📊 Form Guide
Benfica LDLWWL
Benfica will be hoping for a better result following the 0-1 Champions League loss in their previous game against Bayer Leverkusen.
An interesting characteristic of more recent Benfica games is the high number of scores with a nil in them.
Taking their prior six matches before this one, in as many as 5 of them a bet on "Both Teams to Score" would have lost. That kind of trend isn’t assured to be continued into this game, of course.
Coming into this contest, Benfica are undefeated in their previous 13 home league matches. A fantastic home record.
Casa Pia WDLDLL
Since being defeated in their last game at the hands of Estrela Amadora in Primeira Liga competition, Casa Pia will be aiming to make amends here.
In that game, Casa Pia had 56% possession and 10 shots at goal with 4 on target. For Casa Pia, goals were scored by Cassiano (34'), Iyad Mohamed (48') and Fonte (85'). For their opponents, Estrela Amadora got 12 attempts at goal with 6 of them on target. Kikas (36'), Sidny Lopes Cabral (45', 65', 82') and Moreira (67') scored for Estrela Amadora.
The numbers tell their own story, and Casa Pia have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 matches, conceding 14 goals in all. In defence, Casa Pia certainly have room for improvement.
Ahead of this clash, Casa Pia are without a win away from home in their last 2 matches in the league.
↔️ Head to head
Looking at their prior head to head meetings dating back to 13/08/2022 tells us that Benfica have won 4 of them & Casa Pia 1, with the tally of drawn results being 1.
A combined total of 14 goals were scored between the two sides in this period, with 10 for Benfica and 4 coming from Os Gansos (The Geese). That’s an average goals per game of 2.33.
The last league clash between these sides was Primeira Liga match day 19 on 25/01/2025 when it ended Casa Pia 3-1 Benfica.
In that match, Casa Pia managed 39% possession and 8 shots on goal with 3 of them on target. The scorers were Cassiano (32'), Moreira (60') and Jérémy Livolant (94').
Benfica had 19 attempts at goal with 7 on target. Ángel Di María (14') was the scorer.
The referee was António Nobre.
🗞️ Team News: Benfica
The Benfica boss José Mourinho doesn’t have any fitness concerns to speak of ahead of this game thanks to a completely injury-free squad available to select from.
It’s our opinion that Benfica may well line up in a 4-2-3-1 system in the match with Anatoliy Trubin, Fredrik Aursnes, Tomas Araujo, Antonio Silva, Samuel Dahl, Richard Rios, Enzo Barrenechea, Dodi Lukebakio, Georgiy Sudakov, Gianluca Prestianni and Vangelis Pavlidis.
📋 Team News: Casa Pia
Thanks to a completely injury-free squad ready to go, the Casa Pia boss João Pereira does not have any fitness concerns to report ahead of this game.
We believe Os Gansos (The Geese) seem most likely to elect for a 3-4-3 lineup, starting Patrick Sequeira, Kaique Rocha, Jose Fonte, David Sousa, Gaizka Larrazabal, Iyad Mohamed, Renato Nhaga, Andre Geraldes, Jeremy Livolant, Cassiano and Kelian Wa Saka.
⚡ Prediction
It’s likely that Casa Pia will do well to be scoring even one goal against a Benfica side who appear set to control this match over the entire pitch.
We are anticipating a comprehensive 3-0 margin for Benfica at full-time.