Benfica take on the visitors Guimaraes at “Estadio da Luz” in the fight for the Super Cup. The clash will be played in Lisabon on Saturday, August 5th.
Last season Benfica took the golden trophies double: the side won the Portuguese Primeira Liga with 82 points gained and 72-18 goal difference alongside with the Taca de Portugal, having beaten Guimaraes in the final with 2:1 scoreline. As usual “Aguias” have earned a lot on transfers in summer, having sold Victor Lindelof, Marcal, Ederson and Nelson Semedo for 115 million EUR. In their turn, Benfica have spent 6-7 million EUR on roster’s enforcement, however, bearing in mind how the club is able to bring young players through and search for new football stars, I believe that “Aguias” at least didn’t become weaker and probably will show even stronger performance in a new season.
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Last season Guimaraes occupied the fourth position in the table and participated in the Taca de Portugal final, having showed outstanding results for “Os Conquistadores”. Summer transfers of Pedro Martins’ side won’t say much to the football admirers, even though more than 40 performers arrived and quitted the club. During the summer break Guimaraes conducted five clashes resulting in three wins, one draw and single defeat.
Benfica have not been beaten by Guimaraes since the 26th of May 2013 across 10 encounters in a row recording one draw and nine triumphs in them. “Aguias”’ winning run counts for six games with 13:1 aggregated score. The rivals’ head-to-heads statistics is quite prominent as well as transfers amounts. I believe that “Aguias” will sustain their last season’s golden double with the trophy at the start of the new season.
Prediction for the match: Benfica to win with -1.0 Asian handicap.
