📊 Form Guide

Benfica

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Benfica enter this game after a 1-1 Primeira Liga drawn game against Casa Pia.

In that match, Benfica had 78% possession and 18 attempts on goal with 3 of them on target. The only player to score for Benfica was Richard Ríos (68'). At the other end, Casa Pia had 8 shots at goal with 2 of them on target. Brito (78') was the scorer for Casa Pia.

Three or more goals per match were recorded in 5 of the last 6 fixtures where Benfica have taken part. Opposing sides scored 7 times in this period whereas Benfica managed a tally of 11.

Pre-game facts show that Benfica:

• haven't lost in the league to Nacional in their previous 20 matches. It's quite some record.
• are undefeated in their last 22 home league matches. An amazing run.

Nacional

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Nacional go into this encounter after a 2-0 Primeira Liga win with the downing of Estrela Amadora in their previous outing.

In that match, Nacional had 49% possession and 16 attempts on goal with 4 on target. For Nacional, the goalscorers were Jesús Ramírez (2') and Bóia (71'). On the other side, Estrela Amadora got 11 attempts at goal with 2 on target.

The stats tell the story, and Nacional have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 games, seeing opposing sides hit 8 goals in all. Defensively, Nacional seem to have a bit of a soft underbelly. We will see whether or not that trend can be continued on here.

Heading into this contest, Nacional have not won away from home in their last 10 league matches. A poor run.

↔️ Head to head

A study of their past head to head results going back to 10/02/2019 shows that these encounters have not been good ones for Nacional. They have not been able to come away with any wins at all while Benfica have been dominant against them, running out winners in 83 per cent of those ties.

Those games weren’t short on goals, either, with 24 in total which averages out at 4 goals per match.

The previous league game featuring the two was Primeira Liga match day 12 on 29/11/2025 which finished with the scoreline of Nacional 1-2 Benfica.

On that day, Nacional managed 30% possession and 6 shots at goal with 2 on target. Their only player on the scoresheet was Jesús Ramírez (60').

At the other end, Benfica got 31 attempts at goal with 8 on target. Gianluca Prestianni (89') and Vangelis Pavlidis (95') scored.

The referee was Iancu Vasilica.

🗞️ Team News: Benfica

Bruma (unknown injury), João Veloso (Shoulder injury), Tomás Araújo (Muscle injury) and Fredrik Aursnes (Rest) will be missing for Benfica manager José Mourinho.

It seems likely that Benfica should line up in a 4-2-3-1 system in the match featuring Anatolii Trubin, Alexander Bah, António Silva, Nicolas Otamendi, Samuel Dahl, Richard Rios, Enzo Barrenechea, Dodi Lukebakio, Rafa Silva, Andreas Schjelderup and Vangelis Pavlidis.

📰 Team News: Nacional

Nacional manager Tiago Margarido has a number of players out of action. Ulisses (unknown injury), Filipe Soares (unknown injury) and Ivanildo Fernandes (unknown injury) will miss out on this game.

We believe Os Alvinegros seem likely to begin the game with a 4-3-3 formation, starting Kaique Pereira, Alan Núñez, Léo Santos, Zé Vítor, Jose Gomes, Miguel Baeza, Chiheb Labidi, Liziero, Gabriel Veron, Jesús Ramírez and Witi.

💭 Prediction

We envisage that Benfica will most probably have the majority of the possession and should be able to turn a few of their chances into goals.

At the other end, Nacional could well struggle to break down their defence but we can see them getting the chances to score, too.

We therefore think that it’s going to be a pretty comfortable 3-1 winning score for Benfica at the end of the match.

Renata Leite, 09:06 08/04/2026