Benfica will be playing against Famalicão in a Liga Portugal football match scheduled to take place on Friday, January 17th, 2025, at 20:15h (UTC), in Portugal, check the Benfica vs Famalicão betting tip 2024/2025 to win with your bets.
The game will be played in the well-known Estádio do Sport Lisboa e Benfica stadium, in the city of Lisbon, with a capacity for 64642 spectators, that will try to help the team achieve a positive result.
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The Liga Portugal has had fewer goals than the previous season. Last season the tournament had an average of 2.87 goals scored per match, while now the competition has an average of 2.57 goals per match played.
Benfica comes from a draw in the last match played. On that occasion the opponent was Sporting CP, in a match valid for Taça da Liga, and the match ended 1-1. Coach B. Nascimento's team lined up with this formation: 4-3-3.
A very balanced game was expected, so a draw was somewhat anticipated, with odds around 3.20.
Despite the team's less-than-exciting average performance, Vangelis Pavlidis is certainly one of the players on the roster to watch for the future. On the field he showed a good physical presence and good footwork, proving to be crucial to Benfica game.
On the other hand, the visiting team arrives at this match after a draw in the last round. In a dispute valid for Liga Portugal, Famalicão, who used a 4-2-3-1 formation, faced the Casa Pia team with a final score of 1-1.
In the previous analysis the draw was among the logical results of this match, especially because it was expected a fairly even game between both teams and had odds around 3.20.
Famalicão was in 10th place in the Liga Portugal while Benfica was in 8th place, the last time these teams faced each other. Famalicão team entered the field with the 4-2-3-1 formation, the same tactic Benfica used in the match.
The two teams have not faced each other since 11-08-2024. On that occasion they were playing for the 2024/2025 season of the Liga Portugal, and the match ended with a 2-0 win for Famalicão.
The Benfica team in the last five matches has achieved more regular results, with a total of 2 wins, compared to the Famalicão team, which has no wins recently.
The Benfica team with 38 points currently occupies the 3rd place of the leaderboard, being in the qualifying place for the UEFA Europa League, with a campaign of 12 wins, 2 draws and 3 losses.
The team has a slight disadvantage of 2 points over Porto team who holds the 2nd place in the 18th round.
Currently, in the Liga Portugal, Benfica sums 38 goals for and a total of 11 goals against, after 17 rounds played.
In terms of form, the team comes from a 2 losses streak in the Liga Portugal, which is not a good omen for this next match.
To control the game, the Benfica team would often try to reach an average ball possession of 59.76%. The reason for this is ball possession above 50% would give teams some control over their opponents.
Having a record of 8 wins versus 1 loss, and 0 draws in comparison to the 4 games they won as the visiting team, there’s no place like home for this team.
Benfica has proven to be a formidable attacking force, with 2126 attacks resulting in 38 goals. Famalicão, on the other hand, has only scored 20 times with 1617 attacks.
In this season, the individual highlight is Ángel Di María that has dominated the offensive side. The Attacker has already scored 6 times this season, becoming crucial in the positive results that Benfica achieved in several matches.
It should also be noted that 3 of the goals scored by the player were from the penalty spot.
Famalicão arrives in this game with 20 points, and in 9th place in the Liga Portugal, having won 4 games in total and lost 5 times, making a total of 8 draws.
This means that in the 18th round the team has no advantage in relation to the Rio Ave team that is in the 10th place.
We have reached matchday 17 in Liga Portugal and at the moment Famalicão has made 20 goals and conceded 20.
If we want to highlight a player in the team's offensive sector until this competition stage, we have to name Óscar Subiela. Famalicão owes some of their triumphs to the Attacker who scored 5 goals in this season.
It should also be noted that 2 of the goals scored by the player were from the penalty spot.
It can also be interesting to bet on who will score in this match. The featured player of Benfica is Ángel Di María, who has already scored 6 goals in the competition. On the other hand, the leading scorer of Famalicão is Óscar Subiela, he has scored in 5 opportunities.
75-90 minutes into the game is where most goals occur, a good time to bet if one is following the live game.
In this game, our system found another interesting opportunity for a successful bet. Both teams score and usually suffer the first goal between the 30-40 minute. With this convergence, it is typically a value market!
To obtain good betting results, remembering that there is an average of 6.08 corners per game when the corners numbers of both teams are combined.
Benfica is usually quite offensive in their matches, and this has resulted in a high average of corner kicks in the competition. Currently, the team averages 7.29 corners per game played. Therefore, it might be interesting to bet on the over corner kicks of Benfica in this match.
These teams together have a combined average of 4.53 yellow cards per match. Therefore, it might be a good option to bet on the 'Over 4.5 cards' option in this duel.
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