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The title race in Portugal Saturday resumed. This weekend is the Benfica that the first blow may share and may result in a gap of four points at FC Porto that Sunday only comes into action.
Ferreira vs Benfica Prediction & Betting tips
Ferreira :
Although Pacos de Ferreira unable to proceed on the list than a mere fourteenth place, it’s hard to beat at home. In the competition were in their own Estádio da Mata Real lost only two games. Last August, the first home game of the season, Sporting Lisbon was too strong, and in December was lost to Moreirense. Many as 20 of the hitherto 26 points were collected in-house. Among other FC Porto did not win at Pacos de Ferreira.
Despite Pacos de Ferreira faces staffing issues (less than 7 players are injured), the most important man in the yellow-greens or the party will be: the Brazilian Welthon scored this season eleven times and has thus attracted the interest of Sporting Lisbon. In the last ten gave up competing he scored eight times.
Os Castores (the beavers) will have to hope for the vagaries of Welthon as history against Benfica is not encouraging. The last twenty mutual encounters in the competition Pacos lost there than nineteen. The only victory was two seasons ago.
Probable lineup Pacos de Ferreira
Defendi, Gois, Gege, Bruno Santos, Ferreira Melo, Vasco Rocha Rodrigues, Pedrinho, Diego, Welthon
Benfica :
The title race in Portugal has become a battle between the two biggest clubs in the country: Benfica and FC Porto, the former has a lead of one point. In an away win at Pacos de Ferreira knows the team Rui Vitória sure the weekend on the lead will be closed.
That will still not going to be that easy, considering the home balance of the yellow-greens. Despite Ash will Águias (The Eagles) travel with glowing with confidence, because the last six league matches were completed winning and had to be swallowed only one goal.
Important for Benfica striker Jonas will be or will be able to play. The Brazilian is the third of foreigners with the most goals in the Primeira Liga (to 1 Óscar Cardozo), but struggling in recent weeks with aches and pains which he started a few times on the bench. When the royal couple Jonas Mitroglou-play, Benfica is barely beating.
Because Benfica has a wide selection and additionally about two weeks, the game against FC Porto on the program, Rui Vitória will take few risks with its spire. His position can be taken over by the Peruvian André Carrillo or the Serbian super talent Andrija Zivkovic.
Pizzi is armed, so the chances are that he’ll get booked for Saturday, to be suspended as next week and thus ensure to play in the cracker against Porto two weeks.
Probable lineup Benfica
Ederson, Eliseu, Nilsson-Lindelöf, Luisão, Almeida, Samaris, Pizzi, Carrillo, Salvio, Mitroglou, Jonas (Zivkovic)
Ferreira vs Benfica head to head
29.12.16 CUP Benfica Ferreira 1 : 0
28.10.16 PL Benfica Ferreira 3 : 0
20.02.16 PL Ferreira Benfica 1 : 3
26.09.15 PL Benfica Ferreira 3 : 0
26.01.15 PL Ferreira Benfica 1 : 0