Benfica vs Santa Clara Primeira Liga: Live stream info, team news and predicted lineups
Benfica will look to get their Primeira Liga title challenge back on track when they host Santa Clara on Saturday at 8:30pm (UK time).
The Eagles drew 1-1 with Moreirense prior to the international break, meaning they’ve taken just seven points from their opening four matches and already trail defending champions and city rivals Sporting CP by eight points. Benfica’s poor form has also seen them part ways with manager Roger Schmidt, replacing him with Bruno Lage.
Santa Clara, meanwhile, have made a strong start to life back in the top flight, taking nine points from four matches with only Porto beating them so far.
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Benfica vs Santa Clara team news
New boss Lage must cope with a number of absences for Benfica, including Jan-Niklas Beste, Tiago Gouveia, Renato Sanches and Fredrik Aursnes. Angel Di Maria and Tomas Araujo are both doubts, but deadline day signing Kerem Aktürkoğlu could make his debut after scoring a hat-trick for Turkey against Iceland during the week.
Pedro Pacheco is the only absentee for Santa Clara coming out of the international break.
Benfica vs Santa Clara predicted lineups
Sporting CP (4-2-3-1): Trubin; Bah, Otamendi, Silva, Fernandez; Luis, Barreiro; Di Maria, Kokcu, Prestianni; Pavlidis.
Santa Clara (3-4-3): Batista; Lima, Venancio, Rocha; Soares, Ferreira, Adriano, Pereira; Vinicius, Safira, Silva.
