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Estrela vs Benfica prediction

Portugal · Primeira Liga
Estrela badgeEstrela#12 · 10 ptsLLWLL
2 - 3Full time
Benfica badgeBenfica#2 · 28 ptsWWWWW

Pre-match probabilities

⚽ Gianluca Prestianni 26'⚽ Lovro Zvonarek 48'⚽ Bernardo Schappo 68' (p.p.)⚽ Vangelis Pavlidis 90'

Sunday, 8 November · 15:30 (Peru time) · Estadio Jose Gomes · Referee: Antonio Nobre

Picky
🎯 Model pick

Benfica to win

81%
Full data

⚡ Summary

@ = fair odds (no margin). If the bookmaker pays more, there's value.

Minuto a minuto

90'+4⚽ Vangelis Pavlidis assist Andreas SchjelderupBenfica
89'🟨 Alisson SouzaEstrela
87'🔁 Sub: Leandro Antonetti · Jefferson EncadaEstrela
85'🔁 Sub: Kevin Hoog Jansson · Tom MoustierEstrela
85'🔁 Sub: Bernardo Schappo · Atanas ChernevEstrela
84'🔁 Sub: Alexander Bah · Jhon DuránBenfica
84'🔁 Sub: Samuel Dahl · Daniel BanjaquiBenfica
77'🔁 Sub: Rafa Silva · Andreas SchjelderupBenfica
68'⚽ Bernardo Schappo (own goal)Benfica
67'🔁 Sub: Santiago Serra · Joan JordanEstrela
66'🔁 Sub: Ianis Stoica · Alisson SouzaEstrela
65'🔁 Sub: Tomás Araújo · Alessandro CircatiBenfica
65'🔁 Sub: Claudio Echeverri · Dodi LukebakioBenfica
53'🟨 Pedro Miguel Marques da Costa FilipeEstrela
51'🟨 Lovro ZvonarekEstrela
50'🟨 Marco Alexandre Saraiva da SilvaBenfica
48'⚽ Lovro Zvonarek assist Rafa SoaresEstrela
26'⚽ Gianluca Prestianni assist Claudio EcheverriBenfica

Probabilities

Calculated before the match.

7%Estrela to win@13.40
12%Draw@8.44
81%Benfica to win@1.24
Over 1.5 goals88%
Over 2.5 goals72%
Over 3.5 goals52%
Both teams to score52%
Estrela or draw19%
Benfica or draw93%
Estrela to score55%
Benfica to score94%

Most likely scores

0-210%0-310%1-28%1-38%0-47%

Expected goals per the model: Estrela 0.81 · Benfica 2.99

How many goals will there be?

2%0 goals9%1 goals16%2 goals20%3 goals19%4 goals33%5+ goals

Pink: 2 goals or fewer (under 2.5) · Orange: 3 or more (over 2.5) · Total expected goals: 3.80.

Corners, cards and first half

🚩 Corners

Expected: 9.4 in total · Estrela 3.8 · Benfica 5.7

56%Over 8.5@1.80
45%Over 9.5@2.21
36%Over 10.5@2.81
45678910111213141516+

Grey: 9 or fewer · orange: 10 or more.

🟨 Cards

Expected: 2.6 · el árbitro Antonio Nobre saca 1.0 por partido

28%Over 3.5@3.58
15%Over 4.5@6.54
8%Over 5.5@12.86

⏱️ First half

34% of these teams' goals come before half-time · expected in the 1st half: 1.29

72%Goal in the 1st half@1.38
37%Over 1.5 in the 1st half@2.71
92%Goal in the 2st half@1.09

⚽ Goals per team

19%Estrela +1.5@5.13
80%Benfica +1.5@1.25
3%Estrela to win to nil@34.97

Estimates based on each team's (and the referee's) season averages, not the goals model. @ = fair odds: the odds matching that probability with no margin. If the bookmaker pays more, there's value.

Match stats

2Shots on target5
3Saves0
7Shots15
2Yellow cards0
1Corners10
0Offsides2
15Fouls12
0Red cards0
37Possession %63
1.35Expected goals (xG)0.69

Goals in the last 10 matches

Estrela · last 10 matches
7/10+2.5 goals7/10both teams to score3.4goals per match
2.5en Nacional: 3-2 3-2 ambosvs Famalicao: 2-2 2-2 ambosvs SC Braga: 2-1 2-1 ambosen Rio Ave: 3-3 3-3 ambosvs Academico Viseu: 0-2 0-2 en Arouca: 0-1 0-1 en Fazendense: 2-1 2-1 ambosvs Casa Pia: 0-2 0-2 en Moreirense: 1-2 1-2 ambosvs Benfica: 2-3 2-3 ambos

Pink bar = over 2.5 goals · dot = result (green W, grey D, red L) · "BTTS" = both teams scored · oldest to newest.

Benfica · last 10 matches
7/10+2.5 goals7/10both teams to score3.5goals per match
2.5vs GIL Vicente: 3-1 3-1 ambosen AC Milan: 2-0 2-0 en FC Porto: 1-3 1-3 ambosvs Vitória SC: 2-0 2-0 vs Celtic: 4-1 4-1 ambosen Omonia Nicosia: 4-1 4-1 ambosen Santa Clara: 2-1 2-1 ambosvs Alverca: 1-0 1-0 vs Lech Poznan: 3-1 3-1 ambosat Estrela: 3-2 3-2 ambos

Pink bar = over 2.5 goals · dot = result (green W, grey D, red L) · "BTTS" = both teams scored · oldest to newest.

Season comparison

EstrelaBenfica
1.6Goals scored per match3.0
1.8Goals conceded per match0.8
91%Matches with over 1.5 goals95%
73%Matches with over 2.5 goals80%
73%Both teams to score65%
0%Clean sheet35%
27%Matches without scoring0%
4.4Corners won per match7.0
2.1Yellow cards per match2.0

Estrela: 11 matches · Benfica: 20 matches (all competitions with data).

Estrela at home · Benfica away

Estrela at home
1G2E2P
LLWDD
Benfica away
7G1E2P
WWLWW

When do they score and concede?

Estrela · goals by minute in 11 matches scored conceded
050-151116-302231-455546-606261-753576-90
Benfica · goals by minute in 20 matches scored conceded
1010-156016-307531-4515446-6010461-7511376-90

The first goal

Estrela

Scores first in 3 of 11 matches and wins 1 of them.

Concedes first in 8 and avoids defeat in 4.

Benfica

Scores first in 15 of 20 matches and wins 14 of them.

Concedes first in 5 and avoids defeat in 3.

Players in form

Estrela

T. Moustier · 2 goles, 0 assists in 3 matches

Lovro Zvonarek · 1 gol, 0 assists in 5 matches

Benfica

Gianluca Prestianni · 3 goles, 3 assists in 5 matches

Vangelis Pavlidis · 4 goles, 0 assists in 4 matches

Jhon Durán · 2 goles, 0 assists in 4 matches

Head to head

0Estrela to win
0Draws
9Benfica to win

9 matches · 3.8 goals per match

Recent meetings
2026-01-25Benfica 4-0 EstrelaPrimeira Liga
2025-08-16Estrela 0-1 BenficaPrimeira Liga
2025-02-02Estrela 2-3 BenficaPrimeira Liga
2024-11-23Benfica 7-0 EstrelaTaça de Portugal
2024-08-24Benfica 1-0 EstrelaPrimeira Liga
2024-01-29Estrela 1-4 BenficaPrimeira Liga

Standings

Primeira Liga standings
#TeamPGDPts
1FC Porto11+2233
2Benfica11+2028
3Sporting CP11+1324
4Santa Clara11+821
5Arouca11+520
6Academico Viseu11+220
7GIL Vicente11+218
8SC Braga11+217
9Moreirense11-514
10Famalicao11+113
11Alverca11-112
12Estrela11-510
13Nacional11-810
14Vitória SC11-19
15Maritimo10-128
16Casa Pia11-148
17Rio Ave11-157
18Estoril10-142

More stats

Referee: Antonio Nobre

12 matches · 1.0 yellows and 0.00 reds per match · 0.00 penalties

Half-time

Estrela: 8 days since last match · Benfica: 3 days

Probabilities calculated by the PickMania model (Poisson + Dixon–Coles with team data and market odds). Updated: 2026-11-08 23:00 UTC.

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