BELENENSES v BENFICA
Friday 5th February 2016 – Kickoff: 2130hrs
Football – Portugal – Primera Liga Betting Tips
Belenenses registered a very useful 2-1 win away at Maritimo on Monday night which lifted tonight’s hosts up into a safer mid-table position as they’ve built upon some recent encouraging results which has seen them beat Rio Ave and take a point off Vitoria Guimaraes.
With just one defeat from their last seven matches overall, this ma be Belenenses best opportunity of getting something against the Portuguese giants Benfica when they play host to them at their Estádio do Restelo ground on Friday night.
Belenenses home record stands at a solid-looking 4-4-1 15/13 with their one defeat so far this season being a 3-0 blip against Vitoria Setubal, but overall they’ve been in pretty good shape this term on home turf. 5 of their 9 home matches to date have resulted in over 2.5 goals by the way.
Visitors Benfica currently sit in second place just two points adrift of the Primera Liga leaders Sporting, but a win tonight would see them leapfrog Sporting into top spot ahead of the Portuguese weekend action.
With recent performances being perfect in their last seven matches (with seven wins on the trot), this may well end up being the case as Benfica have trampled upon all opposition in the past couple of months.
Benfica’s away record stands at 7-1-2 21/7 and they’ve won their last four away matches on the trot with wins at Vitoria Guimaraes, Nacional, Estoril and Moreirense, while 5 of their 10 away matches have seen over 2.5 goals results.
With both teams in good goalscoring form, I reckon we’ll see further goals here tonight in this Friday night clash.
Pick: Over 2.5 @ 1.67 bet365
