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Benfica is the title defender, which they snatched right before Porto’s nose last year, and they already won the Super Cup after defeating Sporting. On top of it Benfica triumphed in first two league rounds. Porto lost one match, while elimination from the Champions League was very disappointing. Benfica won Porto both times last season, where the match at home ended as 1-0 for Benfica.

Benfica

Benfica has a perfect start of the season as it won twice in first two rounds and scored seven goals and received none. The most valuable result is victory in the Super Cup over big city rival Sporting by very sound 5-0. They steamrolled the very strong opponent and then defeated Ferreira by the same result in the first round. They won Boavista 0-2 in the second round, when both goals were scored in the second half. They mostly rely on proven players from previous seasons and Pizzi is their best player right now, while reinforcement for attack de Tomas, who came from Real, had gotten an opportunity to show what he can. They are several injured players and out of them Almeida and Fernandes are the most critical for the team.

Probable lineups Benfica: Vlachodimos – N. Tavares, Ferro, Dias, Grimaldo – Florentino, Samaris, Pizzi, Rafa – Seferovic, de Tomas

FC Porto

Unexpectedly bad start of the new season for Porto since they lost in the first round. They lost away to feeble Gil Vicente and that was definitely not expected. Porto was trailing behind and then equalised from the penalty but only four minutes later they received the second goal. Three important points were dropped but this still can be compensated, unlike elimination from the Champions League qualifications. Krasnodar eliminated them after winning in Porto, while in the previous round they outclassed Setubal by 4-0. Midfielder Oliveira is out of action for this match.

Probable lineups FC Porto: Marchesin – Corona, Marcano, Pepe, Telles – Uribe, Pereira, Baro – Marega, Ze Luis, Diaz

Verdict:

It is usually hard to tell who is favourite to win match between Benfica and Porto but it seems that Benfica is stronger now; the beginning of new season strongly indicates something like that as the home team won all matches played so far and Porto already lost two times. We forecast a new defeat for Porto.

Pick:  1 Benfica 1.91 - 91/100 @1XBet