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Paços de Ferreira vs Benfica Live Stream, Predictions
Paços de Ferreira host visiting rivals Benfica at Estádio Capital do Móvel in this Primeira Liga clash on Thursday.
Our full set of predictions, statistics and match poll for Paços de Ferreira v Benfica can be seen below including the latest game odds.
📊 Form Guide
Paços de Ferreira
LLLDWL
Paços de Ferreira head into this match following on from a 0-0 Primeira Liga drawn game vs Benfica.
Paços de Ferreira have really been misfiring in recent times. Their sum of goals stands at just 3 against opposition teams during the course of their previous 6 matches. In those games, Paços de Ferreira have also seen the tally of goals that have gone against them total 12. That trend isn’t assured to be continued into this match, however.
Their prior results show that Paços de Ferreira:
- are winless against Benfica in their last 13 league matches. That has got to hurt.
- haven’t won at home in the past 11 league games. It's been disappointing.
Benfica
WWLWDW
Proving their bias toward eventful encounters, goals have been celebrated 21 times in the previous 6 matches in which Benfica have sent out their troops, giving a mean average of 3.5 goals each meeting. Opposition teams have got 7 of those goals.
Ahead of this meeting, Benfica remain undefeated by Paços de Ferreira when they have played them away from home in the previous 6 league matches. A solid away record against them.
↔️ Head to head
A review of their past head to head meetings stretching back to 26/01/2020 tells us that these fixtures have not been good ones for Paços de Ferreira. They’ve not been able to come away with any wins whatsoever while Benfica have just been stronger than them, beating them in 100 per cent of those games played.
A combined sum of 19 goals were produced between them in these games, with 3 of them from Os Castores and 16 being from Benfica. This gives an average number of goals per game equal to 3.17.
The previous league contest featuring the two was Primeira Liga match day 3 on 30/08/2022 which ended up with the score at Benfica 3-2 Paços de Ferreira.
In that game, Benfica had 68% possession and 27 shots at goal with 6 of them on target. The goals were scored by David Neres (42'), João Mário (45') and Gonçalo Ramos (56').
At the other end, Paços de Ferreira got 3 shots on goal with 2 on target. N'Dri Philippe Koffi (39', 80') scored.
The match was refereed by Artur Soares Dias.
ℹ️ Team News: Paços de Ferreira
There is just one fitness concern for the Paços de Ferreira manager César Peixoto to contend with from of an almost fully healthy group. Luíz Carlos (Unknown Injury) is out of contention.
ℹ️ Team News: Benfica
Thanks to a largely available squad, there is just the one fitness problem for the Benfica manager Roger Schmidt to be concerned about. Rafa Silva (Muscle Injury) won’t be playing here.
💭 Prediction
Our feeling is that Benfica should really score a couple of goals when they line up against Paços de Ferreira, who might well find it a difficult task to get a goal of their own.
Accordingly, we see a routine 0-2 margin for Benfica at the end of the match.
Our expert partners are tipping over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.
Lucas Pereira, 01:04 22/01/2023

⚽️ Team Focus:
Paços de Ferreira
Formed: 1950
Stadium: Estádio Capital do Móvel (9,076)
Captain: Vitorino Antunes
Chairman: Paulo Meneses
Manager: César Peixoto
Competitions: Primeira Liga position 18
🔑 Key Player: Nigel Thomas

Mostly played in the Left Wing position, Nigel Thomas was born in Rotterdam, Netherlands. Having played his first senior match for Jong PSV in the 2018 - 2019 season, the dangerous Forward has got 2 league goals in this Liga Portugal 2022 - 2023 campaign to date coming from a total of 17 appearances.
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | +/- | Pts | Form |
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17 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 31 | 44 | WLWDW |
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17 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 26 | 40 | WWWWW |
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17 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 30 | 39 | WWDWW |
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17 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 32 | WWLDW |
5 |
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17 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 27 | LWDLL |
6 |
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17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | -3 | 26 | LLWDW |
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17 | 7 | 3 | 7 | -4 | 24 | WLDLL |
8 |
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17 | 5 | 7 | 5 | -5 | 22 | WLDDD |
9 |
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17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 21 | WWLWL |
10 |
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16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | -9 | 21 | LLWLD |
11 |
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17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | -3 | 21 | WDDLD |
12 |
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17 | 6 | 2 | 9 | -8 | 20 | LLLDL |
13 |
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16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | -5 | 19 | LLLWL |
14 |
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17 | 5 | 3 | 9 | -7 | 18 | LWLWW |
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17 | 5 | 3 | 9 | -7 | 18 | LWWLD |
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17 | 3 | 5 | 9 | -10 | 14 | WLLDL |
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17 | 3 | 4 | 10 | -20 | 13 | LDWLW |
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17 | 1 | 3 | 13 | -22 | 6 | LLDWL |
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Gil Vicente |
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Braga |
Rio Ave |
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Chaves |
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Casa Pia |
Arouca |
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Sporting Lisbon |
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Portimonense |
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Braga |
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Chaves |
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Vizela |
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Marítimo |
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Vitória Guimarães |
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Arouca |
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Goals scored | 0.6 |
Goals conceded | 1.9 |
Time first goal scored | 55 |
Time first goal conceded | 45 |
Yellow cards | 3.2 |
Red cards | 0.7 |
Subs used | 4.4 |
Biggest victory | null |
Biggest defeat | 3-0 |
Goals scored | 1.8 |
Goals conceded | 0.5 |
Time first goal scored | 43 |
Time first goal conceded | 46 |
Yellow cards | 2.4 |
Red cards | 0.1 |
Subs used | 5 |
Biggest victory | 5-1 |
Biggest defeat | 3-0 |
Adrián Butzke | 3 |
N'Dri Philippe Koffi | 2 |
Nigel Thomas | 2 |
Nicolás Gaitán | 1 |
Jordan Holsgrove | 1 |
Gonçalo Ramos | 12 |
João Mário | 10 |
Rafa Silva | 6 |
David Neres | 4 |
Petar Musa | 4 |
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Boavista |
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Famalicão |
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Porto |
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Casa Pia |
Club Brugge |
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Boavista |
Vizela |
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Famalicão |
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Club Brugge |
Marítimo |
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Vitória Guimarães |
Rio Ave |
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Porto |