In this week 14 match on the 12th of December, Famalicão will host Benfica at Estádio Municipal 22 De Junho in a clash of the Primeira Liga. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 12 degrees, which should make for a nice day for football. Famalicão is fresh off their 0-4 loss against Gil Vicente. Kanya Fujimoto struck first for Gil Vicente in the 3rd minute, then Fran Navarro added another in the 22nd minute At the end of 90 a dissapointed Famalicão couldn’t manage to score, and Gil Vicente took the shutout win. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 10 points in their last 10 matches, while benfica sits at 3rd place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 2-0 shutout win against Dynamo Kyiv. Roman Yaremchuk struck first for Benfica in the 16th minute, then Gilberto Moraes Junior added another in the 22nd minute In the end, Dynamo Kyiv couldn’t muster any offence and Benfica ran away with the shutout win. Benfica is looking for direction having 4 win and 4 losses in their last 10 matches.
This will be the first match for these two teams against eachother this season. Last season Benfica won the head to head battle with 2 wins.
Benfica is glad to have Darwin Nuñez in top form. In the last five matches the attacker has scored 4 goals. Simon Banza has been on a hot streak lately. In the last five games, hes scored 4 goals for Famalicão.