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Primeira Liga | Gameweek 18
Jan 19, 2024 at 8.15pm UK
Estadio do Sport Lisboa e Benfica
Boavista

Benfica
2 - 0
Boavista

di Maria (61'), Leonardo (90+4')
Otamendi (49'), Silva (55'), Luis (56')
FT(HT: 0-0)

Abascal (57'), Perez (80'), Vukotic (86')

The Match

Preview

Sports Mole previews Friday's Primeira Liga clash between Benfica and Boavista, including predictions, team news and possible lineups.

Form, Standings, Stats

Benfica

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Primeira Liga
Last Game: Benfica 4-1 Rio Ave
Sunday, January 14 at 6pm in Primeira Liga

Boavista

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Last Game: Vizela 1-4 Boavista
Sunday, January 14 at 6pm in Primeira Liga

We said: Benfica 2-0 Boavista

 While Boavista managed to get one over Benfica on home turf in August and appear to be improving under Paiva after their dismal run, they face a particularly difficult test in a trip to the capital to take on Benfica on Friday. As Panteras will not make it easy for the defending champions, but Schmidt's side have the quality to come out on top at the Estadio da Luz and avenge the opening-day defeat, making it 17 league games unbeaten in the process. Read more.

Data Analysis

Our analysis of all available data, including recent performances and player stats up until an hour before kickoff, suggested the most likely outcome of this match was a Benfica win with a probability of 72.89%. A draw had a probability of 16.8% and a win for Boavista had a probability of 10.35%.

The most likely scoreline for a Benfica win was 2-0 with a probability of 12.25%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 1-0 (10.41%) and 3-0 (9.62%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 1-1 (7.96%), while for a Boavista win it was 0-1 (3.38%). The actual scoreline of 2-0 was predicted with a 12.3% likelihood. Our team at Sports Mole and our data analysis both correctly predicted a 2-0 win for Benfica in this match.

Result
BenficaDrawBoavista
72.89% (-0.039000000000001 -0.04) 16.76% (0.012 0.01) 10.35% (0.033000000000001 0.03)
Both teams to score 48.34% (0.072000000000003 0.07)
Goals
Over 2.5Under 2.5
60.28% (0.036999999999999 0.04)39.72% (-0.033999999999999 -0.03)
Over 3.5Under 3.5
37.93% (0.037999999999997 0.04)62.07% (-0.033999999999999 -0.03)
Benfica Goals
Over 0.5Under 0.5
90.5% (0.0019999999999953 0)9.5% (0.0019000000000009 0)
Over 1.5Under 1.5
68.15%31.85% (0.004999999999999 0)
Boavista Goals
Over 0.5Under 0.5
53.42% (0.079999999999998 0.08)46.58% (-0.076000000000001 -0.08)
Over 1.5Under 1.5
17.83% (0.064 0.06)82.17% (-0.058999999999997 -0.06)
Score Analysis
    Benfica 72.88%
    Boavista 10.35%
    Draw 16.76%
BenficaDrawBoavista
2-0 @ 12.25% (-0.02 -0.02)
1-0 @ 10.41% (-0.02 -0.02)
3-0 @ 9.62% (-0.016 -0.02)
2-1 @ 9.37% (0.0050000000000008 0.01)
3-1 @ 7.35% (0.0039999999999996 0)
4-0 @ 5.66% (-0.0099999999999998 -0.01)
4-1 @ 4.33% (0.0019999999999998 0)
3-2 @ 2.81% (0.0070000000000001 0.01)
5-0 @ 2.67% (-0.004 -0)
5-1 @ 2.04% (0.00099999999999989 0)
4-2 @ 1.65% (0.0050000000000001 0.01)
6-0 @ 1.05% (-0.002 -0)
Other @ 3.69%
Total : 72.88%
1-1 @ 7.96% (0.0040000000000004 0)
0-0 @ 4.42% (-0.0069999999999997 -0.01)
2-2 @ 3.58% (0.0099999999999998 0.01)
Other @ 0.8%
Total : 16.76%
0-1 @ 3.38% (0.0020000000000002 0)
1-2 @ 3.04% (0.0090000000000003 0.01)
0-2 @ 1.29% (0.004 0)
2-3 @ 0.91% (0.005 0.01)
Other @ 1.73%
Total : 10.35%

How you voted: Benfica vs Boavista

Benfica
90.0%
Draw
0.0%
Boavista
10.0%
30
Head to Head
Aug 14, 2023 8.45pm
Gameweek 1
Boavista
3-2
Benfica
Bozenik (55', 90+13'), Lourenco (90' pen.)
Reisinho (1'), Petit (2'), Makouta (11'), Perez (14'), Onyemaechi (67'), Silva Conceicao (90+8'), Bozenik (90+15')
Lourenco (90+11')
Di Maria (22'), Silva (75')
di Maria (54'), Silva (65'), Bah (82'), Silva (88')
Musa (50')
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Feb 20, 2023 9.15pm
Gameweek 21
Benfica
3-1
Boavista
Gilberto (55'), Ramos (82'), Musa (90+2')
Njie (58')
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Aug 27, 2022 6pm
Gameweek 4
Boavista
0-3
Benfica

Lourenco (27'), Cannon (52'), Sasso (81'), Makouta (90+2')
Morato (30'), Mario (67', 82')
Silva (7'), Schmidt (52'), Grimaldo (57')
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Feb 18, 2022 8.15pm
Gameweek 23
Boavista
2-2
Benfica
Sauer (74'), Makouta (80')
Perez (40'), Garcia (47'), Gorre (69'), Musa (84'), Hamache (90')
Taarabt (21'), Grimaldo (30')
Weigl (15'), Otamendi (27'), Grimaldo (84')
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Jan 25, 2022 7.45pm
Semi-Finals
Benfica
1-1
Boavista
 Benfica win 3-2 on penalties
Everton (16')
Bernardo (29')
Sauer (53' pen.)
Musa (17'), Abascal (36'), Makouta (46'), Petit (70')
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Tables header RHS
TeamPWDLFAGDPTS
1Sporting Lisbon1111003953433
2Porto119022882027
3Benfica108112872125
4Santa ClaraSanta Clara117041412221
5Braga116231911820
6Vitoria de GuimaraesGuimaraes115331211118
7FamalicaoFamalicao11452129317
8MoreirenseMoreirense115241514117
9Casa Pia113441014-413
10Rio AveRio Ave113351020-1012
11Gil Vicente112451419-510
12Estoril PraiaEstoril11245816-810
13AVS11245919-1010
14BoavistaBoavista11236715-89
15Estrela Amadora112361020-109
16Nacional10226615-98
17AroucaArouca11227619-138
18SC FarenseFarense11128518-135
> Primeira Liga Full Table


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