Sports Mole previews Monday's Primeira Liga conflict between Boavista and Benfica, together with predictions, group information and potential lineups.
Boavista and Benfica draw the curtains on spherical six of the Portuguese Primeira Liga after they go face to face on the Estadio do Bessa on Monday.
With the joys from their midweek Champions League victory nonetheless within the air, As Aguias will head into this one with sky-excessive confidence as they appear to finish their run of 4 consecutive away video games with out a win within the league.
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Boavista's early-season struggles continued final Monday after they have been held to a 2-2 draw by Estrela Amadora after giving up their lead twice on the Estadio Jose Gomes.
Bruno Onyemaechj and Ilija Voktic discovered the again of the web to place the guests forward however Estrela replied with objectives of their very own by Kikas and former Manchester United winger Luis Nani as each side settled for a share of the spoils.
Off the again of a fifteenth-positioned end final season, Boavista kicked off the brand new marketing campaign with promise as they secured a 1-0 opening-day victory away to Cara Pia on August 10, however a run of simply two factors from their subsequent 4 matches has seen them crash again all the way down to earth.
With Monday's stalemate, Cristiano Bacci‘s males have now did not win 13 of their final 14 Primeira Liga matches — shedding 9 and claiming 4 attracts — with the slender victory over Casa Pia within the season opener again in August being the exception.
Next up for Boavista is the problem of taking over an opposing aspect who're unbeaten in 17 of their final 20 encounters— claiming 14 wins and three attracts — a run that doesn't bode nicely as they appear to safe their first house victory since beating Moreirense 1-0 on March 9.
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Benfica, however, picked up a dream begin to the 2024-25 Champions League marketing campaign as they secured a 2-1 victory over Serbian powerhouse Red Star Belgrade on Thursday.
Kerem Akturkoglu and fellow Turkey worldwide Orkun Kokcu scored first-half objectives on the Rajko Mitic Stadium to place the guests within the driver's seat earlier than 24-yr-previous striker Milson pulled one again for Red Star Belgrade within the 86th minute.
This was in line with their tremendous run of leads to the Primeira Liga, the place As Aguias have bounced again from August's opening-day loss in opposition to Famalicao to safe three wins and one draw from their subsequent 4 matches.
Benfica needed to present their mettle of their most up-to-date league outings as they fought again from behind to seize a 4-1 victory over Santa Clara final Saturday courtesy of objectives from Akturkoglu, Florentino Luis, Antonio Silva and Angel Di Maria.
Bruno Lage‘s males will look to select up from the place they left off within the Champions League as they journey to the Estadio do Bessa on a run of 4 again-to-again away video games with out a win within the Primeira Liga, shedding twice and claiming two attracts since a 3-1 victory at Farense on April 22.
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Boavista should cope with out the companies of first-selection goalkeeper Joao Goncalves, who missed final Monday's conflict with Estrela Amadora by a knee harm.
With veteran goalkeeper Cesar Dutra additionally dominated out by an ACL harm, Tome Sousa was handed a beginning function versus Estrela and the 17-yr-previous ought to begin between the sticks as soon as once more.
Other names within the membership's harm desk embrace Morales Pires, who's at present recuperating from a knee harm, whereas 25-yr-previous midfielder Miguel Reisinho is ready to sit down out his second consecutive sport by a shoulder drawback.
As for Benfica, they may take to the pitch with out 23-yr-previous ahead Tiago Gouveia, who has missed every of the final three video games since choosing up a shoulder harm in opposition to Estrela on August 24.
Renato Sanchez picked up a muscle harm in opposition to Moreirense on August 30 and can be out of competition for As Aguias whereas Alexander Bah is a significant doubt after struggling a sport-ending harm within the first half in opposition to Red Star Belgrade in midweek.
Akturkoglu has hit the bottom working since becoming a member of from Galatasaray and the Turkish ahead, who has netted in every of his two video games, ought to type the guests' attacking quarter with Di Maria, Benjamin Rollheiser and Greek striker Vangelis Pavlidis.
Boavista potential beginning lineup:
Sousa; Gomes, Abascal, Onyemaechi, Ferreira, Vukotic; Camara, Perez; Miguel, Bozenik, Agra
Benfica potential beginning lineup:
Trubin; Bah, Silva, Otamendi, Carreras; Kokcu, Luís; Di Maria, Rollheiser, Akturkoglu; Pavlidis
We say: Boavista 1-3 Benfica
Fresh off the again of a constructive end result within the Champions League, Benfica will return to league motion stuffed with confidence as they appear to place collectively a powerful early-season type.
While we anticipate Boavista to place up a combat in entrance of their house supporters, Lage's males boast the firepower wanted to get the job accomplished and we're tipping them to safe all three factors.
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