Aves welcome the visitors Benfica in the Portuguese League Cup – Round 3. The match will be held on Friday, December 28th, at the Estadio do CD das Aves (Vila das Aves).
Well, can Aves care of the League Cup at the moment? They find themselves in the relegation zone with a tally of eleven points. Just in three rounds they allowed ten goals and are currently the most leaking team of the Portuguese league. Aves managed to play ‘to nil’ in two encounters of this campaign, but the class of the opponents was not that high. We’d better consider the results of their clashes with the league toppers, like the defeat to Sporting, 1:4, and to Porto, 1:3.
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Though the Taca da Liga is a secondary tournament, Benfica are the most decorated team, counting yet seven victories there. The guests will surely succeed in the coming Friday match – especially given their spectacular win over Braga in the last Primeira Liga round. For the first time over the long period, Benfica failed to keep a clean sheet in that meeting, but they did not stop at one goal and scored six. The team’s group placement is very comfortable – they are at the top and boast a 100% tally. No problems may arise in the clash with Aves, all the more so that the visitors were victorious in eight consecutive head-to-heads. Three wins of these were registered away from their home.
Benfica are deservedly considered favorite in the coming encounter, even if they play with their reserve squad. Nearly same odds were given by bookies for the last round match against Braga – and how did it all end? We may probably see an abundance of goals tomorrow. The visiting side have no issues in outings – in the last three ones, they did not miss a goal.
Prediction for the match: Benfica to win away.
