Benfica vs Paços de Ferreira Live Stream, Predictions

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Benfica

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Benfica will be wanting a better result here following the 3-1 Primeira Liga losing effort in their last game against Porto.

In that game, Benfica had 46% possession and 13 shots at goal with 5 on target. The only player on the scoresheet for Benfica was Roman Yaremchuk (46'). On the other side, FC Porto had 15 shots at goal with 6 on target. Fábio Vieira (34'), Pepê Aquino (37') and Mehdi Taremi (69') scored for Porto.

Benfica have been on a persistent run of goalscoring form, finding the back of the net in one hundred percent of their last 6 games.

They have totted up the amount of 22 during that time and have conceded a total of 8.

Coming into this meeting, Benfica have not been beaten in the league by Paços de Ferreira in their last 10 matches. Quite a long unbeaten run against them.

Paços de Ferreira

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Paços de Ferreira go into this clash after a 2-1 Primeira Liga win as they beat Santa Clara in their most recent match.

In that match, Paços de Ferreira managed 55% possession and 9 shots on goal with 3 on target. The only player on the scoresheet for Paços de Ferreira was Denilson Junior (69', 82'). At the other end, Santa Clara had 11 shots at goal with 4 of them on target. Hidemasa Morita (41') scored for Santa Clara.

The attacking players from Paços de Ferreira have failed to get amongst the goals in their past six clashes, recording the disappointing return of just 4. In those fixtures, Os Castores have also seen the collective goal tally against them equal 8. It will be interesting to see whether or not that trend will end up being continued on in this game.

Going into this contest, Paços de Ferreira are winless against Benfica when having played them away from home in the previous 18 matches in the league. Imagine their relief when they finally get an away win.

👥 Head to head

Checking on their past head to head results stretching back to 23/09/2017 shows that these encounters have not been kind to Paços de Ferreira. They have not been able to register any wins at all while Benfica have just been stronger than them, beating them in 100% of those matches.

21 goals were yielded between them during those clashes, with 19 from Benfica and 2 coming from Os Castores. The average number of goals per game works out to 3.5.

The previous league fixture featuring these clubs was Primeira Liga match day 26 on 10/04/2021 and the score finished Paços de Ferreira 0-5 Benfica.

That day, Paços de Ferreira managed 29% possession and 2 attempts at goal with 1 on target.

On the other side, Benfica got 15 attempts at goal with 9 of them on target. Diogo Gonçalves (38'), Rafa Silva (45'), Haris Seferović (45', 78') and Darwin Núñez (89') scored.

The referee was Hugo Miguel.

📋 Team News: Benfica

Odysseas Vlachodimos (Corona virus), Jan Vertonghen (Corona virus), Nemanja Radonjic (Muscle Injury), Soualiho Meïté (Corona virus), Pizzi (Corona virus), Roman Yaremchuk (Corona virus), Lucas Veríssimo (Ruptured cruciate ligament) and Rodrigo Pinho (Cruciate Ligament Rupture) won’t be available for Benfica gaffer Nélson Veríssimo.

📋 Team News: Paços de Ferreira

Thanks to a largely full-strength group, there’s only the lone fitness issue for the Paços de Ferreira gaffer César Peixoto to contend with. João Vigário (Unknown Injury) won’t be in action.

⚡ Prediction

We’re inclined to think that Paços de Ferreira have the firepower to break down this Benfica side, but that probably shouldn’t be enough to prevent defeat.

We are anticipating a 2-1 victory for Benfica at the end of the match. It should be a decent one.

Our expert partners are tipping over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Andre Moura, 00:42 05/01/2022