On Fri May 13th, Benfica will travel to Paços de Ferreira to battle Paços de Ferreira in a Primeira Liga match. Paços de Ferreira is fresh off their 0-2 loss against Santa Clara. Lincoln scored the first goal for Santa Clara in the 9th minute, then Ricardo Antonio added another in the 67th minute In the end, Paços de Ferreira was frustrated by Santa Clara’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Santa Clara ended the match with the shutout victory. Paços de Ferreira is looking for direction having 4 win and 4 losses in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, 3rd placed Benfica, recorded a 0-1 loss against Porto. Zaidu Sanusi scored the first goal for Porto in the %Minute minute of the %HalfNumber half’s stoppage time, and that was all the excitement the two teams could muster In the end, Benfica couldn’t muster any offence and Porto ran away with the shutout win. Benfica should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 20 points in their last 10 matches.
In their last match on Jan 9th, Benfica was victorious by a score of 2 to 0. João Mário scored the first goal for Benfica in the %Minute minute of the %HalfNumber half’s stoppage time, then Álex Grimaldo added another in the 75th minute In the end, Paços de Ferreira couldn’t muster any offence and Benfica ran away with the shutout win.
Darwin Nuñez has been the most effective weapon for Benfica lately. The attacker has netted 3 goals in his last five matches. Nuno Santos and Adrian Butzke Benavides are the top scorers for Paços de Ferreira in the last five matches, but unfortunately they only have one goal. It’s hard to imagine having success with those stats.