Benfica vs Porto betting tip 2024/2025 - Picks and Predictions for the Liga Portugal match on November 10th, 2024

A Liga Portugal match between Benfica and Porto will hold on November 10th, 2024, Sunday at 20:45h (UTC), in Portugal, check the Benfica vs Porto betting tip 2024/2025 to win with your bets.

Stadium and City where Benfica vs Porto will occur

The game takes place in the Estádio Universitário de Lisboa stadium, in the city of Lisboa.

Where to follow the live game

You can follow the match live on Betarena, with access to all the information to help you with your sports betting, including statistics, events and odds.

Introduction to the Benfica vs Porto betting tip 2024/2025

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 last match

Benfica comes from a loss in the last match played. On that occasion the opponent was FC Bayern München, in a match valid for Champions League, and the match ended 1-0. Coach B. Nascimento's team lined up with this formation: 5-3-2.

Before the match all forecasts pointed to a defeat. The odds of their win, 11.00 were the best proof of this.

Porto last match

On the other hand, the visiting team arrives at this match after a victory in the last round. In a dispute valid for Liga Portugal, Porto, who used a 4-2-3-1 formation, faced the Estoril team with a final score of 4-0.

This positive result confirmed their favoritism before the game, which had odds of 1.14.

Benfica vs Porto h2h

Porto was in 3rd place in the Liga Portugal while Benfica was in 2nd place, the last time these teams faced each other. Porto team entered the field with the 4-2-3-1 formation, the same tactic Benfica used in the match.

The previous meeting between these two teams was in the 2023/2024 season of the Liga Portugal. The meeting took place on 03-03-2024 and ended with a 5-0 win for Porto.

The performance of the Porto team in their five recent games to date has been relatively good, unlike the Benfica team.

Benfica

Liga Portugal leaderboard now

The Benfica team with 22 points currently occupies the 3rd place of the leaderboard, being in the qualifying place for the UEFA Europa League, with a campaign of 7 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss.

This means that, in the 11th round, the team has an advantage of 2 points, and the Sporting Braga team is just behind in 4th place.

Benfica analysis

Currently, Benfica has a tally of 24 goals scored and 6 goals against, at the end of round 10 of Liga Portugal.

The Benfica team comes from a defeat in the Champions League, and its coach Bruno Miguel Silva do Nascimento wants to counter this trend by imposing a loss on his opponent, using the advantage of playing at home.

Teams with ball possession above 50% usually have some control over their opponents. With this in mind, the Benfica team tries to achieve an average ball possession of 62.44% to control the game.

The team proves to be better playing in their own base, having 5 wins versus 0 losses, and 0 draws. They won 2 games playing as the visiting team.

Juggling a packed schedule, Benfica could face challenges in keeping up their performance when playing several games in a short span of time. Despite the odds pointing towards a closely contested game, Benfica busy schedule could ultimately impact the outcome against Porto.

One of the team's signings for the season still seems to be in a slow pace of adaptation. Issa Kaboré played another underwhelming game in the club's last appearance, against FC Bayern München. He failed to show the expected security and did not help Benfica to come out with the victory.

Best goalscorer from Benfica

Individually, the team's main offensive standout in the competition so far is Muhammed Aktürkoğlu. He has already scored 5 times this season and has helped Benfica come away with the positive result on several occasions.

Porto

Liga Portugal leaderboard now

The Porto team with 27 points currently occupies the 2nd place of the leaderboard, being in the qualifying place for the UEFA Champions League Qualifiers, with a campaign of 9 wins, 0 draws, and 1 loss.

In the 11th round, the team has a small disadvantage of 3 points against Sporting CP who occupies position 1.

Porto analysis

Porto after 10 days has put up 27 goals scored, and taken 4, and thus record has a positive goal difference.

Porto is in an excellent moment! With a sequence of 5 wins in the Liga Portugal, there doesn't seem to be any doubt of who is the favorite.

This is a top 5 team in the Liga Portugal that wants to keep up with the good performances!

With Porto having a balance of 3 wins, 1 loss, and 0 draws when playing away in the Liga Portugal, they usually allows little chances for opponents to win.

Porto aims to get good results in this game away from home as they come into this match with their streak of 5 wins in the Liga Portugal. Porto is optimistic despite their record of only lost once in 4 games they were the visiting team.

Porto may struggle to maintain their level of play when facing a grueling schedule featuring multiple games in quick succession. Despite both teams having odds of over 2 to win, Porto busy schedule could play a significant role in the final outcome against Benfica.

Increasingly prominent within the team, Tiago Djaló, a defender who arrived for this season, did another fine performance in the last duel of the club. In the match against Estoril, he was a fundamental piece, providing great security for the whole team and showing he is already fully adapted to the new club.

Best goalscorer from Porto

Individually, the team's most offensive player in the competition so far is Wenderson Galeno. The Attacker has scored 8 times in the current season and has helped Porto come out with a positive result on several occasions.

It should also be noted that 4 of the goals scored by the player were from the penalty spot.

For punters some entries may be interesting for this match, namely:

Goals Top Betting Tips

It can also be interesting to bet on who will score in this match. The featured player of Benfica is Muhammed Aktürkoğlu, who has already scored 5 goals in the competition. On the other hand, the leading scorer of Porto is Wenderson Galeno, he has scored in 8 opportunities.

Porto has conceded 2 away goals in 4 away matches. Here the recommended bet will be that Porto will have a clean sheet, remember that the last time these teams met the score was 5-0, something to take into consideration.

A good bet could be made between 75-90 minutes of the game as this is the time most goals are scored.

Under 2.5 goals are a valid alternative, considering that often Porto does not concede goals playing away from home. Besides, Porto has an average of 2.5 goals per game when playing as a visitor.

Currently, at Bet365, the odds for the Total Goals Under 2.5 market are quoted at 1.85.

Corners Top Betting Tips

One should consider that the combined number of corners of both teams will give an average of 7.17 corners per game if one would like to have good betting results.

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 8.44 corners per game played. Therefore, it might be interesting to bet on the over corner kicks of Benfica in this match.

Cards Top Betting Tips

Highly disciplined, the teams have an average of only 3.5 yellow cards per match, when added together. In other words, the 'Under 4.5 cards' option looks like a great alternative for bettors.

In games like these, the players are usually nervous and sometimes even aggressive due to the tension that this rivalry involves. Therefore, a good option is to bet that the match will have an above average number of cards or that at least one red card will be shown.

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