Benfica welcome the visitors Boavista in the Portuguese Primeira Liga – Round 19. The match will be held on Tuesday, January 29th, at the Estadio da Luz (Lisabon).
Benfica are facing the Europa League encounter against Galatasaray – it is coming quite soon. Indeed, tomorrow’s hosts may score to their visitors Boavista even ten goals in the first round, but what is the point in this? The ‘Eagles’ have afforded more than usual in this campaign – they registered unexpected losses to middle-class teams both at home and out, they were defeated by Porto in the Taca da Liga and featured outclassing wins mostly. Benfica do not rush to beat the opponent – four of their thirteen victories were gained by a minimum margin, the team scored just one goal. A victory by a margin of over two goals was attained in one clash only – coming against the second-last league contender. In the latest three matches, Benfica did not net over once per match. Can they be expected to smash Boavista in the coming round?
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In the last season, the visitors occupied a middle-table tier; in the present one, they fight for survival, hovering just one point off the relegation zone. In three of seven rounds, the team are getting points though. We attribute their current position to the lack of attack as it is and the decrease in the main striker’s Mateus’ effectiveness. Boavista are hardly scoring. Their defense is not that poor at this. They allowed more than two goals only twice, yet in autumn fixtures.
The hosts will gain a win on Tuesday, but we won’t see a hammering. Earlier, Benfica clashed with Porto, afterwards, they head to Sporting. The silver medals holders’ calendar is really tough lately. The hosts may possibly need to save their efforts in some encounters. There is no need to pay much attention the sides’ head-to-heads’ history, but Boavista score to Benfica at times.
Prediction for the match: Boavista to win with a +2.5 handicap.
