Estoril vs Benfica live stream, predictions & team news | Primeira Liga

Primeira Liga leaders Benfica will look to maintain their spot in the early championship table when they visit Estoril on Saturday evening (19:00 UK time).

The hosts, who are six points behind The Eagles, come into this latest showdown with Portugal’s most decorated champions having never beaten them in a top-flight game. As for Jorge Jesus’ side they’re currently on a 12-game winning streak away from home.

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Estoril vs Benfica live stream:

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Scoreline prediction: Estoril 0-2 Benfica

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Estoril vs Benfica build-up & previous line-ups:

There’s a first time for everything; across 36 previous league meetings Estoril have never defeated Benfica, with their best performances coming on seven occasions when they held them. However, the most recent stalemate came in May 2013 at Estádio da Luz when Maximiliano Pereira rescued a point for the visitors, but of those draws three have come at Estoril’s home and they haven’t taken a point off As Águias there since a goalless affair in May 1993. This current version, back in the big time after three seasons away, find themselves best of the rest in fourth place after picking up five wins from their opening nine matches. Bruno Pinheiro are unbeaten in three coming into this weekend’s clash while only suffering one loss in four home matches played and that was against the champions Sporting (0-1) on matchday six.

After suffering their first league defeat of the season, a shock 0-1 home loss against Portimonense, the early Primeira Liga leaders Benfica responded with a 0-1 success at Vizela but the gap to second place Porto is a slender one point. The Eagles nevertheless have the league’s second best attack, behind Porto (21), having netted 20 goals across the opening nine rounds. As things stand only defending champions Sporting (4 goals conceded), who are also a point behind their Lisbon rivals, possess a stronger defence than Jorge Jesus’ men (5). Since a goalless draw at Farense in February 2021 the record Portuguese champions have played 12 times on the road subsequently winning all of those matches (scoring 36 times and only shipping in five goals).

• Estoril (vs Portimonense): Figueira; Soria, Ferraresi, Áfrico, Joãozinho; Gamboa; Gomes, Franco, Rosier, Lourenço; Fonte.
• Benfica (vs Vitória Guimarães): Leite; Veríssimo, Morato, Otamendi; Radonjic, Taarabt, Meïté, Grimaldo; Pizzi; Éverton, Ramos.

Player to watch: Darwin Núñez (Benfica)

It seems that Darwin Núñez has cooled off following a hot September when the 22-year-old forward registered his four Primeira Liga goals to date. In back-to-back games against Santa Clara and finding the highly thought of Uruguayan registered a brace in each game and since he’s gone three league matches without bursting the net. That being said he did then score two more against Barcelona in the Champions League, but returning to domestic matters, his manager Jesus nevertheless hasn’t lost faith and continues to start the club’s latest gem. Núñez, who has already been linked with a plethora of European super clubs including Premier League giants Manchester City and Chelsea, has to date made 36 league appearances for Benfica subsequently registering 10 goals and creating a further 10.

Primeira Liga 2021/22 recent form:

• Estoril: DWWDL
• Benfica: DWDWD

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