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FC Porto v Benfica : Liga NOS match betting preview, prediction and odds

Estádio do Dragão, Porto

Sunday night sees Martin Svedik’s FC Porto and Bruno Lage’s Benfica go up against one another in a Liga NOS clash at the Estádio do Dragão. You'll find statistics supporting our top of below, but there are 16 other betting markets we're covering too. Each has been designed to give you as full a picture as possible, with Liga NOS performances and head-to-heads included, so that you can make a smart bet. Finally, be sure to get the best odds from one of the UK's biggest bookmakers.

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FC Porto's next match is v Famalicao at 18:00 on Friday 18th April
Benfica's next match is v V. Guimaraes at 20:30 on Saturday 19th April
The last Portuguese Liga NOS meeting between Porto and Benfica was on Sunday 6th April 2025
Portuguese Liga NOS
April 6th 2025
Porto 1
4 Benfica
 
S. Omorodion Aghehowa 81'1' V. Pavlidis
42' V. Pavlidis
69' V. Pavlidis
90' N. Otamendi
 
PTO
BEF
Shots On
3
5
Shots Off
6
4
Corners
2
6
Possession
61%
39%
Fouls
17
11
Yellow/red cards
3/0
1/0
 
PortoBenfica
 
D. Meireles Costa
I. Marcano Sierra
F. Moura (W. Gomes Carvalho Santos 84')
N. Pérez
J. Neto Lopes (J. da Silva Figueiredo Freitas 77')
F. Ferreira Vieira
R. Mora Carvalho (D. Loader 77')
S. Antunes Eustáquio (M. Moreira Moutinho Fernandes 64')
A. Varela
E. Aquino Cossa (G. Albuquerque Borges 64')
S. Omorodion Aghehowafootball icon
A. Trubin
A. Fernández
(S. Dahl 62') T. Araújo
football iconN. Otamendi
A. Tavares Silva
O. Kökçü
F. Aursnes
F. Morris Luís
(A. Schjelderup 73') Á. Di María Hernández
(A. Belotti 73') football iconfootball iconfootball iconV. Pavlidis
(L. Barreiro Martins 90') M. Aktürkoğlu

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Correct Score
Both Teams To Score & Result
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Predictions Add Bet365 Coral
Porto
43%
12/5
30%
-
Draw
25%
23/10
6%
-
Benfica
31%
23/20
22%
-
Draw 1-1
12%
11/2
8%
-
Porto 1-0
10%
9/1
11%
-
Porto 2-1
9%
11/1
20%
-
Benfica 1-0
8%
7/1
16%
-
Benfica 2-1
7%
8/1
18%
-
Porto 2-0
7%
16/1
31%
-
Draw 0-0
6%
9/1
5%
-
Draw 2-2
6%
12/1-
Benfica 2-0
5%
9/1
23%
-
Porto 3-1
5%
25/1
24%
-
Porto 3-0
4%
33/1
31%
-
Benfica 3-1
3%
16/1
19%
-
Porto 3-2
3%
33/1
17%
-
Benfica 3-2
2%
25/1
10%
-
Benfica 3-0
2%
18/1
34%
-
Over 2.5 Goals
52%
1/1
3%
-
Under 2.5 Goals
48%
4/5
3%
-
Home 1st Goal
50%
11/8
30%
-
Away 1st Goal
46%
4/6
20%
-
No 1st Goal
4%
9/1
5%
-
BTTS - Yes
55%
3/4
3%
-
BTTS - No
45%
1/1
2%
-
BTTS - Home Win
21%
11/2
30%
-
BTTS - Draw
19%
10/3
8%
-
BTTS - Away Win
16%
10/3
21%
-
Home/draw
69%
4/6
19%
-
Away/draw
57%
3/10
10%
-
Home/away
75%
1/3
2%
-
Over 1.5 Goals
76%
3/10
1%
-
Under 1.5 Goals
24%
12/5
3%
-
Over 3.5 Goals
30%
12/5-
Under 3.5 Goals
70%
3/10-
Over 4.5 Goals
14%
6/1-
Under 4.5 Goals
86%
1/10-
Over 5.5 Goals
6%
14/1-
Under 5.5 Goals
94%
1/33-
Over 0.5 Goals
94%
1/16-
Under 0.5 Goals
6%
9/1
5%
-
Home DNB
61%
11/8
30%
-
Away DNB
49%
8/15
16%
-
Porto win to nil
22%
5/1
33%
-
Benfica win to nil
16%
11/4
25%
-
Porto / Porto
15%
9/2
27%
-
Porto / Benfica
3%
25/1
10%
-
Porto / Draw
6%
14/1
15%
-
Draw / Porto
12%
6/1
17%
-
Draw / Benfica
15%
9/2
8%
-
Draw / Draw
17%
4/1-
Benfica / Porto
3%
28/1
12%
-
Benfica / Benfica
24%
5/2
22%
-
Benfica / Draw
6%
12/1-
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Win / draw / win Liga NOS table

Porto have played 27 matches so far this season and are in 3rd position in the league. Porto are winless in the 3 games they have played against teams above them in the table and have conceded in every game. Porto are unbeaten at home after 13 games and have kept 8 clean sheets in those matches.

Performance against teams above them in the league

3 of those games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 2 games, drawn 1 and won zero. Porto have conceded 7 goals, scored 2, failed to score in 1 match and kept no clean sheets.

Home league performance

Porto have played 13 games at home, winning 10, drawing 3 and losing 0 fixtures. They have scored 30 goals, conceded 5 goals, kept 8 clean sheets and scored in every home league game.

Benfica lay in 2nd place on 65 points in the Liga NOS league table having played 27 matches.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 26 games against teams below them in the table, winning 21, drawing 2 and losing 3 games. They have scored 65 goals and kept 13 clean sheets against lower placed opposition. Benfica have conceded 21 goals and have failed to score in 1 match.

Away league performance

Benfica have played 13 away games, winning 8, drawing 2 and losing 3 games. They have scored an average of 1.7 goals per away game and conceded an average 1 goals per away game.

Won
Draw
Lost
Porto
Benfica
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD W D L GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
S. Lisbon2921625169 
d
 
1-1A
l
 
2-0A
May 10
l
 
1-0A
2
Benfica Away2922344669 
l
 
1-4A
l
 
4-1A
-
-
3
Braga2918652460 
w
 
2-1F
l
 
1-0A
l
 
1-2A
May 17
4
Porto Home2918563059 
-
-
w
 
4-1F
w
 
1-4F
5
V. Guimaraes29121251248 
d
 
1-1F
w
 
0-3F
w
 
1-0F
Apr 19
6
Santa Clara2914411046 
d
 
1-1A
w
 
0-2F
w
 
4-1A
w
 
0-1F
7
Famalicao2911108743 
Apr 18
d
 
1-1A
w
 
4-0F
l
 
2-0A
8
Casa Pia2911711-340 
w
 
2-0F
w
 
0-1F
w
 
3-0F
l
 
3-1F
9
Estoril2910910-839 
w
 
4-0F
w
 
1-2A
w
 
3-0F
May 3
10
Moreirense299812-735 
May 2
w
 
0-3F
w
 
3-2F
d
 
1-1A
11
Nacional299515-1132 
May 17
l
 
2-0A
w
 
3-0F
w
 
0-2F
12
Rio Ave298813-1532 
w
 
2-0F
d
 
2-2A
w
 
5-0F
w
 
2-3F
13
Arouca297913-1630 
w
 
4-0F
w
 
0-2F
d
 
2-2F
w
 
0-2F
14
Gil Vicente296815-1626 
w
 
3-0F
l
 
3-1A
w
 
5-1A
w
 
0-3F
15
Estrela Amadora296815-2026 
w
 
2-0F
Apr 26
w
 
1-0F
w
 
2-3F
16
AVS2941114-2623 
w
 
2-0F
w
 
0-5F
Apr 27
d
 
1-1F
17
Sporting Farense294916-2021 
w
 
2-1F
w
 
0-1F
w
 
3-2F
w
 
1-2A
18
Boavista294619-2818 
w
 
4-0F
May 11
w
 
3-0F
w
 
0-3F
Win / draw / win form
Porto 4TH
20 league games
Home
Overall
Goals: Scored
48
Conceded
13
Games: Scored
20 / 20
Conceded
10 / 20
Clean sheets
10 / 20
Failed to score
0 / 20
Won
14
Draw
5
L
1
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Porto2 - 0AVS
Porto1 - 1V. Guimaraes
Porto1 - 1S. Lisbon
Porto1 - 1Santa Clara
Porto4 - 0Boavista
Porto2 - 0Estrela Amadora
Porto2 - 0Casa Pia
Porto4 - 0Estoril
Porto2 - 1Braga
Porto4 - 0Arouca
Porto2 - 1Sporting Farense
Porto2 - 0Rio Ave
Porto3 - 0Gil Vicente
Porto2 - 1Boavista
Porto2 - 2S. Lisbon
Porto2 - 2Famalicao
Porto1 - 2V. Guimaraes
Porto4 - 1Vizela
Porto5 - 0Benfica
Porto2 - 0Estrela Amadora
Goals: Scored
37
Conceded
18
Games: Scored
18 / 20
Conceded
11 / 20
Clean sheets
9 / 20
Failed to score
2 / 20
Won
11
Draw
5
L
4
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
APorto2 - 1Estoril
HPorto2 - 0AVS
APorto0 - 1Braga
APorto2 - 0Arouca
HPorto1 - 1V. Guimaraes
APorto1 - 0Sporting Farense
HPorto1 - 1S. Lisbon
APorto2 - 2Rio Ave
HPorto1 - 1Santa Clara
APorto1 - 3Gil Vicente
APorto0 - 2Nacional
HPorto4 - 0Boavista
APorto3 - 0Moreirense
HPorto2 - 0Estrela Amadora
APorto1 - 1Famalicao
HPorto2 - 0Casa Pia
APorto1 - 4Benfica
HPorto4 - 0Estoril
APorto5 - 0AVS
HPorto2 - 1Braga
Benfica 2ND
20 league games
Away
Overall
Goals: Scored
30
Conceded
26
Games: Scored
16 / 20
Conceded
14 / 20
Clean sheets
6 / 20
Failed to score
4 / 20
Won
10
D
4
Lost
6
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Gil Vicente0 - 3Benfica
Rio Ave2 - 3Benfica
Santa Clara0 - 1Benfica
Estrela Amadora2 - 3Benfica
Casa Pia3 - 1Benfica
S. Lisbon1 - 0Benfica
Nacional0 - 2Benfica
AVS1 - 1Benfica
Arouca0 - 2Benfica
Sporting Farense1 - 2Benfica
Boavista0 - 3Benfica
Moreirense1 - 1Benfica
Famalicao2 - 0Benfica
Rio Ave1 - 1Benfica
Famalicao2 - 0Benfica
Sporting Farense1 - 3Benfica
S. Lisbon2 - 1Benfica
Casa Pia0 - 1Benfica
Porto5 - 0Benfica
V. Guimaraes2 - 2Benfica
Goals: Scored
48
Conceded
17
Games: Scored
19 / 20
Conceded
10 / 20
Clean sheets
10 / 20
Failed to score
1 / 20
Won
16
D
1
L
3
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HBenfica3 - 2Sporting Farense
ABenfica3 - 0Gil Vicente
ABenfica3 - 2Rio Ave
HBenfica3 - 0Nacional
HBenfica3 - 0Boavista
ABenfica1 - 0Santa Clara
HBenfica3 - 2Moreirense
ABenfica3 - 2Estrela Amadora
ABenfica1 - 3Casa Pia
HBenfica4 - 0Famalicao
HBenfica1 - 2Braga
ABenfica0 - 1S. Lisbon
HBenfica3 - 0Estoril
ABenfica2 - 0Nacional
ABenfica1 - 1AVS
HBenfica1 - 0V. Guimaraes
ABenfica2 - 0Arouca
HBenfica4 - 1Porto
ABenfica2 - 1Sporting Farense
HBenfica5 - 0Rio Ave
Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
League games at Porto since 2015
Porto
Benfica
Goals: Scored
15
8
Games: Scored
7 / 9
6 / 9
Clean sheets
3 / 9
2 / 9
PTO
4
D
3
BEF
2
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Porto
Porto5 - 0
0 - 1Benfica
Porto3 - 1
Draw1 - 1Draw
Porto3 - 2
1 - 2Benfica
Draw0 - 0Draw
Draw1 - 1Draw
Porto1 - 0
League games at Benfica since 2016
Benfica
Porto
Goals: Scored
10
11
Games: Scored
7 / 10
8 / 10
Clean sheets
2 / 10
3 / 10
PTO
5
D
2
BEF
3
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Benfica
Benfica4 - 1
Benfica1 - 0
1 - 2Porto
0 - 1Porto
Draw1 - 1Draw
0 - 2Porto
Benfica1 - 0
0 - 1Porto
Draw1 - 1Draw
1 - 2Porto
Goal Statistics

FC Porto's defensive record is very strong, Martin Svedik's men having conceded 1 or less in 7 consecutive Liga NOS games. An average PG rating of 1.2 for Benfica makes sense in this context.

Porto 4th Benfica 2nd
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1.5
goals
1.2
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
22%
1
33%
2
25%
3
13%
4+
There is a 78% probability that Porto will score 1 or more goals
0
29%
1
36%
2
22%
3
9%
4+
There is a 65% probability that Benfica will score no more than 1 goal
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
+12
Porto have scored 12% more goals at home than predicted
-16
Benfica have scored 16% fewer goals when away than predicted
2.4
average goals scored
1.5
average goals scored
0.7
conceded
1.3
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
Liga NOS - 2024/2025 season
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Porto
PG (predicted goals)
Benfica
1.5
1.2
Attack rating
PTO
BEF
16%
better
view stats
Games scored24
25
Failed to score3
2
Scored first17
20
Goals scored53
65
Avg. goals scored2
2.4
Avg. shots per game11
13
Avg. shots per goal6
5
Conversion rate for17
19
Avg. XG for1.8
2.3
KickOff rating
+16%
Defence rating
PTO
BEF
1%
better
view stats
Games conceded13
14
Clean sheets14
13
Conceded first10
7
Goals conceded21
22
Avg. goals conceded0.8
0.8
Avg. shots/game conceded6
7
Avg. shots/goal conceded8
8
Conversion rate against13%
12%
Avg. XG against0.9
0.7
KickOff rating
+1%

Porto v Benfica Liga NOS lLine ups will show here when available.

Porto Liga NOS squad statistics 2024/2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
281679
D CostaS. Omorodion AghehowaF MouraN Pérez
Line-upAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
D Costa GLK28
-
N Pérez DEF2211
9
-
S Eustaquio DEF25
6
-
I Marcano DEF5
-
J Mário MID213
5
-
A Varela MID262
7
-
F Vieira MID2043
5
-
F Moura MID2117
1
-
Pepê FWD2532
1
-
S. Omorodion Aghehowa FWD24163
3
1
R. Mora Carvalho FWD1753
3
-
Subs
C Ramos GLK
-
J. da Silva Figueiredo Freitas DEF14
1
-
O Silva DEF182
8
-
M. Moreira Moutinho Fernandes DEF205
4
-
A Franco MID141
4
-
T Pérez MID2
1
-
W. Gomes Carvalho Santos FWD6
-
D Namaso FWD2431
2
-
G Borges FWD2322
6
-
Benfica Liga NOS squad statistics 2024/2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
261486
A TrubinV PavlidisK AktürkogluÁlvaro Fernandez
Line-upAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
A Trubin GLK26
1
-
T Araújo DEF222
1
-
A Silva DEF1712
2
-
N Otamendi DEF2542
2
-
Álvaro Fernandez DEF2721
6
-
F Aursnes MID2424
1
-
Florentino MID2121
4
-
O Kökcü MID2765
6
-
Ángel Di María FWD2185
4
-
V Pavlidis FWD28145
2
-
K Aktürkoglu FWD2498
1
-
Subs
S Soares GLK2
-
A Bajrami DEF1
-
S Dahl DEF71
-
L Barreiro MID2231
5
-
Z Amdouni FWD2262
1
-
A Cabral FWD172
3
-
A Belotti FWD82
-
A Schjelderup FWD1412
-
Bruma  FWD612
-