Our prediction for this Portugal Primeira Liga match:
Benfica
Match Time & Date:
07/05/2022
19:00
Prediction: 2-2
Porto
There will be fireworks when Benfica and Porto square off against each other in O Classico. The Eagles recorded three wins in the previous four league fixtures, with the team clinching their spot in top three. Benfica aim to finish the season in style, but they will have a big fish to fry in Saturday’s derby. A man to watch in the home team will be Bayern Munich target Darwin Nunez, who scored the winner against Maritimo at the weekend, while both Rafa Silva and Lucas Verissimo are likely to miss the game with injuries.
The Dragons, on the other hand, clinched the Primeira Liga title thanks to a 4-2 win over Vizela. Porto aim to put icing on the cake on a very successful season, and given their attacking potential, both teams to score betting option should be considered. There are no fresh injury worries in the away team ahead of the trip to Lisbon.
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 (Porto):
Futebol Clube do Porto are one of Portugal’s biggest football clubs playing their matches in front of 50,000 people at their Estadio do Dragao. Porto form biggest rivalries with two other Big Three clubs in Portugal and regular league title contenders – Benfica and Sporting CP. Rivalries between the clubs stem from the historical, political, economical and cultural discrepancies between the cities of Porto and Lisbon. The Dragons, as they are commonly known in Portugal, are the second most successful Portuguese team with a total of 74 trophies to their name.
Porto hold a record of five consecutive league titles which are part of the total tally of 27 Primeira Liga trophies. FC Porto’s success extends to the international scene as well with seven European titles. Two-time European champions from 1987 and 2004, Porto also won two UEFA Cup/Europa League titles, the UEFA Super Cup and the International Cup on two occasions. Together with Barcelona, Real Madrid and Manchester United, Porto have the most appearances in the UEFA Champions League group stage – the total of 20.
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