Our prediction for this Portugal Primeira Liga match:
Benfica will look to build on back-to-back wins over Vitoria Guimaraes and Portimonense when they host Vizela to their Estadio da Luz. The Eagles do not want to give up on their title dream, and they are likely to go all guns blazing at Vizela. Uruguay international Nunez should be recalled to the starting XI, with Goncalo Ramos dropping to the bench. There are no fresh injury worries in the home team ahead of Friday’s clash.
Vizela, on the other hand, do not seem to be at their sharpest ahead of the trip to Lisbon, with the team collecting only one point in total from the previous four league fixtures. Since Benfica have been showing signs of improvement of late, we predict that the visitors are going to return home empty-handed. Gregorio Guzzo is sidelined with injury, but he should be the only absentee in the away team.
Highlighted Player (Jan Vertonghen):
After spending four years at Ajax, in 2006 Jan Vertonghen signed a loan deal with RKC Waalwijk. The left-footed defender spent one season at Mandemakers Stadion and he returned to Ajax for the 2007/2008 season. The highly rated footballer, who is capable of playing as both centre back and left back, signed a deal with Tottenham Hotspur on 8 July, 2012 and he has been playing for the Premier League outfit ever since.
The Belgian defender scored four goals for the Spurs in the 2012/2013 Premier League season and he made 34 league appearances for the White Hart Lane outfit back then. In the 2015/2016 season Jan Vertonghen and his teammates were producing brilliant displays with Tottenham, but the Spurs eventually finished the campaign in third place in the standings.
Speaking of his international career, Vertonghen made it to both World Cup (2014) and Euro (2016) quarter-finals with the Belgian national team. Jan was born on 24 April, 1987 and his shirt number is 5.