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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 Lisbon18142251143744
2Benfica18132342113141
3Porto18131441142740
4Braga18104431191234
5Santa ClaraSanta Clara1810172019131
6Casa Pia187652222027
7Vitoria de GuimaraesGuimaraes186842824426
8MoreirenseMoreirense186572225-323
9Gil Vicente185762227-522
10Estoril PraiaEstoril185672130-921
11FamalicaoFamalicao184862024-420
12Rio AveRio Ave185581831-1320
13Nacional185491624-819
14Estrela Amadora1844101630-1416
15AroucaArouca1844101530-1516
16SC FarenseFarense183691123-1215
17AVS182971427-1315
18BoavistaBoavista1826101329-1612


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