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Benfica v FC Porto : Liga NOS match betting preview, prediction and odds

Sun 8th Mar, 00:00 BST, Estádio da Luz, Lisbon

Sunday morning sees José Mario Felix dos Santos Mourinho’s Benfica and Francesco Farioli’s FC Porto go up against one another in a Liga NOS clash at the Estádio da Luz. Stats for our tip of are shown below, including head-to-head history. Changing the market with the tabs changes all statistics and the odds from leading bookmakers, making it easier than ever to find the right bet for you.


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Win / Draw / Win
Over / Under 1.5 Goals
Over / Under 2.5 Goals
Over / Under 3.5 Goals
Win To Nil
Both Teams To Score
Correct Score
Both Teams To Score & Result
Double Chance
Half Time / Full Time
Over / Under 0.5 Goals
Over / Under 4.5 Goals
Over / Under 5.5 Goals
Draw No Bet
Team To Score First

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Predictions Add Bet365 Coral
Benfica
41%
--
Draw
26%
--
Porto
33%
--
Draw 1-1
12%
--
Benfica 1-0
10%
--
Benfica 2-1
9%
--
Porto 1-0
9%
--
Porto 2-1
8%
--
Benfica 2-0
7%
--
Draw 0-0
7%
--
Draw 2-2
6%
--
Porto 2-0
5%
--
Benfica 3-1
4%
--
Benfica 3-0
3%
--
Porto 3-1
3%
--
Benfica 3-2
3%
--
Porto 3-2
2%
--
Porto 3-0
2%
--
Over 2.5 Goals
51%
--
Under 2.5 Goals
49%
--
Home 1st Goal
50%
--
Away 1st Goal
46%
--
No 1st Goal
4%
--
BTTS - Yes
55%
--
BTTS - No
45%
--
BTTS - Home Win
20%
--
BTTS - Draw
19%
--
BTTS - Away Win
16%
--
Home/draw
67%
--
Away/draw
59%
--
Home/away
74%
--
Over 1.5 Goals
75%
--
Under 1.5 Goals
25%
--
Over 3.5 Goals
29%
--
Under 3.5 Goals
71%
--
Over 4.5 Goals
14%
--
Under 4.5 Goals
86%
--
Over 5.5 Goals
6%
--
Under 5.5 Goals
94%
--
Over 0.5 Goals
93%
--
Under 0.5 Goals
7%
--
Home DNB
59%
--
Away DNB
51%
--
Benfica win to nil
21%
--
Porto win to nil
17%
--
Win / draw / win Liga NOS table

Benfica have played 23 matches so far this season and are in 3rd position in the league. Benfica are unbeaten in 2 games against teams above them in the league and kept 1 clean sheet out of 2 games. Benfica are winless in the 2 games they have played against teams above them in the table and have conceded in 1 of those games. Benfica are unbeaten at home after 12 games and have kept 5 clean sheets in those matches.

Performance against teams above them in the league

2 of those games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost zero games, drawn 2 and won zero. Benfica have conceded 1 goal, scored 1, failed to score in 1 match and kept 1 clean sheet.

Home league performance

Benfica have played 12 games at home, winning 8, drawing 4 and losing 0 fixtures. They have scored 28 goals, conceded 8 goals, kept 5 clean sheets and scored in every home league game.

Porto lay in 1st place on 62 points in the Liga NOS league table having played 23 matches.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 23 games against teams below them in the table, winning 20, drawing 2 and losing 1 game. They have scored 44 goals and kept 17 clean sheets against lower placed opposition. Porto have conceded 7 goals and have failed to score in 1 match.

Away league performance

Porto have played 12 away games, winning 11, drawing 0 and losing 1 game. They have scored an average of 1.9 goals per away game and conceded an average 0.3 goals per away game.

Won
Draw
Lost
Benfica
Porto
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD W D L GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
Porto2320213762 
Mar 8
d
 
0-00-0
-
-
2
S. Lisbon2318414758 
d
 
1-1A
Apr 19
d
 
1-1F
w
 
1-2F
3
Benfica2316703655 
-
-
d
 
0-00-0
Mar 8
4
Braga2312652642 
May 10
d
 
2-2F
w
 
2-1F
Mar 22
5
Gil Vicente2311751340 
w
 
2-1A
Mar 2
w
 
3-0F
w
 
0-2F
6
Famalicao231058835 
w
 
1-0F
May 3
Apr 4
w
 
0-1F
7
Estoril23968733 
w
 
3-1F
May 17
w
 
1-0F
Apr 12
8
Moreirense2310310-433 
Apr 26
w
 
0-4F
Mar 15
w
 
1-2A
9
V. Guimaraes239410-731 
Mar 22
w
 
0-3F
w
 
3-0F
w
 
0-1F
10
Alverca237511-1526 
w
 
2-1F
w
 
1-2F
May 3
w
 
0-3F
11
Arouca237511-1826 
w
 
5-0F
Mar 15
Feb 27
w
 
0-4F
12
Estrela Amadora235810-1523 
w
 
4-0F
w
 
0-1F
w
 
3-1F
Apr 26
13
Casa Pia235711-1822 
d
 
2-2F
Apr 4
w
 
4-0F
l
 
2-1A
14
Nacional235612-721 
Apr 12
w
 
1-2A
w
 
1-0F
w
 
0-1F
15
Rio Ave234811-2120 
d
 
1-1F
w
 
0-2F
w
 
1-0F
w
 
0-3F
16
Santa Clara234613-1118 
d
 
1-1F
w
 
1-2F
May 17
w
 
0-1F
17
Tondela234613-1918 
w
 
3-0F
d
 
0-00-0
Apr 19
w
 
0-2F
18
AVS231517-398 
w
 
3-0F
w
 
0-3F
w
 
2-0F
May 10
Win / draw / win form
5
Benfica have won 5 consecutive home league games
20
Benfica have not lost in 20 consecutive home league games
Benfica 3RD
20 league games
Home
5
Overall
Goals: Scored
53
Conceded
15
Games: Scored
20 / 20
Conceded
11 / 20
Clean sheets
9 / 20
Failed to score
0 / 20
Won
14
Draw
6
Goals: Scored
43
Conceded
12
Games: Scored
18 / 20
Conceded
10 / 20
Clean sheets
10 / 20
Failed to score
2 / 20
Won
13
Draw
7
Porto 1ST
20 league games
Away
Overall
Goals: Scored
33
Conceded
11
Games: Scored
18 / 20
Conceded
8 / 20
Clean sheets
12 / 20
Failed to score
2 / 20
Won
16
D
1
L
3
Goals: Scored
35
Conceded
7
Games: Scored
19 / 20
Conceded
6 / 20
Clean sheets
14 / 20
Failed to score
1 / 20
Won
17
D
2
L
1
Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
League games at Benfica since 2016
Benfica
Porto
Goals: Scored
10
11
Games: Scored
7 / 10
8 / 10
Clean sheets
2 / 10
3 / 10
BEF
3
D
2
PTO
5
League games at Porto since 2015
Porto
Benfica
Goals: Scored
16
12
Games: Scored
8 / 11
7 / 11
Clean sheets
4 / 11
3 / 11
BEF
3
D
4
PTO
4
Goal Statistics

Benfica's defensive record is to be admired, José Mourinho's men having conceded 1 or less in 7 consecutive Liga NOS games. An underwhelming PG rating of 1.3 for FC Porto makes sense in this context.

Benfica 3rd Porto 1st
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
1.4
goals
1.3
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
24%
1
34%
2
25%
3
12%
4+
There is a 76% probability that Benfica will score 1 or more goals
0
28%
1
36%
2
23%
3
10%
4+
There is a 64% probability that Porto will score no more than 1 goal
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
+12
Benfica have scored 12% more goals at home than predicted
-8
Porto’s goalscoring when away has been inline with predictions
2.7
average goals scored
1.7
average goals scored
0.8
conceded
0.6
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
Liga NOS - 2025/2025 season
Benfica
PG (predicted goals)
Porto
1.4
1.3
Attack rating
BEF
PTO
8%
better
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Games scored21
22
Failed to score2
1
Scored first18
20
Goals scored49
44
Avg. goals scored2.1
1.9
Avg. shots per game13
10
Avg. shots per goal6
5
Conversion rate for17
18
Avg. XG for2.2
1.8
KickOff rating
+8%
Defence rating
BEF
PTO
36%
better
view stats
Games conceded11
6
Clean sheets12
17
Conceded first3
2
Goals conceded13
7
Avg. goals conceded0.6
0.3
Avg. shots/game conceded6
6
Avg. shots/goal conceded10
20
Conversion rate against10%
5%
Avg. XG against0.7
0.7
KickOff rating
+36%

Benfica v Porto Liga NOS lLine ups will show here when available.

Benfica Liga NOS squad statistics 2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
212046
S DahlV PavlidisV PavlidisE Barrenechea
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
S Dahl DEF2211
2
-
V Pavlidis FWD22204
2
-
N Otamendi DEF212
5
-
F Aursnes MID2133
1
-
L Barreiro MID2113
1
-
A Trubin GLK20
-
H Sudakov MID1942
2
-
E Barrenechea MID18
6
-
G Prestianni FWD1821
5
1
T Araújo DEF1611
3
-
R Ríos MID16
6
-
A Schjelderup FWD1622
1
-
A Dedic DEF1513
2
1
A Silva DEF15
3
-
F Ivanovic FWD153
1
-
J. Seno Luis Rêgo MID81
-
Manu MID6
-
D Lukébakio FWD63
1
-
H Araújo FWD5
-
S Soares GLK2
1
-
J. Fins Veloso MID2
-
Bruma  FWD2
-
R Obrador DEF1
-
Porto Liga NOS squad statistics 2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
231367
D CostaS. Omorodion AghehowaA BaioJ Bednarek
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
D Costa GLK23
1
-
V. Froholdt MID2333
2
-
J Bednarek DEF221
7
-
B Sainz FWD2252
5
-
G Veiga MID2115
3
-
A Varela MID212
5
-
A Baio DEF206
4
-
Pepê FWD2024
1
-
S. Omorodion Aghehowa FWD20131
2
-
R. Mora Carvalho MID1911
-
W. Gomes Carvalho Santos FWD195
3
1
D Gül FWD182
1
-
F Moura DEF1722
3
-
J Kiwior DEF161
1
-
P Rosario MID1621
5
-
M. Moreira Moutinho Fernandes DEF141
2
1
Zaidu  DEF1011
-
S Eustaquio MID8
-
N Pérez DEF51
-
D. Prpić DEF5
-
L Jong FWD51
1
-
C Ramos GLK1
-
Y Karamoh FWD1
-