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- Competition: Primeira Liga
- Date: 6th April, 2025
- Kickoff: 20:30 UK / 21:30 CEST
- Venue: Estadio Do Dragao
Benfica are level on points with bitter city rivals Sporting in the battle for the Primeira Liga title, but they must beat their biggest rivals FC Porto at the Estadio Do Dragao on Monday to stay in contention for the rest of the season.
The visitors have been on a great run in the league of late, winning eight games in a row to keep pace with Sporting in the title race. Their most recent victory came last weekend with a 3-2 win over Farense, which was also the fifth game in a row in which they scored at least three goals.
Porto, on the other hand, have not performed well enough to keep up with the two Lisbon teams in the title race. They have won just four of ten possible games in the Primeira Liga in the last three months and are therefore almost out of the title race. However, they have won their last two league games, albeit not entirely convincingly - last weekend they beat Estoril 2-1.
FC Porto - Benfica Betting Tips: Both Teams to Score
Although FC Porto’s hopes of winning the Primeira Liga title are slowly fading seven match days before the end of the season, the Dragons are invincible at the Estadio Do Dragao this season. Porto are the only team yet to lose at home in the Primeira Liga this season, scoring a goal in every game, winning 10 and drawing 3 and conceding just 5 goals so far.
However, they face Benfica, who have scored the second most goals in the Primeira Liga this season and have won three games in a row in recent weeks. They have also scored in 11 of their last 12 away games this season, so we expect both teams to score on Monday.
Porto vs Benfica Head to Head (H2H) stats
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Benfica
4 : 1
Porto
Liga Portugal
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Porto
5 : 0
Benfica
Liga Portugal
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Benfica
1 : 0
Porto
Liga Portugal
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Benfica
2 : 0
Porto
Super Cup
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Benfica
1 : 2
Porto
Liga Portugal
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Porto
0 : 1
Benfica
Liga Portugal
Porto team news
Vasco Sousa and Fran Navarro are both sidelined with injuries and will not play against Benfica on Monday.
Last matches of Porto
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Estoril
1 : 2
Porto
Liga Portugal
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Porto
2 : 0
AVS
Liga Portugal
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Porto
1 : 1
Vitoria Guimaraes
Liga Portugal
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AS Roma
3 : 2
Porto
Europa League
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Farense
0 : 1
Porto
Liga Portugal
Porto lineup
Goalkeeper
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99
Diogo Costa
Defenders
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24
Nehuén Pérez
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6
Stephen Eustaquio
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5
Iván Marcano
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74
Francisco Moura
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23
João Mário
Midfielders
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22
Alan Varela
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10
Fábio Vieira
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11
Pepê
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86
Rodrigo Mora
Forwards
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9
Samuel Aghehowa
Benfica team news
Tomas Araujo, Manu Silva and Alexander Bah are all out injured and will not feature on Monday.
Last matches of Benfica
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Benfica
3 : 2
Farense
Liga Portugal
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Rio Ave
2 : 3
Benfica
Liga Portugal
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FC Barcelona
3 : 1
Benfica
Champions League
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Benfica
3 : 0
CD Nacional
Liga Portugal
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Benfica
0 : 1
FC Barcelona
Champions League
Benfica lineup
Goalkeeper
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1
Anatoliy Trubin
Defenders
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26
Samuel Dahl
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4
António Silva
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30
Nicolás Otamendi
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3
Álvaro Carreras
Midfielders
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85
Renato Sanches
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10
Orkun Kökçü
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8
Fredrik Aursnes
Forwards
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11
Ángel Di María
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17
Kerem Aktürkoğlu
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14
Vangelis Pavlidis
Three reasons we expect Both Teams to Score
- FC Porto have scored in every single home game in Primeira Liga this season
- Benfica have scored in 11 of their last 12 away matches in Primeira Liga
- In the last two matches between FC Porto and Benfica, in which there were no red cards, both teams scored
Main prediction Porto - Benfica
Both Teams to Score
Best Odds:
Additional predictions
Porto & Benfica current standing in Liga Portugal
Regular Season | P | W | D | L |
G - A
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GD | Pts | |
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1 | Sporting CP | 27 | 20 | 5 | 2 | 73 - 23 | +50 | 65 |
2 | Benfica | 27 | 21 | 2 | 4 | 65 - 22 | +43 | 65 |
3 | Porto | 27 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 53 - 21 | +32 | 56 |
4 | Sporting Braga | 27 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 44 - 23 | +21 | 56 |
5 | Santa Clara | 28 | 14 | 4 | 10 | 28 - 27 | +1 | 46 |
6 | Vitória SC | 28 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 40 - 29 | +11 | 45 |
7 | Famalicão | 28 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 35 - 31 | +4 | 40 |
8 | Casa Pia | 27 | 11 | 6 | 10 | 34 - 36 | -2 | 39 |
9 | Estoril | 28 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 38 - 43 | -5 | 39 |
10 | Moreirense | 27 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 33 - 39 | -6 | 32 |
11 | Nacional | 27 | 8 | 5 | 14 | 26 - 37 | -11 | 29 |
12 | Rio Ave | 27 | 7 | 8 | 12 | 30 - 45 | -15 | 29 |
13 | Arouca | 28 | 7 | 8 | 13 | 27 - 43 | -16 | 29 |
14 | Gil Vicente | 27 | 6 | 8 | 13 | 27 - 41 | -14 | 26 |
15 | Estrela Amadora | 27 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 21 - 41 | -20 | 23 |
16 | AVS | 28 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 21 - 44 | -23 | 23 |
17 | Farense | 27 | 3 | 8 | 16 | 19 - 40 | -21 | 17 |
18 | Boavista | 27 | 3 | 6 | 18 | 17 - 46 | -29 | 15 |