On the 7th of May, Porto and Benfica will play a match in Lisboa in a clash of these two evenly matched Primeira Liga teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy but warm day with daytime temperatures of 22 degrees, which should make for a nice day for football. Benfica is fresh off their 1-0 shutout win against Marítimo. Darwin Nuñez scored the first goal for Benfica in the 2nd minute, and that single goal was all that was necessary as neither team could manage any more scoring In the end, Marítimo was frustrated by Benfica’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Benfica ended the match with the shutout victory. Benfica should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 21 points in their last 10 matches, while porto is fresh off their 4-2 win against Vizela. Evanilson scored the first goal for Porto in the 21st minute, then Mehdi Taremi added another in the 28th minute on a penalty. Porto is on a hot streak lately, with only 1 loss in their last 10 matches.
On the 30th of December, Porto hosted Benfica at the Estádio Do Dragão in their last match together. Porto was victorious by a score of 3 to 1 in front of just over 46000 jubilant spectators. Fabio Vieira scored the first goal for Porto in the 34th minute, then Pepê added another in the 37th minute.
Mehdi Taremi has been on a hot streak lately. In the last five games, the attacker has scored six goals for Porto. Benfica is glad to have Darwin Nuñez in top form. In the last five matches the attacker has scored six goals.