Benfica vs Moreirense - prediction, team news, lineups

Benfica invited Moreirense to the Estadio da Luz connected Saturday for an important Primeira Liga encounter, with the hosts aiming to support their rubric hopes live portion the visitors look to physique momentum aft yet ending a hard tally of results.

With lone 4 matches remaining, the Eagles stay successful pursuit of the league leaders contempt earlier setbacks, portion the visitors are hoping to stabilise their presumption successful mid-table aft a much-needed triumph past clip out.

Match preview

Benfica measurement into this fixture riding the affectional precocious of a melodramatic triumph implicit Sporting Lisbon successful the Derby de Lisboa – conscionable erstwhile it seemed the crippled would drift distant from them for different stalemate, Rafa Silva appeared successful stoppage clip to snatch a 2-1 win, keeping their rubric pursuit alive.

It was a effect that followed a composed 2-0 triumph implicit Nacional, and together, those victories person helped dependable the temper aft the vexation of a 1-1 gully with Casa Pia, a crippled wherever they failed to instrumentality vantage of a gaffe from Porto.

That triumph implicit Sporting ensured Jose Mourinho’s broadside maintained their singular unbeaten tally successful the Primeira Liga, which present stretches to 45 matches (W32, D13), showing their consistency adjacent if draws person proven costly.

Benfica stay the lone unbeaten broadside successful the part this season, but their 9 stalemates person made it hard to adjacent the spread astatine the top, leaving them with small country for further slip-ups successful the remaining fixtures arsenic they way Porto by 7 points with 4 matches near to play.

They volition anticipation for nary slip-ups astatine Estadio da Luz, wherever their caller signifier has been exceptional, with 7 wins from their past 8 location league matches, a streak they volition beryllium optimistic of extending against a Moreirense that they person not mislaid to successful their past 5 meetings.

Benfica person won 3 of those matches portion drafting two, including a commanding 4-0 triumph earlier this season, a show and result they volition anticipation to replicate arsenic they look to support their winning tally and slim rubric ambitions alive.

Moreirense, meanwhile, get successful Lisbon with renewed assurance aft ending a lengthy winless streak with a 1-0 triumph implicit Estoril in their past match.

That effect marked a important turnaround for Vasco Botelho da Costa’s side, who had antecedently gone 7 games without a triumph (3D, 4L), a tally that had seen them descent distant from the European speech and into a mid-table battle.

Earlier struggles had been mostly driven by antiaircraft issues, with Moreirense conceding successful 10 consecutive matches, portion they besides failed to find the nett successful each 4 defeats wrong that period.

The triumph implicit Estoril not lone halted their descent but besides provided a much-needed cleanable sheet, addressing 1 of their biggest weaknesses successful caller weeks.

The Green and whites whitethorn request specified antiaircraft solidity erstwhile again if they are to permission Estadio da Luz with thing – though the past clip they got a affirmative effect from this crushed was a 1-1 gully successful 2022.

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Team News

Benfica are expected to person a beardown squad available, with Mourinho apt to clasp the halfway of the broadside that secured triumph successful their past outing arsenic they look to physique continuity.

Long-term absentee Bruma (Achilles tendon) remains the lone confirmed absentee, portion defender Tomas Araujo is questionable for this clash.

Vangelis Pavlidis volition look to instrumentality to scoring ways, with the Greek forward, connected 21 league goals, looking to suffer down Sporting's Luis Suarez, who is connected 24 goals, successful the Golden Boot race.

Moreirense besides travel into the lucifer without Alvaro Martinez, Michel (muscle) and Vasco Sousa (leg) each sidelined with injuries.

Defender Dinis Pinto is nearing a instrumentality from a enarthrosis issue, but this crippled could travel excessively aboriginal for the 25-year-old Portuguese. 

Benfica imaginable starting lineup:

Trubin; Dedic, Silva, Otamendi, Dahl; Rios, Aursnes; Prestianni, R. Silva, Schjelderup; Pavlidis

Moreirense imaginable starting lineup:

Ferreira; Fabiano, Batista, Monteiro, Travassos; Assis, Stepanovic; Araujo, Rodri, Kiko; Alan

We say: Benfica 2-0 Moreirense

Benfica’s beardown location signifier and renewed momentum f should springiness them a wide vantage successful this fixture, arsenic they volition beryllium excessively beardown for Moreirense contempt the visitors’ assurance from their caller win.

Facing 1 of the league’s astir accordant sides distant from location represents a important measurement up for the visiting side, and we expect the hosts to unafraid different important 3 points.

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