Our prediction for this Portugal Primeira Liga match:
Benfica
Match Time & Date:
03/10/2021
01:00 PM
Prediction: 2-0
Portimonense
Benfica will look to cement top position in the standings when they welcome Portimonense to their Estadio da Luz on Sunday evening. The Eagles want to keep their 100% record in the 2021/22 season intact, and they are likely to stick to their attacking style of play. Even though Haris Seferovic remains in the recovery room, home win should be considered as the capital club kicked off the new Primeira Liga campaign in style.
Diogo Goncalves is yet another absentee in the home team. Portimonense, on the other hand, are on a three-game winless run in the Portuguese top flight, and given Benfica’s splendid form, anything but a routine home win would be a major surprise. In their last meeting in Primeira Liga the Eagles rolled over Paulo Sergio’s troops 5-1. There are no asbentees in the away team ahead of the trip to Lisbon.
Highlighted Player (Haris Seferovic):
Haris Seferovic is a Swiss international who plays for Primeira Liga club Benfica as a forward. Born in Sursee, Switzerland, on February 22, 1992, Seferovic began his youth career at his hometown club Sursee. In 2004 he moved to Luzern, and he continued his football development at Grasshoppers from 2007 to 2009.
The 189-cm-tall attacker, whose preferred foot is left, made three appearances for the Grasshopper senior team before joining Fiorentina in 2010. Haris Seferovic played for the likes of Xamax, Lecce, and Novara on loan as well before signing a deal with Real Sociedad in the 2013/2014 season.
In the summer of 2014, the Swiss international moved to Eintracht Frankfurt, where he scored 16 goals in 86 appearances in the German top flight. Seferovic, who plays for Benfica nowadays, did well to win the Primeira Liga trophy with the Eagles in the 2018/2019 season. His main position is centre-forward, but he is used as a left winger as well.
Highlighted Team (Portimonense):
Based in Portimao, Portimonense is a Portuguese football club that play home games at Estadio Municipal in Algarve. The capacity of the stadium that was opened in 1937 is 9,544. Portimonense welcome their rivals in black and white shirts and black shirts, whilst yellow is dominant colour of their away kit.
The black and whites finished the 1984/1985 Primeira Liga campaign in 5th position in the standings and, as a result, booked their place in the UEFA Cup. Portimonense did well to Partizan 1-0 on their debut in the European competition, but they suffered a heavy 4-0 loss to the famous Serbian club in the reverse fixture at Yugoslav National Army Stadium.
Fellow Algavre clubs Farense and Olhanense are considered the club’s main rivals. Jackson Martinez is one of the most notable footballers who played for the club. The Colombian attacker is considered one of the most successful attackers in the history of Porto as he scored 67 goals in 90 appearances for the Dragons in the Primeira Liga.
