Benfica vs Tondela Live Stream, Predictions

📊 Form Guide

Benfica

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Benfica enter this fixture after a 1-1 Primeira Liga drawn result vs Santa Clara.

In that game, Benfica had 70% possession and 7 attempts on goal with 2 of them on target. The scorer for Benfica was Darwin Núñez (33'). Santa Clara got 12 shots on goal with 4 of them on target. Fábio Cardoso (60') scored for Santa Clara.

Benfica haven’t had any problems with scoring, finding the back of the net in one hundred percent of their last 6 games.

They’ve totted up the amount of 13 during that period while also conceding a total of 5. We will have to see if that trend can be continued on here.

Looking at their past form shows that Benfica:

• have not been beaten in the league by Tondela in their previous 4 matches.
• haven't been defeated in their previous 2 home league matches.

Tondela

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Tondela will go into this game following on from a 1-0 Primeira Liga win vs Famalicão in their previous match.

In that match, Tondela had 37% possession and 9 attempts at goal with 3 on target. The only player to score for Tondela was Mario González (52'). At the other end, Famalicão got 16 attempts on goal with 6 on target.

The trend of at least one side getting a clean sheet in games featuring Tondela has become fairly consistent of late. A glance at their last 6 outings reveals that this has happened 5 times. In these clashes, their opponents have managed a goal total of 8 and Auriverdes have scored 6.

Their past results show that Tondela:

• have not won against Benfica in games played away from home for the previous 2 league matches.
• haven’t won away from home in the past 5 league games.

🤜🤛 Head to head

An examination of their past head to head clashes stretching back to 17/12/2017 shows us that Benfica have won 4 of them and Tondela 1, with the tally of drawn results being 1.

A combined sum of 17 goals were produced between them throughout the course of those matches, with 12 of them from Benfica and 5 belonging to Auriverdes. The average goals per game has been 2.83.

The last league contest between these sides was Primeira Liga match day 25 on 04/06/2020 which ended up with the score at Benfica 0-0 Tondela.

That day, Benfica managed 64% possession and 26 shots at goal with 5 of them on target.

Tondela got 4 shots on goal with 0 of them on target.

The match was refereed by Manuel Mota.

📰 Team News: Benfica

Gabriel (Corona virus), André Almeida (Cruciate Ligament Rupture), Franco Cervi (Corona virus), Haris Seferovic (Corona virus) and Pedrinho (Muscular problems) are unavailable for Benfica manager Jorge Jesus.

📋 Team News: Tondela

Tondela boss Pako Ayestarán has to contend with a number of unavailable players. Joel Sousa (Corona virus) and Rafael Barbosa (Corona virus) are those who can’t be considered.

✨ Prediction

Our assessment is that Benfica certainly have the ability to get the win and a possible clean sheet when they face Tondela, who might well find it difficult scoring.

We’re tipping a comfortable 2-0 margin for Benfica after 90 minutes.

Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Renata Leite, 00:04 03/01/2021