Vitória Guimarães vs Benfica Live Stream, Predictions

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Vitória Guimarães

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Vitória Guimarães, buoyed by their previous result, will be hoping for more of the same after a 0-1 Primeira Liga success versus Gil Vicente.

The only player to score from Vitória Guimarães was Gustavo Silva (77').

Over their prior 6 games, Luís Freire's Vitória Guimarães have hit the target a total of 9 times giving them an average number of goals scored per match of 1.5.

A look at their previous results shows us that Vitória Guimarães:

• have not beaten Benfica in their previous 25 matches in the league. They'll surely be desperate to put an end to that run.
• are undefeated in their last 11 league matches at home. Visiting teams have certainly not had an easy time of it here.

Benfica

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In their last game, Benfica drew 2-2 in the Primeira Liga tie with Arouca.

In that game, Benfica managed 55% possession and 26 attempts at goal with 8 of them on target. For Benfica, the goals were scored by Orkun Kökçü (60') and Vangelis Pavlidis (79'). On the other side, Arouca got 8 shots on goal with 5 of them on target. Güven Yalçın (72') and Weverson (95') scored for Arouca.

In a total of 6 of the previous 6 games featuring Benfica, three or more goals have been struck. The overall average number of goals per game in that spell is 4.33, with the number of goals averaged by Benfica standing at 2.67.

Taking a look at their past results, Benfica:

• have not emerged victorious against Vitória Guimarães when they have played them away from home in the previous 2 matches in the league.
• haven't been defeated by Vitória Guimarães in away games against them for the last 12 matches in the league. What an away run they have had against them.
• are undefeated in their previous 5 away league matches.

↔️ Head to head

A study of past results between these clubs going back to 27/02/2022 tells us that these encounters have not been happy ones for Vitória Guimarães. They have not been able to register any wins at all while Benfica have managed to find a way, getting wins in 67 per cent of those ties.

18 goals were scored between them throughout the course of those matches, with 3 of them for Os Vimaranenses and 15 created by Benfica. The average number of goals per game works out to 3.

The previous league meeting between these clubs was Primeira Liga match day 13 on 07/12/2024 when it finished Benfica 1-0 Vitória Guimarães.

That time, Benfica had 55% possession and 8 shots on goal with 1 of them on target. The scorer was Kerem Aktürkoğlu (29').

On the other side, Vitória Guimarães got 10 shots at goal with 2 of them on target.

The referee was Miguel Nogueira.

📋 Team News: Benfica

Benfica manager Bruno Lage has to contend with a number of unavailable players. Renato Sanches (Muscle injury), Manu Silva (Cruciate ligament tear) and Alexander Bah (Cruciate ligament tear) are not able to play.

✨ Prediction

In our view, Vitória Guimarães have enough to score a goal against this Benfica outfit, although just one goal is unlikely to be enough to give them the result that they want.

Therefore, we’re predicting a tight encounter finishing with a 1-2 winning score for Benfica after 90 minutes. Let’s wait and see how it plays out.

Andre Moura, 19:03 16/04/2025