📏 Form Guide
Benfica DWWDWW 📈
Benfica are hoping to win again after their last result, the 0-4 Primeira Liga triumph over Moreirense.
In that match, Benfica managed 47% possession and 10 shots at goal with 5 of them on target. For Benfica, goals were scored by Vangelis Pavlidis (36', 57', 70') and Fredrik Aursnes (76'). On the other side, Moreirense had 10 attempts at goal with 2 on target.
Benfica haven’t been able to stop scoring goals, hitting the target every time they’ve gone out to play in their last 6 matches.
They have hit an aggregate of 13 during that period and have conceded a total of 4. That sort of trend won’t necessarily be carried forward here, of course.
Looking at their past form shows that Benfica:
- are undefeated in their previous 15 league matches at home. What a fortress.
- are without a home win in the past 2 league matches.
Famalicão WWLDLW
Famalicão will come into the game after a 4-0 Primeira Liga win with the downing of Estoril in their last game.
In that match, Famalicão managed 54% possession and 20 shots at goal with 12 of them on target. For Famalicão, goals were scored by Yassir Zabiri (2', 78'), Sá (24') and Dias (50'). For their opponents, Estoril had 10 attempts on goal with 4 on target.
Hugo Oliveira's Famalicão have fired home 10 times throughout their most recent 6 matches. The aggregate of goals that have been scored against them during those same matches comes to 5.
Going into this one, Famalicão are unbeaten in their last 6 away league matches.
↔️ Head to head
A glance at their most recent head to head meetings dating back to 10/09/2022 shows us that Benfica have won 4 of these & Famalicão 2, with the number of drawn games being 0.
A total of 14 goals were scored between the two sides in this period, with 10 of them for Benfica and 4 netted by Famalicenses. That’s an average goals per game of 2.33.
The last league contest featuring these clubs was Primeira Liga match day 18 on 17/01/2025 when it finished Benfica 4-0 Famalicão.
On that occasion, Benfica managed 58% possession and 21 attempts on goal with 12 of them on target. The scorers were Leandro Barreiro (11', 36', 67') and Orkun Kökçü (80').
Famalicão had 1 attempts at goal with 0 on target.
The referee was João Gonçalves.
📰 Team News: Benfica
Dodi Lukébakio (Broken ankle), Leandro Barreiro (Injury to the ankle), Alexander Bah (Cruciate ligament tear), Henrique Araújo (Muscle injury) and Bruma (Achilles tendon rupture) will not be able to play for Benfica manager José Mourinho.
It’s our opinion that Benfica will possibly kick off with a 4-2-3-1 system for this game and select Anatoliy Trubin, Amar Dedic, Tomas Araujo, Nicolas Otamendi, Samuel Dahl, Richard Rios, Enzo Barrenechea, Fredrik Aursnes, Joao Rego, Georgiy Sudakov and Vangelis Pavlidis.
📋 Team News: Famalicão
Owing to an otherwise full-strength group of players, there’s only the one fitness problem for the Famalicão boss Hugo Oliveira to be concerned with. Óscar Aranda (Cruciate ligament injury) won’t be playing here.
We reckon that Famalicenses seem most likely to make use of a 4-2-3-1 formation, giving starts to Lazar Carevic, Rodrigo Pinheiro, Justin De Haas, Leonardo Realpe, Rafa Soares, Tommie van de Looi, Mathias De Amorim, Gil Dias, Gustavo Sa, Sorriso and Yassir Zabiri.
💡 Prediction
We’re of the opinion that Benfica should really create the chances to score more than once when they come up against Famalicão, who will not find it easy scoring a goal of their own.
We’re predicting a comfortable 2-0 winning margin for Benfica at full-time.
Victor Martins, 12:01 22/12/2025