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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

Last Game: Benfica 4-1 Rio Ave
Sunday, January 14 at 6pm in Primeira Liga
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')
Feb 20, 2023 9.15pm
Gameweek 21
Benfica
3-1
Boavista
Gilberto (55'), Ramos (82'), Musa (90+2')
Njie (58')
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')
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')
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')
rhs 2.0
Today's games header
Tables header RHS
TeamPWDLFAGDPTS
1Sporting Lisbon17132248143441
2Benfica18132342113141
3Porto17131340112940
4Braga1794430191131
5Santa ClaraSanta Clara1710161816231
6Vitoria de GuimaraesGuimaraes176742622425
7Casa Pia176651920-124
8MoreirenseMoreirense176472225-322
9FamalicaoFamalicao184862024-420
10Rio AveRio Ave175571828-1020
11Gil Vicente174761926-719
12Estoril PraiaEstoril174671828-1018
13Nacional174491323-1016
14Estrela Amadora174491629-1316
15AVS172961324-1115
16AroucaArouca1743101328-1515
17SC FarenseFarense173591123-1214
18BoavistaBoavista172691126-1512


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