Our prediction for this Portugal Primeira Liga match:
Benfica
Match Time & Date:
05/08/2022
12:15 PM
Prediction: 3-1
Arouca
Benfica will look to kick off the new Primeira Liga campaign in style when they host Arouca to their Estadio da Luz on Friday evening. The Eagles impressed in pre-season, with the team winning each of their five warm-up games; therefore, it seems as if new Liverpool striker Darwin Nunez is not going to be sorely missed in the upcoming season.
A man to keep an eye on in the home team will be pacey winger David Neres, who joined the club earlier this summer, while new boss Roger Schmidt should have a full squad to choose from. Arouca, on the other hand, were having their ups and downs in pre-season, with the team beating Paris 13, losing to Braga, while sharing the spoils with Chaves. Anyhow, Armando Evangelista’s troops will have a much bigger fish to fry in the Estadio da Luz showdown.
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.
Highlighted Team ():
Albania 
Ukraine 
Bosnia Herzegovina 
Netherlands 
Czech Republic
Georgia 
Hungary 
Germany 
Montenegro 
Turkey 
Wales 
Iceland 
