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Benfica
Primeira Liga | Gameweek 17
Jan 9, 2022 at 6pm UK
Estádio da Luz
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Benfica
2 - 0
Pacos de Ferreira

Mario (45+5'), Grimaldo (75')
Otamendi (25'), Bernardo (90+1')
FT(HT: 1-0)

Fonseca (45+2'), Antunes (57'), Djalo (90')
Denilson (45+2')

The Match

Preview

Sports Mole previews Sunday's Primeira Liga clash between Benfica and Pacos de Ferreira, including predictions, team news and possible lineups.

We said: Benfica 3-1 Pacos de Ferreira

Despite being unable to field several key players, Benfica boast a significantly superior and more experienced squad heading into the game and we predict they will extend their fine run of results against the Pacenses. 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 74.65%. A draw had a probability of 16.2% and a win for Pacos de Ferreira had a probability of 9.15%.

The most likely scoreline for a Benfica win was 2-0 with a probability of 13.08%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 1-0 (11.06%) and 3-0 (10.32%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 1-1 (7.71%), while for a Pacos de Ferreira win it was 0-1 (3.26%). The actual scoreline of 2-0 was predicted with a 13.1% likelihood. Our data analysis correctly predicted a 2-0 win for Benfica in this match and our team at Sports Mole correctly predicted the win for Benfica.

Result
BenficaDrawPacos de Ferreira
74.65%16.2%9.15%
Both teams to score 45.47%
Goals
Over 2.5Under 2.5
59.08%40.92%
Over 3.5Under 3.5
36.69%63.31%
Benfica Goals
Over 0.5Under 0.5
90.62%9.38%
Over 1.5Under 1.5
68.42%31.58%
Pacos de Ferreira Goals
Over 0.5Under 0.5
50.18%49.82%
Over 1.5Under 1.5
15.46%84.54%
Score Analysis
    Benfica 74.63%
    Pacos de Ferreira 9.15%
    Draw 16.2%
BenficaDrawPacos de Ferreira
2-0 @ 13.08%
1-0 @ 11.06%
3-0 @ 10.32%
2-1 @ 9.12%
3-1 @ 7.2%
4-0 @ 6.11%
4-1 @ 4.26%
5-0 @ 2.89%
3-2 @ 2.51%
5-1 @ 2.02%
4-2 @ 1.48%
6-0 @ 1.14%
Other @ 3.45%
Total : 74.63%
1-1 @ 7.71%
0-0 @ 4.67%
2-2 @ 3.18%
Other @ 0.65%
Total : 16.2%
0-1 @ 3.26%
1-2 @ 2.68%
0-2 @ 1.13%
Other @ 2.08%
Total : 9.15%

How you voted: Benfica vs Pacos de Ferreira

Benfica
94.3%
Draw
2.9%
Pacos de Ferreira
2.9%
35
Head to Head
Apr 10, 2021 8.30pm
Gameweek 26
Pacos de Ferreira
0-5
Benfica

Costa (58')
Eustaquio (22')
Goncalves (38'), Silva (45'), Seferovic (45+8', 78'), Nunez (89')
Goncalves (28'), Verissimo (33'), Grimaldo (43'), Waldschmidt (58'), Seferovic (61')
Dec 6, 2020 8pm
Gameweek 9
Benfica
2-1
Pacos de Ferreira
Silva (58'), Waldschmidt (90+4')
Otamendi (74')
Reabciuk (24')
Eustaquio (66'), Jordi (72'), Uilton (78'), Pepa (87')
Jan 26, 2020 5.30pm
Gameweek 18
Pacos de Ferreira
0-2
Benfica

Tanque (25'), Micael (38'), Silva (71')
Silva (39'), Vinicius (48')
Weigl (40'), Silva (89')
Aug 10, 2019 9.30pm
Gameweek 1
Benfica
5-0
Pacos de Ferreira
Tavares (26'), Pizzi (32' pen., 74'), Seferovic (70'), Vinicius (84')

Baixinho (9'), Tanque (35'), Martins (48')
Martins (65')
Feb 24, 2018 8.30pm
Pacos de Ferreira
1-3
Benfica
Phellype (9')
Assis (61'), Quinones (86')
Martins (91')
Jonas (72', 88'), Silva (94')
Zivkovic (16'), Pizzi (50')
rhs 2.0
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Tables header RHS
TeamPWDLFAGDPTS
1Sporting Lisbon15121243103337
2Porto1512123692737
3Benfica1411213482635
4Braga1584327161128
5Santa ClaraSanta Clara159061615127
6Vitoria de GuimaraesGuimaraes146441814422
7Casa Pia155551618-220
8MoreirenseMoreirense156271922-320
9FamalicaoFamalicao154741817119
10Gil Vicente154561724-717
11Rio AveRio Ave144461525-1016
12Estoril PraiaEstoril143561221-914
13AVS152761122-1113
14BoavistaBoavista152671019-912
15Nacional14338819-1112
16Estrela Amadora143381224-1212
17SC FarenseFarense15339921-1212
18AroucaArouca153210926-1711


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