Benfica Newcastle United betting prediction

The home team plays its 4^th friendly match of the year. In the previous friendly matches they registered the following final scores: Benfica (5‑1) Fulham, Benfica (3‑0) Nice and Reading (0‑2) Benfica. This is a team that, oddly enough, has had better results in away matches than at home, since in the last 30 matches they register 10 wins, 2 draws and 3 losses in away matches; against 6 wins, 5 draws and 4 losses at their stadium. In the last 10 home matches Benfica has won 5, tied 3 and lost 2. Their offense has scored frequently, since they have scored goals in 8 of the last 10 matches. In their home matches there is a tendency for goals, since 59 of the last 66 matches have ended with Over 1,5 goals. They have conceded the first goal in 6 of their 15 matches, and have only turned the score around in 1.

Benfica comes motivated for this match after a 4-2 victory against Girona, counting for the pre-season: the team's goals were scored by Jan Vertonghen, Alexander Bah, Roman Yaremchuk and Rodrigo Pinho. The team led by Roger Schmidt is used to playing in a 4-3-3, where the three men who will be in charge of a more offensive role are David Neres, Gonçalo Ramos and Rafa Silva. It should be noted that the player who is responsible for defining in the best way the offensive moment of his team is the midfielder João Mário. Out of this game are João Victor and Ristic, both with physical problems.