📏 Form Guide

Benfica

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Benfica prepare for this fixture following a 1-1 Primeira Liga tied result versus Casa Pia.

In that game, Benfica had 78% possession and 18 shots at goal with 3 on target. The scorer for Benfica was Richard Ríos (68'). Casa Pia had 8 attempts at goal with 2 on target. Brito (78') was the scorer for Casa Pia.

Three or more goals per match were recorded in 5 of the last 6 fixtures where Benfica have taken part. Opposing sides scored 7 times in this period whereas Benfica managed a tally of 11.

Pre-game facts show that Benfica:

• haven't lost in the league to Nacional in their previous 20 matches. It's quite some record.
• are undefeated in their last 22 home league matches. An amazing run.

Nacional

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Nacional go into this encounter following a 2-0 Primeira Liga win in the defeat of Estrela Amadora in their previous game.

In that match, Nacional managed 49% possession and 16 shots at goal with 4 on target. For Nacional, goals were scored by Jesús Ramírez (2') and Bóia (71'). For their opponents, Estrela Amadora had 11 attempts at goal with 2 on target.

The stats tell the story, and Nacional have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 games, seeing opposing sides hit 8 goals in all. Defensively, Nacional seem to have a bit of a soft underbelly. We will see whether or not that trend can be continued on here.

Heading into this contest, Nacional have not won away from home in their last 10 league matches. A poor run.

↔️ Head to head

Delving into their past head to head results going back to 10/02/2019 reveals that these encounters have not been good ones for Nacional. They have not managed to get themselves any victories at all whereas Benfica have simply been better than them, getting wins in 83% of those matches played.

There were also plenty of goals scored in those games, 24 in all which averages out at 4 goals per meeting.

The last league match between these clubs was Primeira Liga match day 12 on 29/11/2025 which finished with the scoreline of Nacional 1-2 Benfica.

In that match, Nacional managed 30% possession and 6 shots on goal with 2 on target. Their only player to score was Jesús Ramírez (60').

On the other side, Benfica had 31 shots at goal with 8 on target. Gianluca Prestianni (89') and Vangelis Pavlidis (95') scored.

The referee was Iancu Vasilica.

📰 Team News: Benfica

Bruma (unknown injury), Fredrik Aursnes (Rest), Tomás Araújo (Muscle injury) and João Veloso (Shoulder injury) won’t be playing for Benfica boss José Mourinho.

We think that Benfica should go for a 4-2-3-1 formation in the match, handing starts to Anatoliy Trubin, Alexander Bah, Antonio Silva, Nicolas Otamendi, Samuel Dahl, Richard Rios, Enzo Barrenechea, Gianluca Prestianni, Rafa Silva, Andreas Schjelderup and Vangelis Pavlidis.

ℹ️ Team News: Nacional

Nacional manager Tiago Margarido has some current player fitness concerns. Ivanildo Fernandes (unknown injury), Filipe Soares (unknown injury) and Ulisses (unknown injury) are not ready for selection.

We believe Os Alvinegros seem most likely to utilise a 4-3-3 formation, settling for Kaique Pereira, Alan Nunez, Leonardo Santos, Ze Vitor, Jose Gomes, Chiheb Labidi, Matheus Dias, Liziero, Daniel, Jesus Ramirez and Witi.

🔮 Prediction

We envisage that Benfica will most probably have the majority of the possession and should be able to turn a few of their chances into goals.

At the other end, Nacional could well struggle to break down their defence but we can see them getting the chances to score, too.

We therefore think that it’s going to be a pretty comfortable 3-1 winning score for Benfica at the end of the match.

Renata Leite, 16:02 12/04/2026