Ferreira – Benfica B SOCCER PICKS
Paços de Ferreira and Benfica B meet at the Estádio da Capital do Móvel, for the 8th round of the Second League. There is no record of direct confrontations between the two teams. Special attention is needed for the home / away condition, since both teams present significantly different results in their games at home and as visitors.
Paços de Ferreira:
The home team is currently in the 1st place, with 18 points won in 7 matches. In the last match for this competition, Paços de Ferreira defeated Guimarães B, by (0-1). The only goal of the match was scored by Douglas Tanque, at (91 ‘), after in the previous one, for the championship, having won at home against Farense, by (1-0). Wagner, at (23 ‘), scored the only goal of the game.
In the last 10 games for all competitions, the home team has 1 loss and 7 wins and 2 draws. At home, Paços records 3 wins and 1 loss. The Paços de Ferreira defensively has been well, at home, only suffered goals in 1 match, of the 4 made. The attack was effective and he scored in all the matches played in his stadium. Whenever the Paços de Ferreira team opened the scoring, the game won. Half of the home matches of Paços de Ferreira finished with more than 2.5 goals.
The local team usually acts in an offensive 4-4-2, favoring quick departures for the wings. The most advanced players of Paços are Luiz Phellype and Olamilekan Fatai. The coach Vítor Oliveira must have all players available for the duel with Benfica B.
Probable lineup: Ricardo Ribeiro, Marco Baixinho, Bruno Teles, Bruno Santos, Junior Pius, Pedrinho Moreira, Luiz Carlos, Andre Leão, Luiz Phellype, Wagner, S. Fatai.
Benfica II:
The away team is currently in the 2nd place with 17 points won in 7 matches. In the last match for this competition, Benfica received and beat Sporting de Covilhã by (3-2). The goals of the match were scored by Daniel dos Ángeles (8 ‘), Bernardo Dias (16’), Adriano (41 ‘), Florentino Luis (48’) and Deivison (93 ‘). In the previous match, for the championship, they drew away from home with Cova da Piedade (0-0). The visiting team had the best situations to undo equality.
In the last 10 games for all competitions the home team has 1 loss and 7 wins and 2 draws. Outside the home, Benfica B has not yet lost and records 2 draws and 1 win. There is a tendency for few goals in their away games, since 2 of the 3 matches finished with less than 2.5 goals.
Outside the home, Benfica B has had some difficulties to maintain the advantages in the scoreboard, since in the only match in which he went ahead on the scoreboard, he ended up not winning the game. The team guided by Bruno Lage has acted in a 4-3-3, privileging the exits for the counterattack. The most advanced men of the local formation are Saponjic, Willock and Jota.
Probable alignment: I. Zlobin, Pedro Amaral, Francisco Ferreira, Alex Pinto, B. Kalaica, Florentino Luis, Benny, K. Parks, João Filipe, C. Willock, I. Šaponjić.
