On Sunday Jan 9th, in week 17, Benfica hosts Paços de Ferreira at Estádio Do Sport Lisboa E Benfica in a clash of these two mismatched Primeira Liga teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 13 degrees, which should make for a nice day for football. 3rd placed Benfica is fresh off their 1-3 loss against Porto. Fabio Vieira struck first for Porto in the 34th minute, then Pepê added another in the 37th minute. With 19 points in their last 10 matches Benfica should be reasonably happy with their performance, while paços de Ferreira sits at 10th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 2-1 win against Santa Clara. Hidemasa Morita struck first for Santa Clara in the 41st minute, then in the 69th minute, Stephen Eustáquio sent in a beautiful pass which was converted by Denílson But fortunately they were able to complete the comaback in the 82nd minute on a goal by Denílson. Paços de Ferreira looks to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 9 points in their last 10 matches.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season, so it will be interesting how the match turns out. Last season Benfica won the head to head battle with 2 wins. Darwin Nuñez has been on a hot streak lately. In the last five games, the attacker has scored 5 goals for Benfica.