Boavista vs Benfica betting tip 2024/2025 - Picks and Predictions for the Liga Portugal match on September 23rd, 2024

Boavista and Benfica will play on Monday, September 23rd, 2024, at 19:15h (UTC), in a Liga Portugal game to be held in Portugal, check the Boavista vs Benfica betting tip 2024/2025 to win with your bets.

Stadium and City where Boavista vs Benfica will occur

The game takes place in the small Estádio do Bessa Século XXI stadium, in the city of Porto, with a capacity for 28263 spectators, who hope to help the team to surprise in this match.

Where to follow the live game

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Introduction to the Boavista vs Benfica 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 2.38 goals per match played.

Boavista last match

The last match ended in a draw for the Boavista team. On that occasion they met Estrela Amadora for the Liga Portugal, and the match ended 2-2. Coach C. Bacci's lined up a 4-2-3-1 formation.

A very balanced game was expected, so a draw was somewhat anticipated, with odds around 3.30.

Certainly not a good performance for Boavista, although some players performed above average, such as Salvador Agra. The player was decisive to his team in avoiding defeat with his presence on the field and some excellent interventions during the match.

Benfica 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 Champions League, Benfica, who used a 4-2-3-1 formation, faced the Crvena Zvezda team with a final score of 1-2.

Prior to the match the odds were 1.85, making clear the team's favoritism, which was later confirmed with the positive result.

Boavista vs Benfica h2h

When these teams last met at Liga Portugal, Benfica was 2nd place while Boavista was in 9th place. Benfica deployed in a 4-2-3-1 formation while Boavista set up a 4-1-4-1 alignment.

The last preceding match between these two teams was from 19-01-2024. The match was valid for the 2023/2024 season of the Liga Portugal, and it ended with a 2-0 win for Benfica.

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

Differently equipped teams striving for their own ambitions.

J. Silva Pinheiro has been selected to officiate in this football match alongside B. Alves Jesus and L. Gomes Maia.

Boavista

Liga Portugal leaderboard now

However, Boavista enters this game with 5 points and ranking in 13th place in the Liga Portugal, the team has a negative balance of 2 lost games, won 1, and drawing in 2.

Which means that the team is over Estoril team who is in the position 14 in the 6th round and both have the same score.

Boavista analysis

At the end of matchday 5 we see that Boavista conceded more goals than they scored, with 4 goals conceded and 3 scored.

Recent performances have highlighted that Boavista is having trouble generating goals, with a low number of goals for and a high number of failed to score matches. This suggests that the team is struggling to create quality chances and convert them into goals, indicating the need for improvement in their attacking play.

Boavista, with a ball possession of 37.2% per game on average, is not the team that imposes its game, and rather prefers a tactic devoted to waiting and counterattacks. However, in the match against Benfica of 2024/2025 they will have to do something more, try to maintain possession of the ball and attack the opponent's goal with more continuity.

Benfica

Liga Portugal leaderboard now

The Benfica team with 10 points currently occupies the 4th place of the leaderboard, being in the qualifying place for the UEFA Conference League Qualifiers, with a campaign of 3 wins, 1 draw, and 1 loss.

This means that in the 6th round the team has no advantage in relation to the Famalicão team that is in the 5th place.

Benfica analysis

Benfica after 5 days has put up 9 goals scored, and taken 4, and thus record has a positive goal difference.

As we approach the Regular Season, Benfica is gearing up for another gripping match. In the opening game, the team managed 5.4 shots on target, offering a glimpse into their offensive capabilities.

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

The Benfica team often tries to control the game through an average ball possession of 62.4%. This is because ball possession above 50% typically gives teams some control over their opponents.

Benfica is a more offensive team than Boavista, having 720 attacks vs. 424 from Boavista, having scored 9 times, in comparison, Boavista converted into goal 3 times.

Bet suggestions for this game:

Goals Top Betting Tips

The best time to place bets is between 75-90 minutes as some study have shown this to be where most goals happen.

Taking into consideration that Benfica scores an average of 0.5 goals per match when playing away, we should consider the under 2.5 betting market, especially because this team usually does not concede goals when playing out of their stadium.

Currently, at Bet365, the odds for the Total Goals Under 2.5 market are quoted at 2.1.

Corners Top Betting Tips

To obtain good betting results, remembering that there is an average of 6.1 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 8.8 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

Boavista has an average of 2.2 yellow cards per game over the 5 rounds, while Benfica has an average of 2.3. In other words, these teams together are averaging 5.4 yellow cards per match. Therefore, it might be a good option to bet on the 'Over 4.5 cards' option in this duel.

This is a match with several good betting entries to have some return on sports betting.

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