Primeira Liga WON 3–1
Sun, Sep 20 · 21:30
FC Porto Home
VS
Benfica Away
FC Porto vs Benfica — Primeira Liga
Tipster's pick Over 2.5 Goals
Confidence Low
Odds 1.85 Odds via Bet365
Expert analysis

Benfica's Away Scoring Power Eyes Open Contest

Benfica arrive with a strong record of high goal tallies on their travels this season. Their recent run includes consistent attacking output across several matches. Porto have maintained a solid home scoring rate while limiting concessions in their own games. Past encounters between these two sides have delivered over two and a half goals in half of the last ten meetings. Benfica’s visitors form shows they create chances at a higher rate than most opponents Porto face at home. Both teams bring attacking momentum from recent winning sequences that favor end-to-end action. These patterns point toward a game where the total goals could exceed expectations.

AcePredictor Analysis by AcePredictor 68% win rate
Result
3–1 WON

Our pick “Over 2.5 Goals” at odds 1.85 won — final score 3–1.

Match timeline
  1. First half
  2. Gabri Veiga 5'
  3. Clément Lenglet 25'
  4. Gabri Veiga assist Eduardo Gabriel Aquino Cossa 31'
  5. Gianluca Prestianni 34'
  6. Clément Lenglet 35'
  7. Hwang In-Beom ↓ Gabri Veiga 38'
  8. Alessandro Circati ↓ Heorhii Sudakov 38'
  9. Second half
  10. Alexander Bah assist Gianluca Prestianni 51'
  11. Victor Froholdt assist André Silva 54'
  12. Hwang In-Beom assist André Silva 60'
  13. Francisco Moura ↓ Martim Fernandes 69'
  14. Borja Sainz ↓ William Gomes 69'
  15. Leandro Barreiro ↓ Fredrik Aursnes 74'
  16. Dodi Lukebakio ↓ Rafa Silva 74'
  17. Andreas Schjelderup ↓ Gianluca Prestianni 74'
  18. Hwang In-Beom 80'
  19. Oskar Pietuszewski ↓ Eduardo Gabriel Aquino Cossa 85'
  20. Samuel Aghehowa ↓ André Silva 85'
  21. Souffian El Karouani ↓ Samuel Dahl 85'
  22. Oskar Pietuszewski 90+2'
  23. Tomás Araújo 90+3'
  24. Alexander Bah 90+3'
This season
FC Porto Benfica
Over 2.5 goals 50% 100%
Clean sheet 67% 50%
Failed to score 0% 0%
Scored per game 2.5 3.5
Conceded per game 0.3 0.7
Scored home / away 2.0 / 3.0 2.3 / 4.7

Across 6 and 6 matches played this season.

League table position
# Team PWDLPts
1 FCP FC Porto ▲ 6 6 0 0 18
2 BEN Benfica ▲ 6 5 1 0 16
3 SPO Sporting CP 6 4 2 0 14
Recent form · last 5 finished matches
FC Porto WWWLW
W vs Arouca 2–0 Aug 23
W @ Academico Viseu 3–0 Aug 29
W vs Moreirense 2–1 Sep 4
L vs Manchester City 0–2 Sep 8
W @ Casa Pia 4–1 Sep 12
Benfica WWWWW
W vs Estoril 2–1 Aug 31
W @ Maritimo 3–0 Sep 5
W @ Moreirense 4–0 Sep 9
W vs GIL Vicente 3–1 Sep 13
W @ AC Milan 2–0 Sep 16
Goals trend · last 5 matches
FC Porto
Scored 2.2 avg
2 3 2 0 4
Conceded 0.8 avg
0 0 1 2 1
Benfica
Scored 2.8 avg
2 3 4 3 2
Conceded 0.4 avg
1 0 0 1 0
Head-to-head · last meetings
3 FC Porto
2 Draws
5 Benfica
Mar 2026 Benfica 2–2 FC Porto Draw
Jan 2026 FC Porto 1–0 Benfica FC Porto
Oct 2025 FC Porto 0–0 Benfica Draw
Apr 2025 FC Porto 1–4 Benfica Benfica
Nov 2024 Benfica 4–1 FC Porto Benfica

Over 2.5 goals in 5 of the last 10 meetings.

Confirmed lineups
FC Porto 4-3-3
  • 99 Diogo Costa G
  • 20 Alberto Baio D
  • 5 J. Bednarek D
  • 4 J. Kiwior D
  • 52 Martim Fernandes D
  • 8 Victor Mow Froholdt M
  • 13 P. Rosario M
  • 10 Gabri Veiga M
  • 7 William F
  • 19 André Silva F
  • 11 Pepê Aquino F
Bench Gabriel Mec, Luís Gomes, S. Giménez, Hwang In-Beom, Samu, O. Pietuszewski, Cláudio Ramos, D. Prpić, Borja Sainz, Francisco Moura, A. Varela, Souza

F. Farioli

Benfica 4-2-3-1
  • 24 Samuel Soares G
  • 6 A. Bah D
  • 44 Tomás Araújo D
  • 2 C. Lenglet D
  • 26 S. Dahl D
  • 8 F. Aursnes M
  • 36 João Palhinha M
  • 27 Rafa M
  • 10 H. Sudakov M
  • 25 G. Prestianni M
  • 14 V. Pavlidis F
Bench A. Circati, J. Durán, C. Echeverri, S. El Karouani, A. Cabral, Daniel Banjaqui, J. Kamiński, D. Lukebakio, A. Schjelderup, Manu, A. Trubin, L. Barreiro

Marco Silva