but for that they will have to beat their rival. In the last matchday, Sérgio Conceição's team managed to return to the wide victories, in an easy victory in the visit to Bonfim, home of Vitória de Setúbal, where FC Porto won by 4-0, with goals by Corona, Alex Telles, Soares and Luis Díaz. In the middle of the week, Conceição made several changes in the starting lineup to visit the Academico de Viseu, in the first leg of the Portuguese Cup semi-finals, and FC Porto ended up “slipping”, when they tied at Fontelo to a ball, even after Zé Luís returned to goals and had the team ahead in the scoreboard, in the second half.

Confirmed Lineup: Agustin Marchesin, Pepe, Alex Telles, Ivan Marcano, Otavinho, Mateus Uribe, Luis Díaz, Sérgio Oliveira, Jesús Corona, Moussa Marega, Tiquinho.

Analysis Benfica

The away team is currently in the 1st position of the league, with 54 points won, after 18 wins and 1 loss. In the penultimate match, they won in an away match against Paços de Ferreira, by (0‑2). In the last match, they won in a home match against Belenenses, by (3‑2). In their last match, for the Taça de Portugal, they got a home win against Famalicão by (3‑2).

In this competition, they have a sequence of 9 wins in the last away matches. In their away league matches the most frequent result at half‑time was the 0‑1 (4 out of 9 matches). Their offense has scored consistently, as they have scored at least one goal in each of the last 10 matches for this competition. This is a team that likes to score first. They have opened up the score in 15 of the last 19 matches for the Primeira Liga, they have reached half‑time in front in 11 of those 15 matches and have always held on to the lead until the end of the 90'. In 19 matches for this competition, they have conceded the first goal 4 times but have turned the score around in 3. In the last 12 away matches for all competitions there are 2 periods that stand out: they have scored 7 of their 20 goals between minutes (76'‑90'); they have conceded 5 of their 11 goals between minutes (76'‑90').

Benfica reaches another "classic" in charge of the league table of Liga NOS, with seven points of advantage precisely over FC Porto. The pressure under Bruno Lage's team is less, not least because a tie will leave everything the same, but this will also be an opportunity to put the “dragons” at a 10 point distance and make a kind of “checkmate” in the fight for title. For that, Benfica will have to extend the series of seven consecutive victories with which they will reach the Dragon stadium. After beating Belenenses by 3-2 at home on the last day of the League with some difficulty, the “eagles” went through some suffering again on Tuesday, but ended up beating Famalicão, again by 3-2, in the Portuguese Cup semi-finals first leg. A game where Benfica scored first, but ended up allowing the turnaround for the Famalicenses, but would reach, with two goals in the final stretch, from Rafa and Gabriel, to the desired triumph.

Confirmed Lineup: Odysseas Vlachodimos, Álex Grimaldo, André Almeida, Rúben Dias, Francisco Ferreira, Adel Taarabt, Pizzi, Rafa Silva, Chiquinho, Julian Weigl, Carlos Vinícius.

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The tip and bet suggestion for the Porto vs Benfica match, on 8 February 2020, of the preview written by the editors of Betting Academy UK, goes to: Both teams score? Yes ⇒ bet available on williamhill.

The Porto vs Benfica on 8 February 2020 will be played at Porto, Estádio Do Dragão.

The most voted bet by tipsters at Betting Academy UK, for the Porto Benfica match, on the "match odds" market, was a win by Benfica at with 52% of the tips.

 

Primeira Liga - 2019/2020

  • 100% 306 / 306 Games

  • Home team wins 41.18%
  • Draws 25.82%
  • Away team wins 33.01%
  • Over 1.5 69.61%
  • Over 2.5 44.12%
  • Over 3.5 25.16%
  • Goals 763
  • Goals /match 2.49
  • Goals /match home 1.35
  • Goals /match away 1.15
  • Both teams score 49.02%
  • Goals after 80' 16.78%
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