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Benfica enters this match with great favoritism and we agree with that. The red team acts with the full support of their fans and has several players in great form in their squad, being expected to dominate and have the best chances to score goals. On the other hand, Famalicão is a team that has surprised this season, however, exhibits several difficulties in all its sectors. Having said that and taking into account these factors, we believe in total domination of Benfica, making betting in favor of the "Benfica at halftime" market being the best option.
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Preview
Benfica and Famalicão meet at Estádio do Sport Lisboa and Benfica (da Luz), in a match for this stage of the Taça de Portugal (Semi‑finals). The only recent head‑to‑head between these two teams was played on 14‑12‑2019, and ended in a (4‑0) win by Benfica. In this match the home advantage may play an important role, since Famalicão presents significant differences between home and away performances.

Analysis Benfica

The home team comes to this stage of the Taça de Portugal (Semi‑finals) after having played in the previous rounds against: Rio Ave, Sporting Braga, Vizela and Cova Piedade. This is a team that usually maintains its competitive levels in home and away matches, since in the last 30 matches they register 10 wins, 3 draws and 2 losses in away matches; against 12 wins, 1 draw and 2 losses at their stadium. They come to this match after a home win against Belenenses by (3‑2). Benfica has won 10 of the last 10 home matches.

They have won the last 4 matches for this competition. Defensive consistency hasn’t been their best feature, as they have conceded goals in 3 of the last 4 matches, but their offense has scored consistently, as they have scored at least one goal in each of the last 4 matches for this competition. There is a tendency for goals in their home matches, since 23 of the last 31 have ended with Over 2,5 goals. In 15 matches, they have conceded the first goal 5 times, but have turned the score around in 4.

Benfica's team starts motivated for this round after a 3-2 victory against Lisbon rivals, Belenenses: the team's goals were signed by Taarabt, Chiquinho and Carlos Vinícius. To reach this stage of the Portuguese Cup, Benfica's squad overcomed Cova Piedade, Vizela, Braga and Rio Ave. In this first meeting of the semi-final, mister Bruno Lage should keep the team in 4-4-2 favoring a style of ball possession and looking for spaces in the corridors. Pizzi is the great highlight of this Benfica team, this being the best scorer with 20 goals signed in official matches. All the usual players are available for this game.

Confirmed Lineup: Odysseas Vlachodimos, Jardel, Rúben Dias, Álex Grimaldo, André Almeida, Franco Cervi, Adel Taarabt, Gabriel Pires, Chiquinho, Pizzi, Haris Seferović.
Coach: R. Schmidt.

Analysis Famalicão

The away team comes to this stage of the Taça de Portugal (Semi‑finals) after havinf played in the previous rounds against: Paços de Ferreira, Mafra, Académica and Lusitania FC Lourosa. This is a team that usually makes good use of the home advantage, stronger with the help of its supporters, since in the last 30 matches they register 5 wins, 6 draws and 4 losses in away matches, with 19 goals scored and 24 conceded; against 10 wins, 2 draws and 3 losses at their stadium, with 31 goals scored and 16 conceded. In their last match, for the Primeira Liga, they got an away tie against Rio Ave by (2‑2). In the last 10 away matches Famalicão has won 4, tied 3 and lost 3. Defensive consistency has been one of their best features, as they have only conceded goals in 1 of the last 4 matches, and their offense has scored consistently, as they have scored at least one goal in each of the last 4 matches for this competition. In their away matches there is a tendency for goals, since 19 of the last 22 matches have ended with Over 1,5 goals. In 15 matches, they have conceded the first goal 6 times and have never been able to turn the score around. In the last 8 away matches for all competitions there are 2 periods that stand out: they have scored 4 of their 7 goals between minutes (76'‑90'); they have conceded 5 of their 13 goals between minutes (61'‑75').

Famalicão enters this round with an equality, by 2-2, in the reception to Famalicão, adding the third consecutive match without winning in the Portuguese first division: the goals of the team were signed by Toni Martínez and Pedro Gonçalves. In the previous qualifiers of the Portuguese Cup, the visiting club overcame Lusitânia Lourosa, Académica, Mafra and Paços de Ferreira. Mister João Pedro Sousa must act with a defensive strategy, seeking only the counterattack in order to explore the enemy's back. Striker Toni Martínez is the star of this Famalicão, a player who scored 9 goals in 22 official matches. The entire squad is available for this game.

Confirmed Lineup: Vaná, Racine Coly, Patrick, Ivo Pinto, Pote, Riccieli, Diogo Gonçalves, Gustavo Assunção, Uroš Račić, Fábio Martins, Toni Martínez.
Coach: J. Rebelo Fernandes.

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The tip and bet suggestion for the Benfica vs Famalicão match, on 4 February 2020, of the preview written by the editors of Online Betting Academy, goes to: Benfica wins at half time ⇒ bet available on betfair.

The Benfica vs Famalicão on 4 February 2020 will be played at Lisboa, Estádio do Sport Lisboa and Benfica.

The most voted bet by tipsters at Online Betting Academy, for the Benfica Famalicão match, on the "match odds" market, was a win by Benfica at with 93% of the tips.

 

Taça de Portugal - 2019/2020

  • 100% 166 / 166 Games

  • Home team wins 54.22%
  • Draws 1.2%
  • Away team wins 44.58%
  • Over 1.5 69.28%
  • Over 2.5 48.8%
  • Over 3.5 32.53%
  • Goals 440
  • Goals /match 2.65
  • Goals /match home 1.33
  • Goals /match away 1.32
  • Both teams score 39.76%
  • Goals after 80' 4.09%
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