Benfica will be traveling to the Estadio Joao Cardoso for a battle with Tondela in round 21 of the Poetuguese Primeira Liga on Monday. Kickoff is set for 22:00 EAT.
Tondela occupies the 13th position in the Primeira Liga table with 20 points after 20 matches. They haven’t been able to keep a winning streak even at their home ground. Coming into this game, Tondela has picked up eight points from the last five games both home and away. Both teams scored in all those five games 5 of those games with Tondela scoring nine goals in that period.
Auriverdes will be looking for another win on the back off 1-2 Primeira Liga victory against Portimonense in their last game. In that match, Tondela had 60% possession, nine shots with four of them on target and goals scored by Undabarrena (80′) and Juan Manuel Boselli (88′). Portimonense got 12 shots on goal with five on target and a goal by Ivan Angulo (34′).
With 44 points from 20 games, Benfica are currently third in the table, below only Porto and Sporting Lisbon. Coming into this game Benfica has picked up seven points from the last five games both home and away. Both teams scored in three of those games and Nélson Veríssimo’s men scored seven goals .
Tondela vs Benfica head to head
Benfica boasts an upper hand in the 13 head to head encounters since 2015 having won in 11 matches while one match ended in draw and Tondela has a solitary win.
- Benfica Lisbon 2-1 Tondela 29/08/21
- Tondela 02 Benfica Lisbon 30/04/21
- Benfica Lisbon 2-0 Tondela 08/01/21
- Benfica Lisbon 0-0 Tondela 04/06/20
- Tondela 0-1 Benfica Lisbon 27/10/19
Home
- Benfica Lisbon 1-2 Vicente Barcelos
- Benfica Lisbon 1-2 Sporting Lisbon
- Benfica Lisbon 3-2 Boavista Porto
- Arouca 0-2 Benfica Lisbon
- Benfica Lisbon 1-1 Moreirense
Away
- Portimonense 1-2 Tondela
- Tondela 2-3 Vizela
- Santa Clara Azores 2-2 Tondela
- Rio Ave 0-1 Tondela
- Boavista Porto 1-1 Tondela
Tondela team news
The hosts remain without the services of Jota Goncalves who has been ruled through injury.
Benfica team news
For the visitors, Rodrigo Pinho, Lucas Veríssimo, Haris Seferovic, Joao Mario will also miss out this match through injuries.
Prediction and odds
As Águias have been utterly dominant against Tondela and we predict they will extend their fine run in this to grab all the three points however Tondela have proven they can put up a fight thus they should be able to score.
- Benfica Win
- Goals over 2.5
- Both teams to score
