Benfica – Famalikau. Forecast and announcement for the match of the championship of Portugal

On January 17, the match of the 18th round of the Portuguese Primeira will be held at the Estádio da Luz, in which Benfica will meet with Famalicao. The match will start at 22:15 Kyiv time.

Benfica

After the 2023 championship, the team lost the race to neighboring Sporting to defend the title. However, Schmidt’s merits allowed him to keep his coaching position. However, by autumn, Roger was fired against the background of new failures. It seems that it was possible to add Bruno Lager, but still there are enough misfires. What is the value of a couple of failures at the turn of the year, when they lost derbies to the lions in a row, and then also to Braza, when Trubin was scored twice from two shots on target. But the archbishops immediately took revenge, and a very confident one at that, 3:0, at the same time securing a place in the final of the League Cup. There was another round of confrontation with Sporting, which knocked out Porto in a parallel match at that stage. And in the penalty shootout, they still beat their neighbor. They had time to play with Firenze in the Portuguese Cup. It was much easier there – they won 3:1.

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Famalikau

The club did not stand out for a long time. But in the last decade, serious investors came to the project – what is Georges Mendes, the best agent of the country, and even the world, worth. In 2019, having just risen to the Premier League, Vila Nova positioned itself as a candidate for the European Cup – but did not make it there either in that cycle or in the following ones. However, the team achieved the unspoken status of a solid middle peasant. Who has already finished the season on the 8th line three times. Currently, the Famalicenses are going about the same level, winning and losing about the same amount of times. And lately, for 8 rounds in a row, there have been a maximum of draws – as with Casa Pia in the previous match.

Statistics of personal meetings

In general, there is, of course, a clear advantage for the red and whites from Lisbon. But in 2024, the Lions of Faro managed twice, both in May and in August, beating the capital grand at home with an identical score of 2:0.

Forecast

Bookmakers do not believe that the guests will create problems for the Grand. Let’s agree and bet on the hosts with a handicap of -1.5 (coefficient – 1.6).