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Benfica B vs Académica Live Stream, Predictions
Benfica B will do battle with away side Académica at Caixa Futebol Campus in the LigaPro tie on Saturday.
Full predictions, pre-match stats and user poll for Benfica B v Académica are shown on this page (plus the best game odds).
📏 Form Guide
Benfica B
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Benfica B will play in this match after a 1-1 LigaPro drawn game against Sporting da Covilhã.
Under three goals per match were seen in 5 of the last 6 fixtures where Benfica B have been involved. In terms of the goal weighting in this period, opposing sides scored a total of 6 and Benfica B got themselves 7. That pattern isn’t assured to be carried forward into this match, of course.
Pre-game facts show that Benfica B:
- are winless against Académica in their previous 4 league matches.
- have not been beaten in their last 3 league matches at home.
Académica
WWDLWW
Académica go into this meeting after a 1-0 LigaPro win versus Mafra in their last outing.
In their previous 6 outings, Académica have helped themselves to the sum of 9 goals. Os Estudantes have also managed to score on each one of those occasions. During those fixtures, their defenders have had 5 goals go into their own net.
Going into this encounter, Académica haven't been beaten by Benfica B in games played away from home for the previous 2 league matches.
👥 Head to head
A look at their prior head-to-head meetings going back to 30/04/2017 shows us that Benfica B have won 2 of these & Académica 3, with the number of drawn results being 1.
In all, 12 goals were yielded between them in these games, with 4 of them for Benfica B and 8 belonging to Os Estudantes. The average number of goals per game works out to 2.
🗞️ Team News: Benfica B
Sandro Cruz (Unknown Injury), Úmaro Embaló (Unknown Injury) and João Ferreira (Corona virus) won’t be available for Benfica B manager Renato Paiva.
📰 Team News: Académica
Thanks to a completely injury-free squad available to choose from, Académica boss João Serra Ferreira Pereira has no fitness concerns at all ahead of this game.
🔮 Prediction
We feel that Académica and Benfica B should both get enough opportunities to score, although it’s hard to separate the two.
It’s looking like it could well end up as a draw. With that in mind, we reckon that it will be a very close game with a 1-1 score at full-time.
Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.
Peter Guest, 00:13 12/01/2021

🏟️ Team Focus:
Benfica B
Formed: 1999
Stadium: Caixa Futebol Campus (2,708)
Chairman: Luís Filipe Ferreira Vieira
Manager: Renato Paiva
Competitions: LigaPro position 10
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15 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 36 | WDWWW |
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15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 31 | WDLWW |
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15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 27 | WWWLL |
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15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | -1 | 25 | WDWWW |
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15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 24 | WWWLL |
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16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 24 | LWWLL |
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15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 23 | WWLLD |
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14 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 22 | LLDLL |
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15 | 4 | 7 | 4 | -5 | 19 | WDLDD |
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15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | -4 | 17 | LDDWW |
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15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 17 | LDLWD |
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15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | -6 | 16 | WLDDL |
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14 | 3 | 7 | 4 | -3 | 16 | WLWDD |
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15 | 3 | 7 | 5 | -4 | 16 | LWWDD |
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14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 16 | LLLDD |
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15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | -8 | 14 | DDLDW |
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15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | -7 | 12 | LDLDL |
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15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | -12 | 10 | LLLDW |
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