Benfica Vitória Guimarães betting prediction

After 16 wins, 3 draws and 4 losses, the home team is in the 3^rd position, havinf won 51 points so far. In the last match, they have tied in an away match against Boavista by (2‑2), after in the previous match they have won (2‑1) at home, against Santa Clara. This is a team that usually gets better results in away matches than at home, since they have won 29 points in away matches, with 33 goals scored and 10 conceded, against 22 points won at their stadium, with 27 goals scored and 12 conceded. In their last match, for the UEFA Champions League, they got a home tie against Ajax by (2‑2). In the last 10 home league matches Benfica has a record of 6 wins, 1 draw and 3 losses, so they have won 19 points out of 30 possible. In their home league matches the most frequent result at half‑time was the 0‑1 (4 out of 11 matches). Defensive consistency hasn’t been their best feature, as they have conceded goals in 8 of the last 10 matches, but their offense has scored consistently, as they have scored at least one goal in each of the last 10 matches for this competition. There is a tendency for goals in their home matches, as 10 of the last 11 for this competition have ended with Over 1,5 goals. In 23 matches for this competition, they have conceded the first goal 7 times and have only turned the score around in 2. In the last 11 home matches for this competition there is 1 period that stands out: they have conceded 5 of their 12 goals between minutes (61'‑75').

Benfica has been doing a campaign well below expectations in this edition of the Liga Portugal Bwin, reaching this round occupying the 3rd place in the league table, with 51 points, six behind Sporting and 12 behind the leadership of FC Porto, so the goal of the title already seems more like a mirage. On the last round of the championship, the team led by Nélson Veríssimo once again wasted two points, drawing in the visit to Boavista (2-2), where they reached half-time winning by two goals, the result of a good first half. In the second half, the “eagles” inexplicably blocked and allowed the opponent to recover. Last Wednesday, Benfica received and drew with Ajax (2-2), in the first leg of the round of 16 of the Champions League, leaving everything open for the second leg in Amsterdam.

Confirmed Lineup: Odysseas Vlachodimos, Jan Vertonghen, Álex Grimaldo, Morato, Gilberto, Gonçalo Ramos, Rafa Silva, Soualiho Meïté, Adel Taarabt, Darwin Nuñez, Everton.
Coach: R. Schmidt.