📏 Form Guide

Benfica

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Benfica are hoping to win again after their last result, a 0-3 Primeira Liga success against Vitória Guimarães.

In that game, Benfica managed 42% possession and 8 shots at goal with 7 of them on target. For Benfica, goals were scored by Vangelis Pavlidis (21', 84') and Álvaro Carreras (77'). Vitoria SC had 16 shots at goal with 6 of them on target.

Benfica have been offensively very strong of late, smashing 18 goals past their opponents during the course of the last 6 outings. In those meetings, Benfica have also seen the number of goals that have gone against them total 7.

AVS

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In their previous fixture, AVS drew 1-1 in the Primeira Liga match with Casa Pia.

In that game, AVS managed 33% possession and 10 attempts at goal with 3 of them on target. The scorer for AVS was Tunde Akinsola (3'). At the other end, Casa Pia had 7 shots on goal with 4 of them on target. Cauê (94') was the scorer for Casa Pia.

The attacking players from AVS have suffered from a lack of goals over their previous 6 encounters, netting the poor return of just 3. In those fixtures, AVS have also seen the collective goal aggregate of their opponents equal 15. That kind of trend might not follow through here, of course.

Heading into this contest, AVS are without a win away from home in their last 3 league matches.

👥 Head to head

The last league encounter between the two was Primeira Liga match day 14 on 15/12/2024 when it finished AVS 1-1 Benfica.

That time, AVS had 41% possession and 18 shots on goal with 7 on target. Their only player to score was Cristian Devenish (94').

At the other end, Benfica got 13 attempts on goal with 4 of them on target. Zeki Amdouni (17') scored.

The match was refereed by João António Ferreira Gonçalves.

🗞️ Team News: Benfica

Renato Sanches (Muscle injury), Manu Silva (Cruciate ligament tear), Alexander Bah (Cruciate ligament tear) and Ángel Di María (Muscle injury) aren’t available for Benfica gaffer Bruno Lage.

In all likelihood, Benfica look set to go for a 4-2-3-1 system in the match and select Anatoliy Trubin, Tomas Araujo, Antonio Silva, Nicolas Otamendi, Alvaro Carreras, Orkun Kokcu, Leandro Barreiro, Andreas Schjelderup, Fredrik Aursnes, Kerem Akturkoglu and Vangelis Pavlidis.

📰 Team News: AVS

From our viewpoint, AVS might utilise a 3-4-3 lineup, starting the game with Guillermo Ochoa, Cristian Devenish, Aderllan Santos, Baptiste Roux, Fernando Fonseca, Gustavo Mendonca, Tiago Galletto, Kiki Afonso, John Mercado, Ze Luis and Babatunde Akinsola.

🧠 Prediction

We feel that Benfica will probably convert a lot of goal-scoring opportunities.

Conversely, AVS will not find it easy to score but we do think it’s quite likely that they will be scoring as well.

We’re tipping a comfortable 3-1 winning margin for Benfica come full-time.

Lucas Pereira, 16:03 27/04/2025