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Sporting vs Benfica Prediction & Betting tips
The new week starts with an absolute treat in terms of football. The prestigious city derby in Lisbon will take place in Portugal late on Monday evening. A duel that electrifies the masses and also attracts interest beyond national borders. The “Derby de Lisboa” between Sporting Lisbon and Benfica Lisbon.
The green dragon welcomes the red eagle at Estadio Jose Alvalade at home and there is a lot at stake, especially for the guest. Before the derby, Benfica Lisbon has six points behind their local rivals.
A derby defeat is a shame anyway, but on Monday it would be synonymous with the final end in the title fight. The game does not start until 21:30 p.m. on Monday – accordingly, the game is especially for night owls.
The duel is particularly explosive due to the personality of Jorge Jesus. The now 66-year-old was the first person in charge to move directly from Benfica to Sporting (and vice versa) in 2015. Sporting is now a thing of the past and Jorge Jesus has been back at Benfica Lisbon this season.
Sporting Lisbon :
Almost four weeks before the first league game, Sporting Lisbon slipped into a 4-1 debacle against LASK in the Europa League qualification and thus missed the group stage. The Amorim-Elf had to deal with a big setback long before the regular start of the season.
However, no one in the green-white camp has long thought of leaving. At the national level, Sporting Lisbon is absolutely convincing and rushes from success to success. Only a few days ago the title win against Sporting Braga could be celebrated in the final of the league cup.
In the national championship, the 18-time champion (most recently 2001/02) is also the measure of all things and has not lost a single game in the season so far. 39 out of 45 possible points are on the credit side and therefore the Amorim-Elf only had to be content with a draw in three league games. However, there were two of these draws in the home stadium.
With just nine goals conceded, Sporting Lisbon has the best defense in the league. Goalkeeper Adan, who was brought in in the summer of 2020 and self-made Luis Maximiano was put in front of his nose, was able to keep his box clean in eight games.
Due to the strong offensive departments on both sides (both teams scored an average of around two goals per game), the prediction of goals from both teams in the explosive derby between Sporting Lisbon and Benfica Lisbon appears lucrative.
At Sporting Lisbon, winger Pedro Goncalves is the standout player this season. The 22-year-old new signing from Famalicao has already scored twelve goals this season, making him the top scorer.
Benfica Lisbon :
The missed championship last season was a bitter disappointment for the fans spoiled for success. After that, no stone was left unturned and the Red Eagles catapulted themselves into the role of favorites with major new signings.
The return of successful coach Jorge Jesus (already worked for Benfica between 2009 and 2015) cost the club a million dollar fee.
When Jorge Jesus got involved for the first time, the often cited “Gutman curse” could not be broken, but the Portuguese were also extremely successful internationally.
Given its dominance and rare slip-ups, a defeat in the city derby would probably mean the end of the championship dreams. However, the fact that Benfica have only won one of their last four competitive games speaks against this bet.
The initial situation is made more difficult by personnel concerns in the warehouse in Benfica Lisbon. In the goalkeeper position, Jorge Jesus has to do without both the German-Greek Odysseas Vlachodimos and Helton Leite. The 21-year-old Belgian Mile Svilar played in the disappointing 1-1 draw on the last day of the match against CD Nacional. Even in the top game, Vlachodimos will still be in quarantine and will therefore be absent.
Sporting vs Benfica head to head matches
25.07.20 PL Benfica Sporting 2 : 1
17.01.20 PL Sporting Benfica 0 : 2
04.08.19 SC Benfica Sporting 5 : 0
03.04.19 TP Sporting Benfica 1 : 0
06.02.19 TP Benfica Sporting 2 : 1
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| Prediction: | Both teams to score / YES |
| Selection odds: | 1,79 |
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