Prediction for the match - 26 January 2023 Pacos de Ferreira - Benfica

Pacos de Ferreira is playing at home today, Benfica will face them, the meeting will start at 20:15 (UTC). Benfica are the favorites in this confrontation, bookmakers give the coefficient 1.21 for the victory of the first team.

FC Paços de Ferreira were close to springing an upset last time around, but a late goal from Banza prevented them from earning a point against a title candidate like SC Braga. Nonetheless, César Peixoto's men delivered a wonderful defensive performance and will look to start the second half of the season with a great result. SL Benfica had a delightful first half against CD Santa Clara, which inevitably won them the game. Enzo Fernández and Florentino were in complete sync, which allowed them to dominate the game in the middle of the park. They're expected to be confident here, as they look to increase the gap to SC Braga and FC Porto. The visitors have a far better team and are used to getting good results in Paços de Ferreira, winning on their last four visits to 'Capital do Móvel', scoring 12 goals in the process. That run is expected to be stretched on Thursday.

The teams have already played each other. Pacos de Ferreira defeated Benfica in 0 from 6 last matches. They scored the most goals to each other in the match, which took place on 30-го августа. Then the game ended with the score 3:2 in favor of the Benfica. If we talk about the most inconclusive match, it ended with a score of 0:2. The Benfica was defeated then.

The statistics of the hosts are not the best, in the last 6 matches they were able to win only 1 times. However the team usually scores no more than 0.67 goals per game. The defense of the Pacos de Ferreira team works well, on average, they concede no more than 1.5 goals per game.

The guests still can't find their game, they have won only 3 victories in their last 6 matches. However their score on goals scored is not so high - an average of 1.5 per game. The team has some problems with defense, they concede too many goals.

When analyzing this match, a lot of factors should be taken into account. The forecast of our system is already ready, you can view it right now.

Pacos de Ferreira – pre-match summary

• Antunes and Djaló return after serving match bans and could feature here. The former is the likeliest to feature on Thursday.
• Maracás was sent off last weekend against SC Braga and so will serve a match ban, which means that Pedro Ganchas and Nuno Lima should feature at the heart of the defence.
• Butzke made an impact from the bench in the last game and will be in competition with Guedes to start upfront.

Benfica – pre-match summary

• Rafa's muscular problem is not yet resolved and he's expected to miss out here, which opens the starting lineup door to Aursnes, who scored his first goal for SL Benfica last weekend.
• Otamendi is back available after serving a match ban and will likely get his spot back at the heart of the defence.
• On his first match after returning to SL Benfica, Gonçalo Guedes had a wonderful performance, scoring from the bench. He may be apart of the starting lineup on Thursday, while getting the nod over Draxler and Neres.