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Primeira Liga | Gameweek 16
Dec 30, 2021 at 9pm UK
Estádio do Dragão
Benfica
Porto
3 - 1
Benfica
Vieira (34'), Pepe (37'), Taremi (69')
Cardoso (30'), Pepe (51'), Martinez (90+1')
FT(HT: 2-0)
Yaremchuk (46')
Almeida (8'), Vertonghen (25'), Goncalves (90+3'), Gilberto (90+5')
Almeida (49')
The Match
Preview
Sports Mole previews Thursday's Primeira Liga clash between Porto and Benfica, including predictions, team news and possible lineups.

We said: Porto 2-1 Benfica

Porto head into Thursday's game in outstanding form in the league, claiming 10 straight victories, with four of the last five coming with clean sheets. They have avoided defeat in each of their last seven meetings with Benfica, and considering their current form, we predict this run will continue with the visitors falling to yet another defeat. Read more.

Data Analysis

Our analysis of all available data, including recent performances and player stats up until an hour before kickoff, suggested the most likely outcome of this match was a Porto win with a probability of 52.95%. A win for Benfica had a probability of 24.23% and a draw had a probability of 22.8%.

The most likely scoreline for a Porto win was 2-1 with a probability of 9.76%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 1-0 (9.02%) and 2-0 (8.3%). The likeliest Benfica win was 1-2 (6.23%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (10.59%). The actual scoreline of 3-1 was predicted with a 6% likelihood. Our team at Sports Mole and our data analysis both correctly predicted that Porto would win this match.

Result
PortoDrawBenfica
52.95%22.81%24.23%
Both teams to score 58.15%
Goals
Over 2.5Under 2.5
58.04%41.95%
Over 3.5Under 3.5
35.64%64.36%
Porto Goals
Over 0.5Under 0.5
84.13%15.86%
Over 1.5Under 1.5
54.93%45.07%
Benfica Goals
Over 0.5Under 0.5
69.12%30.88%
Over 1.5Under 1.5
32.83%67.16%
Score Analysis
    Porto 52.95%
    Benfica 24.23%
    Draw 22.8%
PortoDrawBenfica
2-1 @ 9.76%
1-0 @ 9.02%
2-0 @ 8.3%
3-1 @ 5.99%
3-0 @ 5.1%
3-2 @ 3.52%
4-1 @ 2.76%
4-0 @ 2.35%
4-2 @ 1.62%
5-1 @ 1.02%
Other @ 3.54%
Total : 52.95%
1-1 @ 10.59%
2-2 @ 5.73%
0-0 @ 4.9%
3-3 @ 1.38%
Other @ 0.2%
Total : 22.8%
1-2 @ 6.23%
0-1 @ 5.76%
0-2 @ 3.38%
1-3 @ 2.44%
2-3 @ 2.25%
0-3 @ 1.33%
Other @ 2.86%
Total : 24.23%

How you voted: Porto vs Benfica

Porto
80.1%
Draw
13.5%
Benfica
6.4%
141
Head to Head
May 6, 2021 6.30pm
Gameweek 31
Benfica
1-1
Porto
Everton (23')
Weigl (31'), Verissimo (58'), Silva (60'), Leite (71'), Gabriel (81'), Pizzi (81'), Seferovic (83'), Goncalves (89')
Uribe (75')
Oliveira (15'), Pepe (64'), Mbemba (81')
Jan 15, 2021 9pm
Gameweek 14
Porto
1-1
Benfica
Taremi (25')
Pepe (51'), Corona (64'), Marega (73'), Marchesin (90+5')
Taremi (73')
Grimaldo (17')
Pizzi (50'), Tavares (54'), Chiquinho (78'), Vertonghen (84')
Dec 23, 2020 8.45pm
Final
Porto
2-0
Benfica
Oliveira (25' pen.), Diaz (90')
Pepe (36'), Oliveira (53'), Mbemba (58')

Weigl (30'), Seferovic (90+3')
Aug 1, 2020 8.45pm
Final
Benfica
1-2
Porto
Vinicius (84' pen.)
Dias (12'), Jardel (44'), Weigl (46'), Vinicius (75')
Mbemba (47', 58')
Diaz (9'), Telles (90')
Diaz (38')
Feb 8, 2020 8.30pm
Gameweek 20
Porto
3-2
Benfica
Oliveira (10'), Telles (38' pen.), Dias (44' og.)
Otavio (27'), Tiquinho (38'), Oliveira (84'), Marchesin (86')
Vinicius (18', 50')
Taarabt (27'), Weigl (30'), Ferro (37'), Pizzi (45'), Vlachodimos (64'), Lage (98')
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