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Victor Dias - February 18, 2023
Benfica vs Boavista Predictions and Free Tips from our expert tipsters when the teams go head-to-head in Liga Portugal on Monday, 20 February 2023.
Benfica won the first leg in the Round of 16 of the Champions League against Club Brugge previously. Now they will turn their attention towards their league fixture against Boavista.
On the other hand, Boavista dropped to the ninth position after going on a three-game winless run. They received two red cards in their last two matches, thus making manager Petit’s job more difficult.
The previous records show that Benfica are unbeaten in the last five head-to-head matches. These two teams last clashed back in August and the host won that game by 3-0. At Estádio da Luz, Boavista’s last victory against this team was way back in 1999.
Benfica are the clear favourites to win this game, as they are the league leaders this season. Another point to observe is that they have a solid winning record against Boavista at Estádio da Luz. Do note that the visitors are yet to win a game this month, and the chances are low that they will win against the table toppers.
Benfica have scored two goals in their last six wins in all competitions. The same trend is observed in the last fourteen head-to-head matches against this opposition. Therefore, it will be a wise decision to back Over 2.5 goals criteria for this game.
Benfica have scored at least two goals in their last five wins starting in January. Do note that they have scored a minimum two goals against this opponent in every head-to-head match starting in 2018. You can back the following, as our first tip is that Benfica will score over 1.5 goals – the odd for this tip will be at 1.85 odd.
Moving on, our next tip for this game is that Joao Mario will score anytime – the odd for this tip will be at 3.00. He is in excellent goal-scoring form for the host. He recently scored the opener against Club Brugge. Since the beginning of this month, he has been Benfica’s top scorer. Against Casa Pia and Arouca he has scored a brace.
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