Our prediction for this Portugal Primeira Liga match:
Benfica
Match Time & Date:
10/11/2024
03:45 PM
Prediction: 2-2
Porto
Estadio da Luz will be the centre of attention when Benfica and Porto face each other in the Primeira Liga derby. The Eagles aim to recover from the Champions League loss to Bayern Munich and they are likely to fight tooth and nail against Porto. Angel Di Maria is widely expected to return to the starting XI as well as summer signing Vangelis Pavlidis, while the likes of Bah, Barreiro, Gouveia, and Prestianni remain in the treatment room.
The Dragons, on the other hand, faced no difficulties in a 4-0 win over Porto. As Sergio Conceicao’s men have improved offensively, we believe that there is a big value in betting on both teams to score. The likes of Ivan Jaime, Marko Grujic, Wendell, and Zaidu Sanusi remain on the sidelines with injuries for the visiting team. In their last encounter in Lisbon Benfica defeated Porto 1-0, but a high-scoring affair is on the cards this time out.
Highlighted Player (Angel di Maria):
Angel Di Maria is a professional footballer who played for Argentine side Rosario Central at the start of his senior career. The left-footed winger is very quick on the ball and he often makes life difficult for opposition defenders. After playing for Benfica between 2007 and 2010, the Argentine superstar signed for Real Madrid on 28 June, 2010 for a fee of €25 million + €11 million in bonuses.
Despite impressing with los Blancos in the 2013/2014 La Liga campaign, the club chiefs decided to sell him to Manchester United on 26 August, 2014. Di Maria was playing below expectations at Old Trafford and he scored three goals in 27 league games for the Red Devils.
In 2015 he moved to Paris Saint-Germain and he scored 10 goals in 29 league appearances for les Parisiens in the 2015/2016 Ligue 1 campaign. In 2014 he won the Champions League trophy with Real Madrid and that is considered the biggest success of his career. Angel Di Maria was born in Rosario on 14 February, 1988.
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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