Chaves v Benfica Betting Tips: 2 AH-1, 2017-08-14

Chaves will struggle to contain an in-form Benfica unit

International Football Tips

CHAVES v BENFICA

Monday 14th August 2017 – Kickoff; 2100hrs

Football – Portugal – Primeira Liga Betting Tips

Chaves take on the current Primeira Liga title holders, Benfica, at their Estádio Municipal Eng. Manuel Branco Teixeira on Monday night to wrap up the Portuguese top flight action for this weekend.

Chaves opened their new campaign with a disappointing 3-2 defeat away at Vitoria Gumaraes, as they continued where they left off at the end of last season as they’ve now gone eight league matches on the trot without a win.

Not that recent form on home turf has been much better as they’ve recorded just one win from their last five, which was a 1-0 win over Pacos de Ferreira towards the end of last season. In addition, the hosts have lost their last three league matches at home to tonight’s opponents, Benfica, and indeed, Benfica have won the last six meetings between these two sides on the trot.

Onto Benfica then, and they captured a fourth Primeira Liga title on the trot last season, as they won by a margin of six points ahead of runners-up, Porto, and the visitors started their new campaign in positive fashion last weekend with a 3-1 home win over Sporting Braga.

That win against Sporting Braga extended Benfica’s unbeaten run in the Portuguese top flight to 16 matches on the trot, and it’s hard to see them slipping up against Chaves here tonight, even though they’re away from home.

The Eagles ended last season’s triumphant campaign with an impressive away record which read  11-4-2  23/9, and with an impressive recent record over Chaves on the road, I’ll back them again here this evening with the visitors also covering the asian handicap line.

Pick: Benfica AH-1 @ 1.71 Bet Victor